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Study recommends reshoring semiconductor manufacturing to US and UK
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Professor Lenny Koh, an expert in supply chains at the University of Sheffield’s Management School, explains how almost 80 different global supply chain scenarios projected to 2050 were analysed by University of Sheffield researchers as part of the most detailed study to date on the sustainability of the semiconductor supply chain, with the conclusion being that making semiconductors in the UK and the US would be the most sustainable way to manufacture the materials that power every electronic device on the planet. The study, published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, also highlights the hidden environmental hotspots in the semiconductor industry - parts of the supply chain that will remain major pollution challenges without research and innovation to tackle them.