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KalMD sets One-Day Production Record in Sulari
Demand for Consumer electronics up 14% over last 10 years
Sulari, Duchy of Suldanor
March 1, 5633


Kalistani MicroDivisions factory in Sulari is looking to expand

KalMD has recently announced that they have set a one-day record for production of silicon microprocessor wafers, the substrate for microchips.  The record was set earlier this week, and surpasses earlier KalMD production.  During a single 24 hour period, the Sulari plant completed 5,135 silicon wafer starts, which is expected to produce an estimated 1.2 million microchips at the end of a 12-week long production schedule from this record setting day alone.  The plant is expected to drop down to a more normal production schedule of between 2000 and 3000 daily wafer starts over the next few weeks, with the aim of producing over 50 million microprocessors within the next six months out of the Sulari plant alone, for both domestic and international sales.

"Though the 5,135 silicon wafer starts in one day was an extraordinary accomplishment, KalMD has had the facilities and the capacities to make this amount of microprocessors for a long time," said plant manager Devin White, of Sulari.  "The only bottleneck has been demand.  Internationally, there is plenty of demand, but most of our normal trading partners would rather buy from the other side of the world than procure technology locally.  I can't tell you why:  I don't know myself.  So, we haven't really gone out of our way to overproduce.  However, there has been a fairly significant domestic increase in demand, both in Kalistan and in Gaduridos, for consumer electronics, and rather than KMD buying processors from others, we figured we would just ramp up capacity ourselves and supply our own tech."

The microprocessors are expected to go in anything from next generation cellular phones that can access KalSat to laptop computers, smart devices, industrial equipment and medical equipment.  "Making these chips available to Kalistani manufacturers should ease pressures on world supplies, forcing prices down for consumers, and making things more widely accessible for millions," said White.  "As Kalistan's National Companies move toward modernization, and the private sector follows suit, it is expected that there will be continued demand for microprocessors, and we expect to set a new plateau for production at around 2700 silicon wafer starts daily average a day, each capable of producing between 132 and 138 useable microchips after the 12-week production cycle."

White touted KalMd's environmental practices and clean room policies.  "KalMD is the industry leader in ensuring that we our Sulari and Dana plants are environmentally conscious.  Like all industries in Kalistan, we utilize only renewable energy for our plants and our etching technology.  We also employ environmentally friendly etching chemicals, closed loop water systems, and are working toward fully solvent-less processes.  We also ensure the highest standards in cleanroom technology to minimize defect in the silicon wafers.  The whole process allows us to increase our efficiency and reduce environmental damage to almost nothing.  We are quite proud of our practices, and our products."

The wafer start record corresponded to an increase in battery production at KalTech, KalMD's subsidiary battery company, based in Dana.  "We are expecting a boom in new consumer technology over this coming year.  And KalMD will be ready for it."  White said KMD expects to create a surplus of microchips and lithium ion battery capacity which will be available for export.  

"Sure we would love to export these items," said White.  "When our chip run is completed in a few months, we will have enough to supply Imperial needs, even the increased demand we are beginning to see, a couple times over.  We will then assess whether we should scale back a bit after that until we go through the inventory or maintain these production levels to meet unanticipated demands.  It is hard to say, though what others will do.  They could buy inexpensively from KMD, or they can spend more money buying from others.  Either way, Kalistan is ramping up its cellphone, PC, and smart device production and will be modernizing much of our industrial and medical equipment with this batch, and everytime you pick up a KMD phone for the next three years, it will likely have a microprocessor that we are starting up within the next three months."

@TheRepublic