India, Sept. 16 -- Entegris Inc. has announced $700 million in domestic R&D spending over the next several years to accelerate semiconductor innovation. This investment in R&D projects and related capital expenditures will span its two divisions, Materials Solutions and Advanced Purity Solutions.

A portion of this investment will be used to develop its Aurora, Illinois location, strategically located between semiconductor hubs in New York, Ohio, Arizona and Texas, into a state-of-the-art U.S. Technology Center. This facility will be a cornerstone to Entegris' solutions selling strategy focused on maximizing product performance and minimizing time to market, across its complete suite of solutions including its deposition materials, slurri...