With SEMICON Taiwan 2024 soon to kickstart on September 4, Polish semiconductor suppliers are preparing to strengthen their ties with Taiwan. Supported by the Polish Investment and Trade Agency, the Polish Pavilion will make its second appearance in Semicon Taiwan, following last year's fruitful results.
"Taiwan clearly declares its intention to collaborate with Central European countries in the semiconductor sector, and Poland is exceptionally well-prepared for this cooperation," said Marek Gabryś, President of AIUT, the largest industrial automation systems integrator in Poland.
"We understand that the industry requires facilities, suppliers, contractors, talent, engineering - essentially, a mature industrial ecosystem," indicated Gabryś, "Semicon Supplier Poland will facilitate a soft landing in Europe for semiconductor companies." The AIUT President pointed out that the global chip market is expected to recover in 2024 following a 9.4% decline in 2023.
According to World Semiconductor Trade Statistics, the chip market is projected to grow by 13% in 2024, reaching a valuation of US$588 billion. "Participation in SEMICON Taiwan helps us to better understand the needs of this dynamically evolving sector and align our services and technologies with global trends."
Since its foundation in 1991, AIUT has expanded to the US, China, Canada, India, Romania, and Germany. The Gliwice-based company specializes in integrated automation systems and offers a wide range of services such as software development, machine building, automatic warehouse systems, and intralogistics systems based on proprietary AMR/AGV solutions.
AIUT has been one of the key players in Poland's automotive supply chain and counts major automakers like BMW, Volkswagen, and Toyota among its customers. In 2023, AIUT saw sales reaching US$100 million, and its staff grew to more than 1,000.
Gabryś also serves as the vice president of the freshly formed Semicon Supply Poland, which is currently made up of 14 Polish private companies with a combined turnover surpassing US$1.5 billion. The organization aims to provide comprehensive support for the development of the semiconductor and microelectronics sector in Central Europe, covering multiple dimensions ranging from infrastructure construction, legal, HR, technical as well as engineering aspects.
Headed by Marcin Fabianowicz, formerly the managing director of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency, Semicon Supply Poland indicated that its members can offer more than 1,200 hectares of industrial land, more than 2,500,000 sqm of existing industrial and logistics buildings, and ready-to-use offices. For greenfield investment, the organization emphasizes the capability to deliver a fully equipped building within a few months.
Apart from AIUT, Semicon Supply Poland also includes Antal, Atlas Ward, Inplag, CLIP Group S.A., DL Invest Group, Ever Grupa, GWW, Medicalgorithmics S.A, Mizyak Fund, PB TECHNIK, Semicon, Vector Group, Wardyński i Wspolnicy, XTPL.
Back in SEMICON Taiwan in September 2023, Poland's Minister of Economic Development and Technology observed that a new European semiconductor hub is taking shape within the Dresden-Prague-Wrocław triangle as a result of the planned TSMC fab in Germany, while Polish industrial and governmental sources point to a possible TSMC advanced packaging facility in Poland. Universal Scientific Industrial Co. (USI), a major Taiwan-based player in semiconductor packaging, acquired its first manufacturing facility in Poland in 2018 and undertook the construction of its second factory in Kobierzyce in June. MediaTek, meanwhile, set up an R&D facility in Warsaw in early 2023.
Indeed, since 2014, 500 R&D centers have been established in Poland, with major players such as Intel, Amazon, Samsung, and Ericsson housing their largest R&D facilities in the country.
