# SIMMTECH opens new semiconductor packaging substrate factory in Penang, Malaysia

SIMMTECH held the grand opening of its new factory for SUSTIO Sdn. Bhd. in Batu Kawan Industrial Park, Penang, Malaysia. The facility is SIMMTECH's first in Southeast Asia and will increase total substrate and PCB capacity by 20%.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-05-09
- Where: Batu Kawan Industrial Park, Penang, Malaysia
- Starts operating: 9 May 2022
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 20% increase in total substrate and PCB capacity
- Products: memory chip packaging substrate, HDI printed circuit board
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Simmtech](https://endata.com/companies/15357.md)
- [Sustio](https://endata.com/companies/56781.md)
- [Sustio](https://endata.com/companies/56781.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [investpenang.gov.my](https://investpenang.gov.my/simmtech-to-deliver-the-first-made-in-malaysia-memory-chip-packaging-substrate-through-its-malaysian-subsidiary-sustio-sdn-bhd/), 2022-05-09: "SIMMTECH, a South Korea-based global leading manufacturer for semiconductor packaging substrate and HDI Printed Circuit Board (PCB), held the grand opening ceremony for its Malaysia-based subsidiary, SUSTIO Sdn. Bhd. in Batu Kawan Industrial Park, Penang."
- [mida.gov.my](https://www.mida.gov.my/media-release/simmtech-to-deliver-the-first-made-in-malaysia-memory-chip-packaging-substrate-through-its-malaysian-subsidiary-sustio-sdn-bhd/), 2022-05-09: "SIMMTECH held the grand opening ceremony for its Malaysia-based subsidiary, SUSTIO Sdn. Bhd. in Batu Kawan Industrial Park, Penang."
- [eetasia.com](https://www.eetasia.com/simmtech-opens-first-advanced-manufacturing-facility-in-southeast-asia/), 2022-05-17: "SUSTIO’s factory in Penang will increase SIMMTECH’s total capacity of substrate and PCB by 20 percent, which will immediately contribute to improve the semiconductor industry supply constraint situation."
- [penanghyperlocal.com](https://penanghyperlocal.com/south-koreas-simmtech-first-investment-in-penang/), 2022-05-18: "We have already engaged with our key customers for the new site qualification programme and are expecting to start delivering mass volumes of substrate and PCB products to the customers from the second half of this year."

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