ATREG to find buyer for Qimonda Dresden campus

ATREG to find buyer for Qimonda Dresden campus

Besides, the campus also has some excess land that could be made use of in the construction of a new 300mm fab

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

DRESDEN, GERMANY: Further to the plans to dispose of the advanced 300mm manufacturing campus of Qimonda in Dresden, ATREG, a division of Colliers International, has been appointed as advisor to market the sale.

The campus boasts of a state-of-the-art 300mm semiconductor fab including 281 advanced front-end semiconductor manufacturing tools, an advanced 300mm research and development fab and 3,60,000 square-feet of administrative space.

Besides, the campus also has some excess land that could be made use of in the construction of a new 300mm fab.

Qimonda has been a supplier of DRAM to global clients. However, insolvency proceedings kicked off on April 1, 2009, forcing production of memory chips at the Dresden site to be halted.

As per the new mandate, ATREG is expected to look at finding an operational purchaser for the facility. The fully automated Qimonda Dresden 300mm wafer fab was built in 2001 and used to be the world's first 300mm production facility till recently.

The 300mm equipment includes hundreds of advanced front-end manufacturing tools, many of which were used in volume production at 65nm.

According to ATREG, a semiconductor manufacturer has the ability to rapidly restart operations and take advantage of the strongest recovery in semiconductor market history. The offering in Dresden provides a unique opportunity for a semiconductor company to make a bold, strategic play, officials at ATREG said.

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