Austria’s AT&S picks Malaysia for PCB, IC plant, total investment RM8.5B
Austria-headquartered AT&S, which manufactures high-end printed circuit boards and substrates for semiconductors will set up a production plant in Malaysia, its first in Southeast Asia.
AT&S’ new facility in Kulim Hi-Tech Park, Kedah will produce high-end PCBs and IC substrates and it will involves a proposed total investment of RM8.5bil (€1.7bil) and will create 5,000 high-tech and high impact jobs.
Senior Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said on Thursday construction of the plant is set to begin in the second half of 2021 with commercial operations targeted to come on-stream in 2024.
BY THE STAR