Semiconductors · 21 stories
Malaysia’s semiconductor and E&E story — chip assembly, testing and packaging (ATP) investments, fab-adjacent suppliers and the industrial property demand they create across Penang, Kulim, Perak and beyond.
ViTrox's 500,000 sq ft Batu Kawan plant to triple capacity
ViTrox is building a five-storey, 500,000 sq ft plant in Batu Kawan, more than three times its factory space today. CIMB puts the cost at RM150m–RM200m.
SoftBank’s Son picks Malaysia for US$50b AI and data centres
Anwar says SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son has picked Kuching and Peninsular Malaysia for US$50b of AI and data-centre investment. SoftBank has not confirmed it.
Estek Automation opens RM20m, 50,000 sq ft Batu Kawan plant
Penang chip-equipment maker Estek Automation has opened a RM20m, 50,000 sq ft plant in Batu Kawan, about eight times its old Bayan Lepas factory space.
Perak breaks ground on 287-acre Kerian Industrial City
PKNP and Asiabina have started a RM700 million industrial city at Dennistown, Parit Buntar, with 36 semi-D factories and 47 lots, close to the Penang border.
TANAKA MEP breaks ground on RM70m Batu Kawan refinery
A Japan–Penang joint venture has started work on a RM70 million gold refinery on about 3 acres in Batu Kawan Industrial Park, due to open in early 2029.
AT&S picks IJM for RM1.23b Kulim plant in €2b expansion
AT&S has hired IJM to design and build RM1.23b of new plant at Kulim Hi-Tech Park, part of a €1.5b to €2b expansion backed by AMD and a second customer.
Penang ATE Campus: 10 acres in Batu Kawan, RM25m from KL
Penang has set aside 10 acres in Batu Kawan Industrial Park, worth RM40m, for an ATE campus and Putrajaya added RM25m, but the building is not yet planned.
DNeX settles SilTerra dispute; Chinese fund to put in RM100m
DNeX and Beijing’s CGP Fund have ended their SilTerra legal fight; CGP’s Mimastronics will put RM100m into DNeX Semiconductor, owner of 60% of the Kulim fab.
UWC earmarks RM230m for 620,696 sq ft Batu Kawan factory
UWC will put RM230.13m of a RM384m share placement into a new 620,696 sq ft factory at PT 6172, Batu Kawan, after moving RM80.46m away from debt repayment.
China’s S J leases 8.5 acres in Batu Kawan for US$70m plant
PEN S J Electronics, the Penang arm of China’s S J Electronics, is leasing about 8.5 acres in BKIP3 from PDC for a US$70m chip-materials plant with 1,000 jobs.
Taiwan’s E&R opens Melaka chip carrier-tape plant on 13 Oct
Taiwan’s E&R Engineering opens a carrier-tape plant in Phase III of Melaka’s Batu Berendam Free Trade Zone on 13 October, with mass production in early 2027.
UMS Integration raising RM450m, RM332m for Penang automation
UMS Integration is placing up to 52.94 million new shares at RM8.50 to raise RM450 million, with RM332.25 million for automating its Penang factories.
Cohu in Malaysia: Penang design centre, Melaka factory
Who is Cohu? A US chip-test equipment maker with its largest factory in Melaka and, since June 2024, a RM71 million design centre in Bayan Lepas, Penang. What it does, since when, …
SkyGate NHJ commits US$30mil to a 36,000 sq ft plant in the Perai Free Industrial Zone
The Malaysia–Singapore precision machining joint venture opened its Perai FIZ facility on 4 September with Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow officiating, committing US$30 million (RM121…
TT Vision commits RM92mil to a 153,000 sq ft factory on PDC’s Plot 81A, Bayan Lepas — RM160 psf land, RM600 psf to build, and a company worth RM105mil
TT Vision Technologies has awarded Yu Tong Construction a RM92 million contract to build a factory-cum-office on Plot 81A, Bayan Lepas Industrial Park — 3.6 acres leased from PDC f…
Penang approved RM17.3bil of manufacturing investment in six months — 77% of all of last year, and 69% of it is existing factories expanding
MIDA figures released on 3 September put Penang first in Malaysia for approved manufacturing investment in 1H2026: RM17.3 billion, 34% of the national total and 38% up year-on-year…
RM500 million bridge to Pulau Jerejak starts next month — and Penang wants a financial hub on the other side
Road widening begins in September for the 1km bridge giving Pulau Jerejak its first-ever road access. On the island: a 32ha development pitched as a financial centre for Penang’s 2…
NXP Breaks Ground on 500,000 sq ft Assembly and Test Expansion in Petaling Jaya
Dutch-American chipmaker NXP Semiconductors has broken ground on a new assembly and test building in Petaling Jaya that will add about 500,000 sq ft and take the Selangor site to r…
South Korea’s K-Test Breaks Ground on RM205mil Perak Plant, Its First in Southeast Asia
Semiconductor testing specialist K-Test has broken ground on a US$50mil (RM205mil) wafer and final testing plant in Perak — its first Southeast Asian facility — targeted for practi…
Jabil further Expands in Malaysia Roots as It Climbs the Manufacturing Value Chain
Thirty years after opening its first Asian factory in Penang, Jabil now runs six Malaysian facilities employing 14,000 people. Malaysia MD Tan Siew Jin tells The Edge how the group…
PM Anwar Opens MKS Inc’s RM400mil Super Center Factory in Batu Kawan
US semiconductor equipment giant MKS Inc has opened its Super Center Factory at Bandar Cassia Technology Park, Batu Kawan — its largest manufacturing investment since founding in 1…
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