Editing STMicroelectronics (section)

===Rousset, France===
Employing around 3,000 staff, [[Rousset, Bouches-du-Rhône|Rousset]] hosts several division headquarters including [[smartcard]]s, [[microcontrollers]], and [[EEPROM]] as well as several R&D centers. Rousset also hosts an 8-inch (200-mm) fab, which was opened on May 15, 2000 by French prime minister [[Lionel Jospin]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date= 2023-11-03 |date=2023-04-18 |title=ST's Manufacturing Strategy – the Key to Business Success |publisher=eletimes.com |url=https://www.eletimes.com/sts-manufacturing-strategy-the-key-to-business-success}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-11-03 |date= |title=STMicroelectronics Inaugurates New 8 in.-200mm- Wafer Fab in Rousset |publisher=wirelessdesignonline.com |url=https://www.wirelessdesignonline.com/doc/stmicroelectronics-inaugurates-new-8-in-200mm-0001 }}</ref>

The site opened in 1979 as a {{convert|100|mm|in|abbr=on}} [[Fab (semiconductors)|fab]] operated by Eurotechnique, a joint venture between [[Saint-Gobain]] of France and [[National Semiconductor]] of the US. Rousset was sold to Thomson-CSF in 1982 as part of the French government's 1981–82 nationalization of several industries. As part of the nationalisation, a former Thomson plant in the center of [[Aix-en-Provence]] operating since the 1960s was closed and staff were transferred to the new Rousset site. The original {{convert|100|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} [[Fab (semiconductors)|fab]] was upgraded into {{convert|130|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} and later {{convert|150|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} fab in 1996. It is now being shut down. The site also has a "Wafer Level Chip Scale Packaging" accreditation for eSIM ICs.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-11-07 |date=2018-06-27 |title=ST Offers eSIMs at Wafer Level |publisher=eetimes.com |url=https://www.eetimes.com/st-offers-esims-at-wafer-level/}}</ref>

In 1988, a small group of employees from the Thomson Rousset plant (including the director, Marc Lassus) founded a start-up company, [[Gemalto]] (formerly known as [[Gemplus]]), which became a leader in the smartcard industry.