# Soitec breaks ground on Singapore fab extension to double SOI wafer capacity

Soitec broke ground on a 45,000 sqm fab extension at its Pasir Ris site in Singapore, which will double annual production capacity to about 2 million 300mm SOI wafers upon completion in 2024, and double its Singapore workforce to over 600 by 2026.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-12-09
- Where: Pasir Ris, Singapore, Singapore
- Jobs: 300
- Starts operating: 2024
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 2 million 300mm SOI wafers per year
- Products: 300mm SOI wafers
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [SOITEC](https://endata.com/companies/32773.md)

## Sources

- [edb.gov.sg](https://www.edb.gov.sg/en/news-and-insights/soitec-breaks-ground-on-singapore-fab-extension-to-grow-its-global-semiconductor-wafer-production-capacity), 2022-12-09: "The fab extension will enable Soitec to double the annual production at its Pasir Ris site, in Singapore, to around two million 300mm SOI wafers."

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