X-FAB acquires a majority stake in MFI

X-FAB Silicon Foundries recently announced that it has increased its stake in Germany's MEMS Foundry Itzehoe GmbH (MFI) from 25.5% to 51%, becoming its major shareholder, and has renamed MFI to X-FAB MEMS Foundry Itzehoe.

 

This move demonstrates X-FAB's focus on MEMS production services and technology. The Itzehoe fab has supplemented the recently announced MEMS production capacity and resources of the Erfurt X-FAB MEMS fab, adding technologies related to micro-sensors, actuators, micro-optical structures, and sealed wafer-level packaging processes.

 

X-FAB MEMS Foundry Itzehoe will continue its long-term cooperation with the Fraunhofer ISIT MEMS Group, accelerating and exploring the commercialization of existing and emerging technologies, applications, and intellectual property in automotive and other markets.

 

Thomas Hartung, Senior Vice President of Marketing at X-FAB Group, said, "Our customers will benefit from a broader range of MEMS technologies, which can be directly assigned."接使用X-FAB的生产工厂进行CMOS兼容型MEMS的生产。X-FAB MEMS Foundry Itzehoe将会在我们的MEMS战略实施中扮演重要角色，让我们跻身三大纯MEMS晶圆厂供应商的目标更快实现。”

 

"The rich portfolio of multi-purpose MEMS-specific technologies at Itzehoe-based MEMS fabs, along with Fraunhofer ISIT's development expertise, greatly expands the capabilities of X-FAB technology products," said Dr. Peter Merz, Managing Director of X-FAB MEMS Foundry Itzehoe. "We are excited to offer comprehensive MEMS technology, including vacuum and optical wafer-level packaging, or TSVs supported by X-FAB's existing reliable wafer fab services. This combination of technologies gives X-FAB's customers access to a full suite of technologies, accelerating the product development and production cycle for miniature devices such as inertial sensors, micromirrors, and piezoelectric transducers."