Infineon gets permit for final phase of €5bn Dresden smart power fab
Infineon Technologies has received the final construction permit for its €5bn smart power fab in Dresden, Germany.
This enables Infineon to start production planned for 2026 with the €5bn smart power fab to boost supply chain security in Europe.
During a visit, the Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, officially handed over the last outstanding building permit for the new fab issued by the State Directorate of Saxony.
The excavation of the building pit has now been completed. The shell and building construction are currently progressing on the concrete foundation, which is up to two meters thick. Infineon officially broke ground for the new plant in Dresden in May last year and is looking for €1bn in support from the EU Chips Act. The company says it remains committed to the project despite announcing significant cuts earlier this month.
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“Infineon’s fourth production module in Dresden is another important building block in strengthening Europe’s resilience in the field of microelectronics,” said Michael Kretschmer, Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony. “It is a further step towards achieving the European Commission’s goal of increasing Europe’s share of global chip production to 20 percent.”
“We are making excellent progress with the construction of our state-of-the-art Smart Power Fab in Dresden. We are right on schedule also thanks to the excellent cooperation with the authorities,” says Dr. Rutger Wijburg, Member of the Management Board and Chief Operations Officer of Infineon. “With our strategic decision to continue investing in Dresden, we are securing the long-term future of the site and strengthening the manufacturing base for semiconductors in Europe.”
The company has already removed around 8,000 tons of soil every day since the start of work. A total of 450,000 cubic meters of excavated soil has been produced and is being temporarily stored in a specially prepared area near the Dresden Airport freeway junction.
In the next construction phase, the basement levels will be built, along with other levels. The clean room is planned for the fourth level. Once completed, it will be at the exact same height as the site’s three existing production rooms for integrated production. The future construction phase of the project includes a total of ten tower cranes, some of them 80 meters high to support up to 1,200 construction workers who will be working on the site every day in multiple shifts.
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