
Wistron's board of directors has approved an additional capital expenditure of approximately 7.049 billion yuan for the Kaohsiung and Hsinchu factories, and plans to spend no more than 1 billion yuan to purchase the Tainan Nanke factory from Zhongqiang Optoelectronics to meet future business growth needs.
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Wistron continues to expand its production layout in Taiwan to meet future business growth and strategic planning needs.
Wistron stated that the capital expenditures in Kaohsiung and Hsinchu and the purchase of factories in Tainan are mainly to continue to strengthen the layout of Taiwan's production base in response to future business growth and strategic planning needs.
[Reporter Fang Weijie/Taipei Report] Wistron (3231) continues to expand its production layout in Taiwan. Today (12th), the board of directors convened and approved a total of approximately 7.049 billion yuan in new capital expenditures for the Kaohsiung and Hsinchu factories to be used for building improvements and purchases. Machinery and equipment, and also decided to spend no more than 1 billion yuan to purchase factories and ancillary facilities in Tainan Southern Science Park from Zhongqiang Optoelectronics (5371). The total investment of the three investments is up to approximately 8.049 billion yuan to meet future business growth needs.
Wistron pointed out that the Kaohsiung plant plans to add 6.458 billion yuan in capital expenditures, which is the site with the highest investment amount. It will mainly be used for building improvements and acquiring machinery and equipment. The Hsinchu plant plans to add 592 million yuan in capital expenditures, which will also be used for building improvements and equipment procurement. The total new investment in the two places is about 7.049 billion yuan.
In terms of layout in Hsinchu, Wistron explained that this capital expenditure covers the International AI Smart Park, Zhubei AI Second Factory and Hukou Factory, and will respond to subsequent development needs through the improvement of existing factory buildings and investment in machinery and equipment. However, the company has not disclosed the individual investment amount of each factory, as well as the specific use and production capacity planning of the new equipment.
In addition to the investment in Kaohsiung and Hsinchu factories, Wistron's board of directors also approved the Tainan factory purchase case, planning to purchase a factory and ancillary facilities located at No. 6, Section 1, Huanxi Road, Xincheng District, Southern Science Park, Tainan City, from Zhongqiang Optoelectronics for a sum of no more than 1 billion yuan. The building floor area is approximately 10,559 square meters, approximately 34,905 square meters, to further expand its production base in Taiwan.
According to Wistron's announcement, the Tainan factory transaction was negotiated between the two parties and the price was determined with reference to professional real estate valuation reports. Among them, the valuation of Huaxin Real Estate Appraisers Associate Firm is approximately 896 million yuan, and the valuation of China Real Estate Appraisers Associate Firm is approximately 854 million yuan. The transaction object, Zhongqiang Optoelectronics, is not a related party of Wistron, and the actual transaction amount is still subject to the subsequent negotiation results.
Wistron stated that the capital expenditures in Kaohsiung and Hsinchu and the purchase of factories in Tainan are mainly to continue to strengthen the layout of Taiwan's production base in response to future business growth and strategic planning needs.

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