Infineon Expands Manufacturing with New Thailand Backend Fab
Infineon Technologies AG has broken ground for a new semiconductor backend production site in Samut Prakan, south of Bangkok, optimizing and further diversifying its manufacturing footprint. After an official meeting with the Prime Minister of Thailand, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, at the Government House, Infineon’s Chief Operations Officer Rutger Wijburg launched the construction of the new fab.
The first building is planned to be ready for operations at the beginning of 2026. Further ramp-up will be managed flexibly in line with market demand. For 2025, all expenditures of the new site are already included in the Capex projections of the company. The project is supported by the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI). The highly automated fab will play a crucial role in diversifying Infineon’s manufacturing landscape as global decarbonization and climate protection efforts drive demand for power modules, e.g. in industrial applications and renewables.
“As decarbonization and digitalization are strong structural growth drivers for the semiconductor industry, we are establishing a state-of-the-art backend fab in Thailand to meet future customer demand and strengthen supply chain resilience. This investment is a key step in our strategy to further diversify our manufacturing footprint and optimize it in terms of costs, while matching the expansion of our frontend capacities,” said Rutger Wijburg, COO of Infineon. “Our new backend site is designed to operate with high efficiency, resilience and quality, ensuring that we can reliably deliver high-quality products to our customers.”
Infineon will support developing a robust semiconductor ecosystem in Thailand, centrally located in Southeast Asia, covering key components and materials in the supply chain. By enhancing partnerships with local businesses and institutions, the company will strengthen the semiconductor ecosystem and the development of a skilled work force. Through close collaboration with universities and local entrepreneurs, Infineon helps to grow a talent pool of highly skilled engineers with expertise in advanced semiconductors. A comprehensive training and education program to improve competencies in AI, digitalization and automation has been developed. The first group of Thai engineers successfully completed this training program at other Infineon sites.
