TAIPEI, April 28 (Reuters) - Taiwanese contract

electronics manufacturer Inventec has agreed to invest

up to $85 million to build manufacturing facilities in Texas to

help mitigate the impact of U.S. tariffs, it said on Monday.

In a statement to the Taiwan stock exchange, the company

said that its U.S. subsidiary would look for "suitable

production" plants in the southwestern U.S. state.

The plan has been agreed upon by the board to "meet customer

shipment location requirements, actively pursue new customers

and markets, and mitigate the impact of fluctuations in U.S.

tariff policies," the company said in its short statement.

It did not elaborate.

The company is a contract maker of notebooks as well as AI

servers that use Nvidia ( NVDA ) chips.

Inventec President Jack Tsai said in January that the

company had started evaluating locations for investment in the

United States and was favouring Texas for its proximity to

Mexico and power infrastructure.

Taiwan had been due to be hit with a 32% tariff under U.S.

President Donald Trump's plans for import taxes on all

countries, until he hit the pause button for 90 days earlier

this month.

Taiwan's government has repeatedly said it will help its

companies invest more in the United States, and buy more goods

from the country, to help reduce the island's yawning trade

surplus.