曼谷——随着泰国加快打造区域半导体枢纽的步伐，德国芯片制造商英飞凌科技已启用其位于泰国的首座工厂。
BANGKOK -- German chipmaker Infineon Technologies has opened its first Thai plant as the Southeast Asian country ramps up its ambition to become a regional semiconductor hub.
这座工厂坐落在曼谷东部的一座工业园区，邻近泰国的主要门户素万那普机场，主要专注于半导体后端生产，包括功率模块以及传统和先进的组装、封装与测试。其产品将用于泰国的电动汽车、储能系统和数据中心——这些也是泰国急于发展的领域。
The factory, located in an industrial park east of Bangkok and near the country's main gateway, Suvarnabhumi Airport, mainly focuses on back-end semiconductor production, including power modules and conventional and advanced assembly, packaging and testing. Products will be used for electric vehicles, energy storage systems and data centers in the country -- sectors Thailand is also keen to develop.
英飞凌已向这座新工厂投资14亿美元。工厂占地20万平方米，全面投产后最多可雇用5000人。
Infineon has invested $1.4 billion in the new factory, which is located on a 200,000-square-meter site and would employ up to 5,000 people at full operation.
该公司计划与泰国半导体行业其他企业合作，未来培育更完善的高价值芯片生产供应链。此外，公司还将与泰国主要大学合作，培养工程师，以满足日益增长的需求。
The company plans to partner with other semiconductor industry players in Thailand to develop stronger supply chains for producing high-value chips in the future. In addition, the company will also cooperate with major Thai universities to develop engineers to meet rising demand.
“英飞凌不仅在泰国投资，也把全球专业知识带到我国。”总理阿努廷·查恩维拉库周四在该工厂启用仪式上表示。
"Infineon not only invests in Thailand, but also brings global expertise to our country," Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said during the plant's opening ceremony on Thursday.
英飞凌首席运营官亚历山大·戈斯基表示，公司选择泰国，是因为泰国地处东南亚中心，周边拥有快速成长的生态系统，并可接入全球物流体系。
Infineon's chief operations officer, Alexander Gorski, said the company chose Thailand because it is the heart of Southeast Asia, is surrounded by a fast-growing ecosystem and has access to global logistics.
“我们着眼未来建设了曼谷基地，”戈斯基说。“这一战略位置有助于我们进一步实现跨区域制造网络多元化，并以卓越的灵活性服务客户。”在全球人工智能热潮的推动下，东南亚各国正吸引芯片投资之际，这座工厂正式启用。强劲的芯片产业也推动了马来西亚和新加坡等国的整体经济增长。
"We have built the Bangkok site with the future in mind," Gorski said. "This strategic location helps us further diversify our manufacturing network across regions and serve our customers with great flexibility." The factory opening comes as Southeast Asian countries attract chip investments amid the global artificial intelligence boom. The robust chip industry has also pushed up overall economic growth in countries like Malaysia and Singapore.
本周在新加坡，台积电（TSMC）的子公司 Vanguard International Semiconductor 投入了其首个先进的芯片制造工厂；同时，美国芯片制造商博通（Broadcom）和日本 Toppan Holdings 也在此地开设了该城市国家的首家先进芯片基板制造工厂。
In Singapore this week, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) affiliate Vanguard International Semiconductor inaugurated its first advanced chipmaking plant, while U.S. chipmaker Broadcom and Japan's Toppan Holdings opened the city-state's first advanced chip substrate plant.
英飞凌科技（Infineon Technologies）在泰国的首个工厂位于曼谷附近的 Bangpli Noi 地区。尽管泰国是该地区的汽车产业中心，但在半导体行业方面仍落后于新加坡和马来西亚。因此，泰国政府推出了一个雄心勃勃的发展计划，目标是在 2050 年前吸引 800 亿美元的新投资，并通过该计划创造超过 23 万个就业机会。该发展计划分为三个阶段：
Infineon Technologies' first plant in Thailand, located in the Bangpli Noi district near Bangkok. (Infineon) Although Thailand is a regional automotive hub, it lags behind Singapore and Malaysia in the semiconductor industry. The Thai government has therefore launched an ambitious plan to develop the sector, aiming to attract $80 billion in new investment by 2050 The government also targets creating more than 230,000 jobs under the initiative. The road map is in three phases.
到 2030 年，泰国将巩固其现有的组装和测试能力，提升先进的封装技术，并为前端晶圆生产奠定基础；
到 2040 年，泰国将寻求更多上游产业（如芯片设计、晶圆制造和先进技术制造）的投资，以填补供应链中的空白；
By 2030, Thailand will reinforce its established assembly and testing base, scale advanced packaging capabilities and lay the foundation for front-end wafer production By 2040, the country will seek more anchor investors in upstream activities, including chip design, wafer fabrication and advanced-technology manufacturing to fill gaps in the supply chain.
到 2050 年，泰国希望实现完整的国内半导体产业链。根据泰国投资委员会的数据，2023 年至 2026 年上半年期间，泰国共收到了 879 个半导体及先进电子项目的投资申请，这些项目涉及印刷电路板、硬盘驱动器、人工智能服务器以及汽车电子零部件等领域，总投资额约为 272 亿美元。
By 2050, Thailand aims to have a complete domestic supply chain. According to the Board of Investment, Thailand received investment promotion applications for 879 semiconductor and advanced electronic projects worth about $27.2 billion between 2023 and the first half of 2026, spanning printed circuit boards, hard-disk drives, AI servers and electronic parts for vehicles.