Malaysian Minister of Worldwide Commerce and Business Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz (from left), Kedah Chief Minister Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Infineon Applied sciences AG CEO Jochen Hanebeck and Chief Working Officer Rutger Wijburg Senior officers from Infineon Applied sciences AG through the opening ceremony of the corporate’s new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Kulim, Malaysia, Thursday, August 8, 2024.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim elaborated on Malaysia’s attractiveness as a wafer manufacturing hub on the opening ceremony Infineon’s A semiconductor manufacturing plant positioned in Kulim, Malaysia.
“Politically, our insurance policies are steady and clear, and I imply vitality transition, industrial coverage, grasp planning, even semiconductor coverage,” he informed CNBC’s JP Ong.
“This helps generate extra curiosity from traders,” Anwar stated, including that Infineon’s participation “very a lot” demonstrates the corporate’s confidence within the nation’s total semiconductor ecosystem.
On whether or not Malaysia can generate sufficient expertise to provide the rising business, the Prime Minister assured that the nation’s professionals and college students are able to doing so.
“Our function in authorities is to facilitate this course of and be certain that we disburse adequate funds for this function,” Anwar stated.
Anwar stated final September that the federal government Hopes to attract skilled Malaysians to return and contribute to the country. The nation goals to coach and upskill 60,000 Malaysians over the following decade to turn into extremely expert semiconductor engineers.
