Infineon CEO supports the idea of TSMC plant in Germany

Infineon Chief Executive Reinhard Ploss on Tuesday supported the idea of Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) building a chip fabrication plant in Germany, expressing a clear preference for its technology over that of Intel.

“It would be an interesting idea to have TSMC in Germany,” Ploss told reporters, while declining to comment directly on reports the dominant contract chip manufacturer was in talks on building a plant there.

Responding to the reports, TSMC said last month it was too early to say whether it would build a semiconductor plant in Germany and that talks were in their early stages.

TSMC has flagged plans to build new plants in both the United States and Japan as part of a broader move to locate production closer to key clients to reduce risks arising from tensions between Taiwan and China.