Colorado Springs has landed 125 new jobs from a California maker of components for digital X-ray sensors.
DpiX LLC will take over a semiconductor plant that chipmaker LSI Logic shuttered in the summer of 2001 during the technology sector crash.
“The facility was key. It is pretty ideal for us,” said Robert Tolan, a spokesman for the Palo Alto manufacturer.
The company places diodes on silicon panels, enabling them to capture images, not unlike a reverse liquid crystal display.
While primarily used for medical purposes, the technology has applications in homeland security.
Hiring may not begin in full until next year and the plant probably won’t start commercial production until 2008, Tolan said.
The company must order specialized equipment that could take a year to build and go through several months of testing.
Engineers and building contractors are needed initially to convert the plant and install equipment, Tolan said.
Wages will be competitive, but Tolan said he didn’t have details on what specific jobs would pay.
The company, around since the mid-1980s, uses technology initially developed by Xerox.
Staff writer Aldo Svaldi can be reached at 303-820-1410 or asvaldi@denverpost.com.
