On Semiconductor plans to establish SiC manufacturing facility in Czech Republic

On Semiconductor announced plans to establish a vertically integrated silicon carbide, or SiC, manufacturing facility in the Czech Republic. “The site would produce the company’s intelligent power semiconductors that are essential for improving the energy efficiency of applications in electric vehicles, renewable energy and AI data centers… onsemi’s plan to expand SiC manufacturing with a multi-year brownfield investment of up to $2B is part of the company’s previously disclosed long-term capital expenditure target. This investment would build on the company’s current operations in the Czech Republic, which include silicon crystal growth, silicon and silicon carbide wafer manufacturing and a silicon wafer fab. Today, the site can produce more than three million wafers annually, including more than one billion power devices,” the company stated. “Our brownfield investment would establish a Central European supply chain to better service our customers’ rapidly increasing demand for innovative technologies that improve the energy efficiency in their applications. Through a close collaboration with the Czech government, the expansion would also enhance our production of intelligent power semiconductors that are essential to helping ensure the European Union is able to achieve its ambitions to significantly reduce carbon emissions and environmental impact,” added Hassane El-Khoury, president and CEO, onsemi.