# Osram Opto Semiconductors to inaugurate LED factory in Kulim, Malaysia

Osram Opto Semiconductors will inaugurate a new LED epitaxial wafer and chip factory in Kulim, Malaysia on November 23, 2017.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-10-16
- Where: Kulim, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Value: $436.0M (370.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 23 Nov 2017
- Status: completed
- Products: LED epitaxial wafers, LED chips
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Osram Opto Semiconductors](https://endata.com/companies/16521.md)
- [OSRAM](https://endata.com/companies/16573.md)

## Sources

- [digitimes.com](https://www.digitimes.com/newsshow/article.asp?datePublish=2017%2F10%2F15&pages=pd&seq=200), 2017-10-16: "Osram Opto Semiconductors will inaugurate a new factory in Kulim, Malaysia, on November 23, 2017"
- [ams-osram.com](https://ams-osram.com/news/press-releases/pr-23-11-2017), 2017-11-23: "We are both on schedule and within budget."
- [semiconductor-today.com](https://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2017/nov/osram_231117.shtml), 2017-11-23: "We are both on schedule and within budget."
- [ledinside.com](https://www.ledinside.com/news/2017/12/osrams_kulim_plant_will_create_economies_of_scale_for_the_firm_ceo_says), 2017-12-01: "Osram’s new LED fab in Kulim, Malaysia was inaugurated on November 23."
- [m.ledinside.com](https://m.ledinside.com/node/view/28706.html), 2017-12-05: "We plan to manufacture mid-power LED chips for general lighting at first, and later expand the line-up with high-power LED chips also for general lighting and other automotive lighting lines in 2018."
- [buildings.com](https://www.buildings.com/home/article/55259512/osrams-new-malaysian-led-chip-plant-its-not-just-about-lighting-magazine), 2018-02-14: "Our factory in Kulim is a symbol of the transformation of Osram into a high-tech company."

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