Infineon executive urges Europe to build larger, automated fabs

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Mar. 19, 2026 –

By Nathan Vifflin, Reuters

SOPOT, Poland, March 17 (Reuters) - Europe's semiconductor industry must invest in more automated and larger 300-millimeter wafer fabs to counter growing competition from ​Chinese rivals in power and analog chips, an Infineon ‌Technologies (IFXGn.DE), opens new tab executive said last Friday.

Speaking at a conference for semiconductor industry executives in Poland, Thomas Altenmueller, Vice President Manufacturing Analytics at Infineon, said that ​Chinese manufacturers were rapidly gaining capacity and expertise in areas ​historically dominated by European chipmakers.

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