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Hynix’s Shuttered Eugene Chip Factory Gets New Life as Video Display Plant

Stratacache plans to start a video display technology pilot line at 1.2-million-square-foot former Hynix computer chip factory it acquired in Eugene. The Dayton, OH-based company expects to begin building products by summer of 2021 as it ramps up production at a mothballed site that includes a large cleanroom and other systems suited for high-tech manufacturing.

The plant on a 200-acre site at 1830 Willow Creek Circle closed 12 years ago amidst a memory chip market downturn. Eventually, Stratacache bought the property at auction in March 2020 for $6.3 million.

Stratacache produces technology for digital signs such as highway billboards, fast-food menu boards, airport ticket kiosks and retail displays for such companies as LG, Nvidia, IBM, Verizon, AT&T, Intel and AMD. The company plans to eventually produce MicroLEDs, the next generation in video display technology, at the Eugene facility.

It expects to invest between $150 million and $350 million to get the facility ready including mechanical upgrades, reroofing and adapting it to accommodate Stratacache’s technology.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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