- Taiwanese manufacturers will adhere to TSMC's lead in this situation.
Taiwan intends to aid its tech partners in establishing their presence at TSMC's semiconductor factories in Germany and Japan. In Germany, the government aims to assist companies in gaining a solid footing and penetrating the AI sector, considering Taiwan's global leadership in hardware for this field. Economic Minister Jyh-Huei Kuo revealed this in Taipei. This move could spur other countries to advance in this domain.
TSMC is constructing a factory in Dresden, Saxony, where semiconductor production for the automotive industry is slated to commence in 2027. The facility, TSMC's first European site, is expected to generate 2,000 jobs. TSMC, alongside industry giants Bosch, Infineon, and NXP Semiconductor, are part of this investment.
Taiwan also has its eyes set on Japan. According to Kuo, his department's top priority is to set up a support company in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kyushu. The aim is to help suppliers from TSMC's supply chain to establish production there as swiftly as possible. The same strategy will be applied in Germany. Taiwan currently has manufacturing operations in Japan and intends to expand further.
Clark Tseng, from the Semi Taiwan industry association, mentioned 20 to 30 suppliers from various sectors potentially settling in Kyushu. In Germany, the scenario should then be "comparable," he explained. Tseng and Kuo spoke before the Semicon Taiwan exhibition, scheduled for early September, which is projected to attract tens of thousands of visitors and exhibitors from the semiconductor and AI industry from 56 countries.
Taiwan's Economic Minister, Jyh-Huei Kuo, announced plans to establish a support company in Kyushu, a southwestern Japanese prefecture. This move aims to assist TSMC's supply chain partners in quickly setting up production in Kyushu, similar to the strategy in Germany.
