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EPP 4
Supporting the Growth of Substrate
Manufacturers and Related Industries
Malaysia is already a manufacturing location for leading wafer
substrate manufacturers Shin Etsu and MEMC, which are number
one and four in the world market share respectively. The growth of
the core semiconductor value chain as well as adjacent industries
such as equipment and epitaxy manufacturers will increase
Malaysia’s attractiveness as a site for substrate manufacturers.
Achievements
MIDA will lead this EPP and target to bring in at least two more
wafer substrate manufacturers to Malaysia. NCIA with the
support from MIDA and PEMANDU have facilitated the substrates
production expansion of a Local Advance Silicone Polymer
manufacturer to kick start volume production for fine silicones
and hybrids. The aim is to develop a high tech cluster of local
formulation companies based on the manufacturer’s upstream
advanced silicones and hybrids. In addition to this, this EPP also
plans to ramp up volume and further intellectual property (IP)
development immediately into the manufacturer’s synthesis
facility to accelerate installing of sufficient volume of fine silicones
and hybrids by leveraging on the company’s existing intellectual
property.
EPP 5
Increasing the Number of Silicon Producers
Manufacturers of solar silicon ingots require a steady supply of
high-grade silica and large amounts of reliable energy provided
at reasonable price to process raw silica. Sarawak is an ideal
location for this as it has a source of high-grade silica and offers
renewable energy (e.g. hydropower) at attractive rates with
guaranteed reliability. Tokuyama is constructing a solar silicon
wafer manufacturing plant at the Samalaju Park in Sarawak to
take advantage of the low cost of power.
Achievements
MIDA, with the help of other government agencies, has attracted
one selected major company to set up operations in Malaysia and
to increase the amount of silicon produced in Malaysia from six
kilo tonnes today to around 170 kilo tonnes in 2020. Malaysia will
also develop two domestic silicon companies.
MIDA has started the process of attracting silicon producers at
the beginning of 2011. To take the first company as an example,
the process would begin in January 2011 and the plant would
start operations in January 2014. The targets for the domestic
champions are to have the first plant in operation by October
2012 and the second plant by December 2014.
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Moving Forward
There are plans in the pipeline to further improve the investment
environment in Sarawak. For example, the Regional Corridor
Development Authority (RECODA) will expedite approvals for new
substrate projects and reduce the process duration to maximum
of two months.
MIDA will launch a targeted promotion to substrate manufacturers
and other related industries to set up in Malaysia. The Ministry of
Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) will provide technical
advice and support in R&D, technology platform and innovation. It
will also identify basic research areas with universities and applied
research areas with local and international research institutions.
Sarawak is a suitable site for silicon wafer substrate manufacturing
due to the availability of high quality silica and low-cost power.
The target is to set-up one substrate plant in Sarawak by 2012 and
a second plant by 2014.
Moving Forward
To jumpstart the substrate industry in Sarawak, a domestic
champion for substrate manufacturing will be created in the form
of a joint venture with a leading international company to provide
access to the technology. MIDA will promote Sarawak overseas as
a site for silicon producers and solar glass, providing incentives
(tax incentive, power rebates) to new silicon producers with
pioneer status. MOSTI will provide technical advice and support
in solar substrate R&D, technology platform and innovation. It will
also identify basic research areas with universities and applied
research areas in collaboration with local and international
research institutions. Furthermore the Government will invest in
making Miri and Bintulu into attractive and liveable cities. As the
nearest towns to Samalaju industrial park, Miri and Bintulu are
important to Sarawak’s solar initiative, but their current conditions
do not attract talent to work there.
To address the power needs of the industry, priority will be
allocated for hydroelectric power to the solar industry rather than
other energy intensive industries like aluminium and steel.
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