We can’t live without semiconductors. From cars and smartphones, to medical equipment and gaming consoles, the ever-increasing demand for the ubiquitous electricity-conducting materials continues to grow at pace.
In order to meet this demand, international and German companies need to collaborate to build more fabrication plants (or “fabs”), and this offers fresh opportunities for Irish construction, engineering and design firms to become part of the boom in the sector in Germany.
Ireland has a decades-long semiconductor history. The first factory was built by Analog Devices in 1976 in Limerick, followed by Intel’s manufacturing and…