March 19, 2026 -
By Nathan Vifflin, Reuters
SOPOT, Poland, March 17 (Reuters) - Europe's semiconductor industry must invest in more automated and larger 300-millimeter wafer fabs to counter growing competition from Chinese rivals in power and analog chips, an Infineon Technologies (IFXGn.DE), opens new tab executive said last Friday.
Speaking at a conference for semiconductor industry executives in Poland, Thomas Altenmueller, Vice President Manufacturing Analytics at Infineon, said that Chinese manufacturers were rapidly gaining capacity and expertise in areas historically dominated by European chipmakers.