Infineon Austria wins “Industrial Excellence Award Europe 2025”

Business & Financial Press

Oct 27, 2025

Villach, October 27, 2025 – Infineon Austria is the first company to bring this award to Austria. The prestigious “Industrial Excellence Award Europe” recognizes Infineon Austria's outstanding achievements in the areas of innovation, quality, and manufacturing excellence. The award ceremony took place in Paris.

“We are extremely proud to receive this prestigious industry award for Austria for the first time,” says Thomas Reisinger, Chief Operating Officer of Infineon Technologies Austria AG. “This award reinforces our ongoing commitment to innovation, technological excellence, and our sustainable and customer-focused products and processes. Above all, it is proof of the expertise and tremendous dedication of our team. They are key knowledge carriers in the transition to a digital, sustainable Industry 5.0.”

Focus on resilience and sustainability in Industry 5.0

This year's industry competition focused on the topics of resilience and sustainability. Infineon stands out with a holistic, sustainable approach that covers all aspects of its business activities. Its products make a key contribution to decarbonization and digitalization. At the same time, the company is committed to resilience. It achieves this through strategic supplier management, the global “Infineon One Virtual Fab” network, a comprehensive cybersecurity program, and continuous training for its skilled workers. The high-tech factory in Villach is based on knowledge-based workplaces and intelligent automation. This is a decisive advantage in the global innovation race, further strengthening future viability and competitiveness in line with “Industry 5.0.”

Effective combination accelerates innovation

As part of the “Industrial Excellence Awards 2025,” the Infineon Austria team underwent a comprehensive evaluation process. An external team of experts visited Villach and was impressed by the high quality of implementation. The close connection between research, development, and manufacturing is the particular strength of the Villach innovation factory. This increases the speed of innovation and sets a global benchmark in the industry.

Technology portfolio and excellent manufacturing

The Villach manufacturing facility focuses on the highly efficient production of 300-millimeter silicon thin wafers and gallium nitride and silicon carbide materials. This enables even more energy-efficient solutions in AI, electromobility, renewable energies, and robotics.  With the “Infineon One Virtual Fab,” Villach is also digitally networked with the manufacturing sites in Dresden and Kulim. This guarantees you a high degree of efficiency and quality as well as increased flexibility in manufacturing.   

Infineon has received this prestigious award for the second time since 2017. It recognizes the company's technological contributions and its long-standing role as a leading global semiconductor company in Europe.

About the Industrial Excellence Award

The Industrial Excellence Award has been presented since 1995 and honors European companies from the industrial and service sectors for their outstanding achievements in management quality and European competitiveness. The competition is held in ten Western European countries, namely Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and, for the first time, Austria and Turkey.

Founded by France's INSEAD and Germany's WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, the award is supported by leading business schools from across Europe. These are: AESE Business School | Lisbon, Portugal; Cambridge Judge Business School | Cambridge, United Kingdom; HEC Paris | Paris, France; IESE Business School | Barcelona, Spain; IMD | Lausanne, Switzerland; LCL | Luxembourg; Rotterdam School of Management | Rotterdam, Netherlands; Sabancı University | Istanbul, Turkey

SCA BOCCONI | Milan, Italy; TU Eindhoven | Eindhoven, Netherlands; Vlerick Business School | Ghent, Belgium; WU Vienna | Vienna, Austria

https://industrial-excellence-award.eu/

About Infineon Austria

Infineon Technologies Austria AG is a subsidiary of Infineon Technologies AG, a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT. Semiconductors are essential for mastering the energy-related challenges of our time and helping to shape the digital transformation. Infineon's microelectronics drive decarbonization and digitalization and enable groundbreaking solutions for green and efficient energy, clean and safe mobility as well as a smart and secure IoT.

Infineon Austria pools competencies for research and development, production as well as global business responsibility. The head office is in Villach, with further branches in Graz, Klagenfurt, Linz, Innsbruck and Vienna. With 5,977 employees (including around 2,500 in research and development) from 78 nations, the company generated revenue of EUR 4.8 billion in the 2024 fiscal year (ending 30 September). With research expenditure of 686 million euros, Infineon Austria is the strongest research company in Austria.

Further information is available at www.infineon.com/austria

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Industrial Excellence Award ceremony in Paris.

Industrial Excellence Award ceremony in Paris.

From left: Arnd Huchzermeier (WHU), Sm Aflaki (HEC), Luk van Wassenhove (INSEAD) Gerald Reiner (WU Vienna), Thomas Reisinger (COO Infineon Austria), Alexander Seitz (Global Head SCPM GaN, Infineon Austria) , Michael Sorger (Head of WBG Technology Transfer and Conversion Management, Infineon Austria), Brenda Barrett (Global Head, CL Management, Infineon Austria); copyright: WHU

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The Infineon Austria team at the award ceremony in Paris.

The Infineon Austria team at the award ceremony in Paris.

From left: Michael Sorger (Head of WBG Technology Transfer and Conversion Management), Thomas Reisinger (Chief Operating Officer, Infineon Austria), Brenda Barrett (Global Head, CL Management), Alexander Seitz (Global Head SCPM GaN); copyright: Infineon

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Knowledge-based manufacturing at Infineon's site in Villach, Austria.

Knowledge-based manufacturing at Infineon's site in Villach, Austria.

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