Abang Johari (centre) and Chombar (third right) place the cube into the slot to symbolically officiate the grand opening of Melexis’ wafer testing site facility at Sama Jaya High-Tech Park. Looking on are Dr Sim (fourth left), Sagah (third left), Mussen (right) and Van Acker (second right). – Photo by Chimon Upon KUCHING (July 10): Melexis today opened its largest wafer testing site worldwide at Sama Jaya High-Tech Park here, signaling the global microelectronics engineering company’s commitment to meeting the increasing demand for semiconductors and to strengthen its presence in the Asia-Pacific region.
The expansion of Melexis in the country marked a significant milestone in the company’s 35-year journey to fulfil the growing global demand for semiconductors, which is expected to double in the next decade. Melexis will continue to innovate in edge sensors and edge drivers aimed at current and future applications in the mobility, sustainability, robotics, and health areas. The expansion will serve all of these applications.
The facility, housed in a four-storey building covering a ground surface of 4,500 square meters, hosts 90 semiconductor wafer test equipment used to test Integrated Circuits (ICs). Melexis chairwoman Francoise Chombar said placing the facility in Kuching between Eastern and Western markets and next to X-FAB’s wafer foundry, which is one of Melexis’ key suppliers, served as a strategic move to streamline logistics and help reduce the company’.
