AT&S Celebrates Official Opening at the New Campus in Malaysia

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The new campus in Kulim, about 350 kilometres north of the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, was completed in record time: In just over two years the new AT&S campus was built. “This huge success was made possible by our workers and employees in Kulim. This is your day and also a historic day for AT&S that is worthy of a celebration. I take great pride to bear witness to the achievement of this great milestone. Thank you”, commented AT&S CEO Andreas Gerstenmayer in his speech at the Opening Ceremony. “The quick progress was facilitated by close collaboration with Malaysian representatives and authorities on the national, regional and local level. The authorities in Malaysia, especially MIDA and the management of the Kulim High-Tech Park (KHTP) and Advantage Austria from the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber supported us a lot.”

The facilities in Kulim were built to the highest standards of quality and sustainability, with state-of-the-art machinery, recycling systems and a green energy concept. “With the opening of AT&S’s impressive production site, economic cooperation between Austria and Malaysia is reaching a historic high point”, said the Austrian Ambassador to Malaysia and Brunei, Andreas Launer. “I am confident that the company’s strong presence in Malaysia will give important impetus to our bilateral relations and will create many new opportunities to work closer together also in other fields such as higher education, vocational training or the development of new technologies. I hope that this investment will also put Austria in the spotlight of Malaysian companies as a great business location and tech partner in the heart of Europe.”

Advanced Microchips

Malaysia is fast becoming an international hub for the electronics and semiconductor industry, thanks to its excellent infrastructure and talent pool. “Our strategic decision in 2021 to choose Malaysia for our first facility in Southeast Asia was absolutely correct, so far we invested just over EUR 1 billion in our AT&S Campus in the Kulim High-Tech Park. We benefit from the excellent conditions here and Kedah as the technology hotspot in this region,” said AT&S Board Member and Executive Vice President for BU Microelectronics, Ingolf Schroeder. “With the AT&S investment in Malaysia, we are creating thousands of high-tech jobs in the region, till end of this year almost 2500. This will help to set up the framework for future growth in Malaysia”, says AT&S Board Member and Executive Vice President for BU Microelectronics, Ingolf Schroeder.

The AT&S Campus is a masterpiece of a successful technology company, although the technology market has been challenging in recent months. Analysts expect the recovery of the technology sector to resume in the middle of this year.

Today the office building and plant 1 were opened. In plant 1 AT&S will produce technology for the global semiconductor company AMD. Plant 2 is wind and water tight, as soon as the market environment for one of our main customers has improved we will bring the second plant online.

AT&S Malaysia will produce cutting-edge IC Substrates, which are an integral part of high-performance data processors for computers, datacentres and AI-infrastructure. “AT&S has steadfastly kept its commitment to us and punctually delivered a plant that fully meet AMD’s expectations. We are convinced that AT&S is a perfect additional source of high-quality IC Substrates for our data centres”, remarked Scott Aylor, Corporate Vice President for Manufacturing at AMD. Serial production in Kulim will commence later this year.