MEDIA RELEASE PR39805
World-Class 300mm Wafer and R&D Fabs Offered for Sale
DRESDEN, Germany, June 2 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
ATREG has been appointed as Advisor for the Marketing of
Qimonda Sites in Dresden, Germany
ATREG, a division of Colliers International, has been appointed as
advisor to market the sale of the advanced 300mm manufacturing campus of
Qimonda in Dresden, Germany. The highly accessible campus, located in the
State of Saxony, features a state-of-the-art 300mm semiconductor fab
including 281 advanced front-end semiconductor manufacturing tools, an
advanced 300mm research and development fab and 360,000 square-feet of
administrative space. The campus also includes excess land which could be
used to construct a mirror-image of the existing 300mm fab, potentially
doubling production capacity.
ATREG will focus on finding an operational purchaser for the facility. As
originally constructed, the facility was capable of producing DRAM chips with
a maximum volume of approximately 10,000 wafers per week. The fully
automated, world-class Qimonda Dresden 300mm wafer fab was built in 2001 and
was the world's first 300mm production facility. The state-of-the-art, 300mm
research & development facility was built in 2005. The world-class 300mm
equipment includes hundreds of advanced front-end manufacturing tools, many
of which were used in volume production at 65nm. Though production has
ceased, the cleanrooms remain in a production-ready state so that a potential
purchaser could restart operations quickly.
"This is a unique offering of a world-class production-ready facility. A
semiconductor manufacturer has the ability to rapidly restart operations and
take advantage of the strongest recovery in semiconductor market history,"
said Stephen Rothrock, Managing Director of ATREG. "Last year's bold move of
a major US semiconductor manufacturer to acquire a similar 300mm tool line in
a US bankruptcy enabled them to create the world's first 300mm analog fab.
The offering in Dresden provides a unique opportunity for a semiconductor
company to make a bold, strategic play," Rothrock added.
Qimonda has been a global supplier of dynamic random access memories
(DRAM). Since the opening of insolvency proceedings on April 1, 2009, the
production of memory chips at the Dresden site has been halted.
Experts have maintained the sophisticated facility and equipment in order
to protect it from damage during the sales process.
Qimonda Dresden requests that all inquires are directed to ATREG,
attention: Stephen Rothrock and Doug Barrett 206.515.4497.
About ATREG
ATREG, the semiconductor sales division of Colliers International, is a
specialized team focused on helping companies restructure advanced technology
assets. Established in 1997 and co-directed by Stephen Rothrock and Doug
Barrett, ATREG has represented many of the semiconductor industry's top
companies in transactions totaling more than US$2 billion. ATREG sells
operational semiconductor fabs, wafer supply agreements, process and product
IP, complete tool lines, and fab infrastructure. For more information please
SOURCE: Colliers ATREG
CONTACT: Stephen Rothrock, or Doug Barrett,
both of ATREG,
+1-206-515-4497
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