High Tech Manufacturing and Development Industry

Known as the Community of Innovation, Chandler has a rich history in high-tech manufacturing and development that dates back more than 50 years and has become a popular base of operations for leading manufacturing employers.

In Chandler, you will find a wide range of different-sized manufacturers experiencing strong growth within our community.

337.00
Total Manufacturing Companies
30820.00
Total Manufacturing Employees
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Manufacturing industry jobs represent 23% of all jobs in Chandler, this is the highest percentage among the 10 largest cities in Greater Phoenix Region. Data Source: MAG 2022 Employer Database

A Few of the Leading Companies Operating in Chandler

The multinational technology company located in Chandler in 1980 and has approximately 12,000 employees spread across two campuses. Intel is currently build two new leading-edge chip factories and modernizing an existing fab at its Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, representing an investment of more than $32 billion.

 

The global semiconductor company has a manufacturing and R&D campus in Chandler with approximately 1,700 employees. NXP most recently completed a $100 million expansion at its Chandler campus dedicated to manufacturing 5G network transistors and RF power amplifiers.

Headquartered in Chandler, Microchip is a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors. The global company has approximately 1,700 employees in Chandler. Microchip was founded in 1987, but its history in Chandler dates back to the 1970s when it was the microelectronics division of General Instrument.

The company's launch vehicle business in Chandler began in the 1980s and recently moved into a new 633,000-square-foot build-to-suit campus on the Price Corridor to accommodate planned growth. Northrop Grumman has more than 2,000 employees in Chandler.

One of the world’s largest distributors of electronic components and embedded solutions. Avnet has approximately 600 employees at its logistics and distribution operations in Chandler.

Headquartered in Chandler, the engineered materials solutions company first located in 1966. Already the headquarters for the company's Advanced Connectivity Solutions business segment, Rogers Corporation relocated its global headquarters to Chandler in 2016. The company has approximately 400 employees in Chandler spread across multiple facilities.

Headquartered in Chandler, Isola designs, develops, manufactures and markets copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepregs used to fabricate advanced multilayer printed circuit boards.

Headquartered in Chandler, Everspin is a public semiconductor company and world leader in designing, manufacturing, and commercially shipping discrete and embedded Magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) and Spin-Torque MRAM. The company has approximately 50 employees in Chandler.

Edwards recently opened a 200,000-square-foot facility to leverage the latest manufacturing and digital technologies to support the fast-growing North American semiconductor market with services and solutions for the efficient and environmentally sustainable production of chips. The company has approximately 80 employees in Chandler.

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