Anwar (middle) with Hanebeck (left) look at semiconductor wafers on display during the opening of the company's site of a new semiconductor complex in Kulim, Malaysia, on Aug 8, 2024. Infineon’s investments in Malaysia highlights the South-East Asian nation’s potential to attract more tech investments at a time that major chip firms are seeking alternatives to China and Taiwan for manufacturing given increasing geopolitical uncertainties. — Bloomberg
Malaysia is gaining more heft in the global supply chain as Infineon Technologies AG opens a major semiconductor manufacturing complex in the country, the South-East Asian nation’s leader said.
"We are now be able to receive and expand the technology. It shows Malaysia is now going up the ladder,” Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said at the opening ceremony of the first phase of Infineon’s €7bil (RM34.12bil) production site in the northern Malaysian district of Kulim on Aug 8.
