Hon Hai invests 250 million euros in Europe to build advanced packaging and testing plant, simultaneously investing in satellite manufacturing field
2025-05-20
Foxconn announced on May 19th that it will invest 250 million euros in Europe, with both sides advancing simultaneously. Including establishing a joint venture with Thales SA and Radiall SA in France to invest in advanced semiconductor packaging and testing (OSAT); There is also strategic cooperation with Thales in the satellite field, investing in the satellite manufacturing industry chain.
Hon Hai stated that the cooperation in building semiconductor factories and mass producing Starlink in France was announced by the French government at the 8th Choose France International Business Summit.
Firstly, Hon Hai has partnered with OSAT, a tripartite cooperation in France, to focus on fan out wafer level packaging (FOWLP) technology in the future. This factory will be Europe's first FOWLP advanced packaging testing facility, which will help Hon Hai establish its roots in Europe and can be seen as strengthening its global supply chain resilience layout. In the initial stage of sales, the main service target is the European market, with customer areas covering industries such as automotive, space technology, 6G mobile communication, and national defense.
Foxconn Chairman Liu Yangwei previously stated that in IC design services, Foxconn will not only focus on automobiles, but also on the satellite industry; Heterogeneous integration has always been a research and development direction for companies. Evaluating the establishment of packaging and testing factories in Europe is to develop advanced packaging technology locally.
In the field of satellites, Hon Hai continues the industry development direction announced at last year's Hon Hai Technology Day, combining Thales' strength in space technology with Hon Hai's high-quality production technology in high-tech electronics to jointly develop high-quality and high value-added satellite mass production capabilities, providing advanced technology content and diverse solutions for future customers' large-scale satellite chain plans.
This is another key milestone in the innovative development of the space industry by Hon Hai, following the launch of its self-made low orbit satellite Pearl in November 2023.
In fact, Hon Hai, together with its subsidiaries and multiple industry partners, has demonstrated its layout in the satellite communication industry chain, including the low orbit satellite user terminal developed by Foxconn and Sharp of Japan, and the Earth observation camera module developed by Rayprus, a subsidiary of Hon Hai; Hongteng Precision produces military grade weather resistant connectors and wires specifically designed for space environments.
Zhao Yuanhan, Director of the B5G Policy Group at Hon Hai Group, has stated that low Earth orbit satellites may become an important part of 5G or 6G communication in the next 10 to 15 years. At that time, the number of low Earth orbit satellites in the sky, as well as 5G/6G base stations and receiving equipment on the ground, is likely to far exceed the general public's understanding.
He said that the current low orbit satellites are "handmade", and Foxconn hopes to provide OEM production services in a standardized and industrialized manner.
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