05/10/2026
🚧✨ Today, we officially broke ground on our new Fab4Micro facility in Erfurt, marking an important milestone for X-FAB and for the future of semiconductor manufacturing in Europe.
Hosted by Gabriel Kittler, CEO of X-FAB Erfurt, the groundbreaking ceremony brought together distinguished guests from politics, industry, and research, including Mario Voigt, Minister President of Thuringia, Mario Suckert, State Secretary at the Thuringian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Andreas Horn, Mayor of the City of Erfurt, and Marion Walsmann, Member of the European Parliament.
When X-FAB CEO Damien Macq first visited the greenfield site three years ago, all he could see was an empty field. Yet our teams were already describing where cleanrooms, equipment, utilities, and production flows would one day stand. Today, we were still standing in mud and dust, but soon this site will become the cleanest room in Thuringia.
Fab4Micro is much more than a new building. It is an investment in innovation, partnership, and Europe's industrial future. The microsystems and photonic solutions developed and manufactured here will help make cars safer, enable smarter medical devices and wearables, accelerate disease detection, connect global data networks, and support the next generations of AI, photonics, and quantum technologies.
A project of this scale is only possible through collaboration. We sincerely thank the European Union, the German federal government, the State of Thuringia, our research partners, customers, suppliers, and especially our employees around the world for helping make this vision a reality. 🚀
As Damien Macq said during today's ceremony: "As we break ground today, we are sending a clear message: advanced specialized semiconductor manufacturing has a strong future in Europe, and X-FAB intends to help build that future."
The Fab4Micro project is funded by:
➡️ German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
➡️ Thuringian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Rural Areas (Thüringer Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Landwirtschaft und Ländlichen Raum)
Read the full press release here: 👇
https://tinyurl.com/Fab4Micro