SK Hynix Seeks US Approval to Expand China Operations Amid Chip Manufacturing Equipment Export Request

SK Hynix, the South Korean memory chipmaker, is seeking US approval to expand its China operations. The company wants to export additional US-made semiconductor manufacturing equipment to its Dalian facility in China, linking this to its planned investment in American manufacturing. Solidigm, SK Hynix’s US unit, is seeking an export license to install equipment for producing NAND flash memory chips in unused space at the Chinese site. Solidigm aims to increase production capacity in China to finance a NAND manufacturing facility in the US. Solidigm, a subsidiary of SK Hynix, is looking to install more US-made equipment at the Dalian…