# Bosch to open $1.2B semiconductor plant in Dresden, Germany

Bosch has completed a successful test run of fully automated silicon wafer production at its new semiconductor plant in Dresden. The company is investing around €1 billion in the facility, which will produce automotive microchips, with official opening planned for June 2021 and series production starting at the end of 2021.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-03-08
- Where: Dresden, Germany, Germany
- Value: $1.20B (1.00B EUR)
- Jobs: 700
- Starts operating: Jun 2021
- Status: under construction
- Products: silicon wafers, power semiconductors, microchips for cars
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md), [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Robert Bosch](https://endata.com/companies/3006.md)

## Sources

- [electrive.com](https://www.electrive.com/2021/03/08/bosch-automates-production-of-silicon-wafers/), 2021-03-08: "Our new semiconductor factory sets standards in automation, digitalisation and networking."
- [australianmanufacturing.com.au](https://www.australianmanufacturing.com.au/bosch-to-open-new-semiconductor-factory-in-germany/), 2021-03-08: "We plan to open our chip factory of the future before the year is out."
- [autotech.news](https://autotech.news/bosch-produces-its-first-semiconductor-wafers/), 2021-03-09: "Bosch says it has produced the first semiconductor wafers through its 'fully automated' fabrication process at its facility in Dresden, Germany."
- [cleanroomconnect.com](https://cleanroomconnect.com/bosch-reaches-milestone-on-the-way-to-opening-new-wafer-fab-in-dresden/), 2021-04-12: "We plan to open our chip factory of the future before the year is out."

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