Rep. Haley Stevens Visits Hemlock Semiconductor, Tours New Corning Wafer Facility
Hemlock, Mich. — On Tuesday, Congresswoman Haley Stevens visited Hemlock Semiconductor to tour its newly operational Corning Wafer Facility, highlighting Michigan’s leadership in rebuilding the U.S. solar and semiconductor manufacturing supply chain.
The Corning Wafer Facility, which became operational in late 2025, is the first ingot and wafer facility to come online in the United States in more than a decade. The facility produces high-purity silicon components essential to solar panel manufacturing, helping make fully U.S.-made solar modules possible for the first time.
During the visit, Stevens met with workers and company leadership and saw firsthand how ultra-pure polysilicon is refined, formed into ingots, and sliced into wafers for use in solar energy and semiconductor applications. The facility employs roughly 1,500 Michigan workers and has already sold out its production capacity for 2025 and secured long-term purchase commitments for the majority of its output over the next five years.
“This visit shows what it looks like when American manufacturing comes home,” said Congresswoman Stevens. “Michigan workers are strengthening our clean energy supply chain, creating good-paying jobs, and reducing our reliance on foreign sources.”
Since first taking office, Congresswoman Stevens has visited hundreds of manufacturers across Michigan, promoting Michigan’s role at the center of manufacturing innovation. She also serves as the top Democrat on the Research and Technology Subcommittee of the Science, Space, & Technology Committee.
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