Site Management

Jürgen Winterer

Head of BE Regensburg Production

Erika Bauer

Head of Human Ressource

Jörg Recklies

Speaker of Site Management and Head of Frontend

More than 60 Years of Future

Facts

Employees: 2.800

Areas of Production & Innovation:

  • Frontend Technologies
  • Backend Segment Sensor & Chipcard​
  • Backend Chip Embedding
  • Chipcard Lead Fab
  • Package Technology Innovation
  • Test and Handling Automation
1959 Foundation of Siemens Site Regensburg-West
1970 Production ramp up for passive devices (capacitors and resistors)
1965 Construction of new building for transistor production
1968 Production start of electrical multi-layer-capacitors
1975 Extension of production to include opto-electronics (LED)
1976 High voltage devices for colour T.V.'s
1984 Foundations laid for a facility to manufacture large scale integrated devices.
1987 Production 1MEGA-DRAM chips
1990 Start of production 4MEGA-DRAM and chipcard modules
1993 Production of logic devices
1994 First winnner of Environmental Award by the city of Regensburg (repeated in 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010)
1996 End of memory production
1998 Sensors for automotive applications
1999 Foundation of Infineon Technologies AG
2000 Conversion to 200-mm-silicon wafer
2001 Innovation award of German Economy for power semiconductors from Regensburg
2003 Award: Bavarian Medal for Environmental Protection
2004 Installation of Frontend development line
2006 Start of production on passport pre-laminates
Since 2007 Transition of the site to an innovation facility
2009 Innovation Award of German economy for BGA package
2010 Foundation of Frontend-Clusters with Regensburg, Villach, Kulim and Dresden
2010 Pilotline Chip Embedding ramp up
2010 Site is certified by Ministry of Family and Labour „berufundfamilie“
2011 Regensburg partly produces on 300mm Wafer
2012 Cooperation with “Kinderinsel St. Markus” (childcare)
2013 Corporate Health Award
2014 In October the Frontend celebrates 30 years of microchip production
2015 Infineon is nominated for the "Deutsche Zukunftspreis 2015" because of a new radar technologies for cars.
2016 Infineon invests in the cultivation of the hall 17
2016 The one million radar-chip is produced and delivered