GlobalWafers Singapore Pte. Ltd. designs, manufactures, and sells wafers and related products to the semiconductor industry. The company offers analog/discrete, processor/CMOS logic, memory, polished, perfect silicon, epitaxial, silicon-on-insulator, high resistivity, ultra-high resistivity, and excess silicon wafers. Its silicon wafers are used in computers, smart phones, TVs, gaming devices, music players, appliances, automobiles, and industrial and space applications. The company provides solutions to chip manufacturers around the world. The company was formerly known as Monsanto Electronic Materials Company. The company was founded in 1959 and is based in Singapore with R&D and manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, and Asia. It has locations in Cheonan, South Korea; Hsinchu, Taiwan; Petaling Jaya, Malaysia; Merano and Novara, Italy; and Utsunomiya, Japan. As of December 2, 2016, GlobalWafers Singapore Pte. Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of GWafers Singapore Pte. Ltd.