AT&S building world class R&D facility at Leoben HQ

To meet the ongoing boom in demand for microelectronics and ever-new performance requirements for electronic systems, AT&S will further strengthen its focus on research and development. With a total investment of 500 million Euro by 2025, the company will build a new R&D center for substrate and packaging solutions for the global semiconductor industry at its location in Leoben-Hinterberg.

“Leoben is the central hub of AT&S. From here AT&S has grown into a global group and is today one of the key players in the high-end printed circuit board and IC substrate business,” says Hannes Androsch, Chairman of the AT&S Supervisory Board. “While we invest heavily in other countries and only recently commenced phase 1 in building our new production in Kulim, Malaysia, it is exactly these investments in Asia that also ensure that the site in Leoben is expanding. Around 700 highly qualified new jobs are being created at our HQ.”

An essential part of the investment will go to building a new research center, including the production of prototypes and small series. With the new, world-class R&D center, AT&S addresses both customers in the high-end semiconductor segment and international research institutions. “The technologies used here are unparalleled in Europe and give AT&S a unique position in the market,” says AT&S CEO Andreas Gerstenmayer. “Research and development at this level of technology will enable us to offer our customers innovative solutions for future product generations even more proactively and to take on a pioneering role in the industry.”

Precursors for IC substrates are already produced in Leoben today and subsequently further processed into high-end final products at the facilities in Chongqing, China, and in the future also in Kulim, Malaysia. To meet the growing demand, the production facilities are upgraded and an additional production building of roughly 18,000 m2 will be built.

“This investment is a clear commitment to our Leoben location and to a competitive microelectronics industry in Europe,” explained Gerstenmayer. The project conforms with the European Chip Act, announced by EU-Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in mid-September. The goal is to jointly create a European state-of-the-art chip ecosystem in order to safeguard the security of microelectronic supplies in Europe and to develop new market for European breakthrough technologies.

To meet the ongoing boom in demand for microelectronics and ever-new performance requirements for electronic systems, AT&S will further strengthen its focus on research and development. With a total investment of 500 million Euro by 2025, the company will build a new R&D center for substrate and packaging solutions for the global semiconductor industry at its location in Leoben-Hinterberg.

“Leoben is the central hub of AT&S. From here AT&S has grown into a global group and is today one of the key players in the high-end printed circuit board and IC substrate business,” says Hannes Androsch, Chairman of the AT&S Supervisory Board. “While we invest heavily in other countries and only recently commenced phase 1 in building our new production in Kulim, Malaysia, it is exactly these investments in Asia that also ensure that the site in Leoben is expanding. Around 700 highly qualified new jobs are being created at our HQ.”

An essential part of the investment will go to building a new research center, including the production of prototypes and small series. With the new, world-class R&D center, AT&S addresses both customers in the high-end semiconductor segment and international research institutions. “The technologies used here are unparalleled in Europe and give AT&S a unique position in the market,” says AT&S CEO Andreas Gerstenmayer. “Research and development at this level of technology will enable us to offer our customers innovative solutions for future product generations even more proactively and to take on a pioneering role in the industry.”

Precursors for IC substrates are already produced in Leoben today and subsequently further processed into high-end final products at the facilities in Chongqing, China, and in the future also in Kulim, Malaysia. To meet the growing demand, the production facilities are upgraded and an additional production building of roughly 18,000 m2 will be built.

“This investment is a clear commitment to our Leoben location and to a competitive microelectronics industry in Europe,” explained Gerstenmayer. The project conforms with the European Chip Act, announced by EU-Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in mid-September. The goal is to jointly create a European state-of-the-art chip ecosystem in order to safeguard the security of microelectronic supplies in Europe and to develop new market for European breakthrough technologies.

The investment will go hand in hand with a significant increase in the number of employees at AT&S. An additional 700 employees will be required by 2025, including engineers in various disciplines, specialists and university graduates for business and technical fields as well as qualified skilled workers.