# Bosch to build €1B semiconductor fab in Dresden

Bosch announced a €1 billion investment in a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Dresden, Germany. The plant will focus on 300mm wafer technology and is scheduled to start manufacturing in 2021, creating up to 700 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-11-07
- Where: Dresden, Germany
- Value: $1.14B (1.00B EUR)
- Jobs: 700
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 300mm wafer technology
- Products: semiconductor chips for automotive applications
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Bosch](https://endata.com/companies/1725.md)

## Sources

- [siliconsemiconductor.net](https://siliconsemiconductor.net/article/105694/Bosch_makes_historic_investment_in_semiconductors), 2018-11-07: "Bosch has announced a €1billion investment in a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Dresden: the largest single investment in the company's history."
- [hafactory.it](https://www.hafactory.it/2018/11/12/semiconductors-bosch-is-growing-faster-than-the-market/), 2018-11-12: "Bosch is underpinning its growth strategy for semiconductors with the single largest investment in the company’s history: it is putting some one billion euros into a new wafer fab in Dresden"

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