Bye - Bye chip factory

Motorola dumped (or in their words "spun off") its Semiconductor Products Sector - SPS,
which became Freescale Semiconductor who has plants in Chandler and Tempe, Arizona.
This old Motorola 75 acre wafer manufacturing site was home of multiple fabs
MOS 5, MOS 6 and the Bipolar Manufacturing Center (BMC).
The plant, located at Broadway and Dobson in Mesa Arizona was sold.
The sale and demolition took place 2004-2005.
Demolition of this facility is complete.

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A bag of garbage sits to the left of the Motorola SPS sign
Broadway and Dobson - Mesa, Arizona

Layoff employees.....
Turn off the lights....
and put out the garbage.....

The for sale sign for this property went up days before Motorola
removed the SPS sign - poor planning as usual.



View this property May 25, 2008

View this property May 25, 2008 combined with The Old

Credit union entrance off Broadway Road looking North West.
This was the South East corner of the building on the East side.

Credit union entrance off Broadway Road - Page 1 | - Page 2



East fence bordering Dobson Road.



Through all the demolition (2005) this Saguaro stood
and is still standing - May 25, 2012

A giant phallic symbol left for employees
who lost their jobs and pensions.

Credit Union Saguaro page

Thoughts to ponder...
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Some CBP's offices (CBP - corporate butt pilot)
were moved outside during the demolition.

CG's is the blue door to the right.

East side - Page 1 | East side - Page 2



Recycled mold compound? or CG's BS?
You ask, is that smog in the background? - Yep!
The air was thick with smog.

Miscellaneous page



MOS 6 Fab at the west end of the property.

Mos 6 - Page 1 | Mos 6 - Page 2



The east end of the property borders Dobson road.
The area along this fence was cleaned up.
All weeds and trash were removed
except one lonely weed growing by itself - July 27, 2005.

I suspect a seed fell as CG bailed with his golden parachute.

    


July 27, 2005.

Three weeks later (August 15, 2005) the little plant has grown up a bit.
Someone harvested part of the plant just before it started budding.
The plant was there September 4, and disappeared
some time before October 20th.

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Motorola Pension and Ethics Questions
Broadway Road || Credit Union Entrance Off Broadway Road - Page 1 | - Page 2
Credit Union Saguaro || East Side - Page 1 | - Page 2 || Links and Stuff
Miscellaneous || Mos 6 - Page 1 | - Page 2 || NE Area - RR Tracks
Motbegone Home Page || Site Updates