STMicroelectronics to build integrated Silicon Carbide substrate manufacturing facility in Italy
- First-of-a-kind SiC epitaxial substrate manufacturing facility in Europe
- Full vertical integration to reinforce substrate provide for SiC units and options enabling automotive and industrial clients of their shift to electrification and better effectivity
Geneva, Switzerland, October 5, 2022 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a worldwide semiconductor chief serving clients throughout the spectrum of electronics purposes, will build an integrated Silicon Carbide (SiC) substrate manufacturing facility in Italy to assist the rising demand from ST’s clients for SiC units throughout automotive and industrial purposes as they transition to electrification and search greater effectivity. Production is predicted to begin in 2023, enabling a balanced provide of SiC substrate between inner and service provider provide.
The SiC substrate manufacturing facility, constructed at ST’s Catania web site in Italy alongside the prevailing SiC machine manufacturing facility, can be a primary of a sort in Europe for the manufacturing in quantity of 150mm SiC epitaxial substrates, integrating all steps within the manufacturing stream. ST is dedicated to develop 200mm wafers within the subsequent future.
This mission is a key step in advancing ST’s vertical integration technique for its SiC business. The funding of €730 million over 5 years can be supported financially by the State of Italy within the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and it’ll create round 700 direct extra jobs at full build-out.
“ST is transforming its global manufacturing operations, with additional capacity in 300mm manufacturing and a strong focus on wide bandgap semiconductors to support its $20+B revenue ambition. We are expanding our operations in Catania, the center of our power semiconductor expertise and where we already have integrated research, development and manufacturing of SiC with strong collaboration with Italian research entities, universities and suppliers” stated Jean-Marc Chery, President and Chief Executive Officer of STMicroelectronics. “This new facility will be key to our vertical integration in SiC, reinforcing our SiC substrate supply as we further ramp up volumes to support our automotive and industrial customers in their shift to electrification and higher efficiency”.
ST’s management in SiC is the results of 25 years of focus and dedication in R&D with a big portfolio of key patents. Catania has lengthy been an necessary web site for innovation for ST as the house of the biggest SiC R&D and manufacturing operations, efficiently contributing to the event of latest options for producing extra and higher SiC units. With a longtime eco-system on energy electronics, together with a long-term, profitable collaboration between ST and totally different stakeholders (the University, the CNR -Italian National Research Council-, firms concerned in tools and product manufacturing) in addition to a big community of suppliers, this funding will strengthen Catania’s function as a worldwide competence heart for Silicon Carbide expertise and for additional progress alternatives.
ST’s modern, high-volume STPOWER SiC merchandise are at the moment manufactured in its fabs in Catania and Ang Mo Kio (Singapore). Assembly and check are executed at back-end websites in Shenzhen (China) and Bouskoura (Morocco). The funding on this SiC substrate manufacturing facility builds on this experience and is a major milestone on ST’s path in direction of reaching 40% inner substrate sourcing by 2024.
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