NXP Has $25M in ‘Direct Exposure’ to Russia, Says CFO
NXP Semiconductors employs about 100 engineers "based out of Russia," and it “serviced” about $25 million in revenue through its Russian distribution partners last year, Chief Financial Officer Bill Betz told a Morgan Stanley investment conference Monday. “So that's the…
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direct exposure we have” to the crisis, he said. In terms of “indirect” exposure, NXP supplies chips to an automotive OEM in Ukraine that manufactures wire harnesses, said Betz. “They are shut down, paused for a couple of weeks” to find alternative sourcing, he said. NXP’s sourcing of neon used for lithography in semiconductor manufacturing “does not come from Ukraine,” said Betz. “We typically hold six to nine months' worth” of inventory in neon, he said: “So really, in the short term, no impact, but this is something that we are continuing to monitor very carefully, and we will adjust accordingly as we go forward.”