Qimonda AG has announced the building of a new DRAM module manufacturing facility in Johor, Malaysia, close to the border with Singapore. The overall investment for this new DRAM module manufacturing facility in Malaysia including IT integration, infrastructure and equipment will total up to $198 million over the next five years.
The start of construction is planned for mid of calendar year 2007, while production is expected to begin in 2008. It is planned that the new manufacturing site will have up to 3,000 employees. The new DRAM module manufacturing facility will have a production area of around 25.000sqm.
“The new DRAM module facility is a key element of our efforts to optimize our supply chain,” said Kin Wah Loh, President and CEO of Qimonda. ”It will provide us with a higher flexibility and efficiency in our back-end manufacturing. The new facility will be located close to Qimonda’s global distribution center in Singapore to reduce inbound and outbound transit times and to achieve favorable lead times.”
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