semiconductor
Semiconductor manufacturing places the highest demands on precision, flexibility, and process reliability. With a broad automation portfolio, Beckhoff offers scalable solutions for the specific challenges of the industry, from communication via Ethercat to integrated control with Twincat. Whether sensor integration, image processing, motion control, or AI applications: Beckhoff technologies...
Merck is pursuing a focused growth strategy across Life Science, Healthcare, and Electronics. Through targeted acquisitions, investments, and customer-centric business models, the company is expanding its presence in dynamic technology markets. Discover how Merck leverages innovation in rare diseases, semiconductor materials, and digital platforms and what underpins its stable outlook for 2025.
The chemical company BASF plans to expand its production capacity for ultra-pure sulfuric acid in semiconductor quality. The new plant at the Ludwigshafen site will be operated according to the latest purity standards to meet the growing demand for state-of-the-art semiconductor chips in Europe. The production facility is scheduled to start up in 2027, coinciding with capacity expansions by key...
Infineon has received funding approval from the European Commission for the construction of the Infineon Smart Power Fab in Dresden. The approval of the funding is part of the European Chips Act. The official funding approval from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, which is responsible for the disbursement of the EU Chips Act funding, is still pending. This is...
Manufacturers of modern microchips are constantly facing new challenges, including in the electrical connections required for them. BASF and Fraunhofer IPMS have therefore been working together on this issue for ten years. By combining their infrastructure and expertise, they enable industry-oriented evaluation of chemicals, as well as process and product tests for chip integration. Together, they...
The radar target simulator "R&S RTS" for automotive radar and in particular its ability to electronically simulate very close-range objects, has been used to verify the performance of NXP Semiconductors’ next-generation radar sensor reference design. This collaboration enables the automotive industry to take another step forward in the development of automotive radar, the principal technology that...
Infineon Technologies announced its commitment to set a science-based target. By that the company expands its climate strategy even further. The semiconductor manufacturer is very well on track towards CO2-neutrality by 2030, relating to its direct and indirect energy related emissions in Scope 1 and 2. After having already reduced these emissions by almost 57 percent to date versus the base year...
The semiconductor market is subject to enormous volatility. Due to the pandemic, the demand for semiconductors increased massively in 2021 as a reaction to the home office trend and the resulting purchases of laptops and smartphones. Even though this run has already slowed down a bit, the semiconductor market is still characterized by exponential growth. In the ten years from 2012 to 2022, sales...
