Governor Eric J. Holcomb today announced that Indiana will host the first ever SEMIEXPO In The Heartland in 2025, welcoming semiconductor innovators, industry leaders and policymakers to the state’s capital city. Gov. Holcomb, along with leadership of SEMI Americas, announced Indiana’s selection today onstage at SEMICON West 2024 in San Francisco. SEMIEXPO In The Heartland – the first event of its kind to be hosted in the U.S. Midwest – will be held April 1-2, 2025, at the Indiana Convention Center.
Hosted by SEMI, a global industry association for the semiconductor design and manufacturing supply chain, the event will focus on microelectronics innovation and deployments in smart manufacturing and smart mobility to further the domestic semiconductor ecosystem. The event will unite semiconductor industry stakeholders in smart manufacturing and smart mobility – two of the key end markets on the path to $1 trillion in annual semiconductor revenue – to create opportunities for collaboration and growth. Discussions will highlight the deployment of smart manufacturing tools, technologies and methods supporting the creation of semiconductors and work to address technical issues and supply chain dynamics in the semiconductor, sensor and mobility ecosystems.
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), Applied Research Institute (ARI), Purdue University and Visit Indy are partnering to bring SEMIEXPO in the Heartland to Indianapolis. ARI and Purdue University will also host industry meetings in conjunction with the event, bringing their Silicon Crossroads Microelectronics Commons Hub and Purdue Semiconductor Degree Leadership meetings and respective stakeholders to Indianapolis.
“Indiana’s economy is experiencing serious positive momentum. We’ve spent decades cultivating the industries and economies of the future and I’m so grateful leaders like SEMI continue to take notice,” said Gov. Holcomb. “I couldn’t be prouder of the way Indiana has answered the call to support U.S. innovation and growth in the semiconductor industry.”
The state has made a strategic effort to grow its semiconductor industry, launching the AMPD Task Force in 2022 to create a competitive environment and help companies start and locate in Indiana. Since then, the state has attracted seven new semiconductor companies, secured a federal tech hub designation for microelectronics, and broke ground on a new, 10-acre public-private microelectronics hub.
