Exyte, an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) of high-tech facilities company, has won an SBR International Business Award for the second consecutive year.
The SBR International Business Awards recognises successful stand-out projects by foreign companies in Singapore, which earned them a foothold in the Lion City.
This year, the Germany-based company won in the “Industrial Construction” category for its Siltronic semiconductor fab project in Singapore.
The Siltronic semiconductor fab project is a new greenfield manufacturing campus consisting of both a wafer and a crystal-pulling fab.
The project also included related buildings like a Central Utility Building (CUB), administration offices, and other site support infrastructures.
The SBR International Business Awards recognises successful stand-out projects by foreign companies in Singapore
The overall project has a total floor area of roughly 20 football fields.
Exyte’s strong collaboration with Siltronic has led to a high level of project execution, resulting in achieving Ready-For-Equipment (RFE) milestones for both the wafer and crystal pulling fabs after only 18 and 22 months, in April and August 2023 respectively.
Jerry O’Sullivan, Exyte Senior VP of Operations for Southeast Asia, said: “Exyte not only excelled at engineering and delivering facilities with a high level of advancement and complexity in a short timeframe, we also proved our readiness to overcome major challenges like the global pandemic and subsequent supply chain constraints during the project implementation.”
Resilience boost for global semiconductor supply chain
According to Siltronic, the additional capacity will strengthen the global semiconductor supply chain by providing silicon wafers that are essential for chip makers’ production of semiconductor chips.
The chips will be used in consumer electronics such as high-performance computing, wireless communication, automotive, smartphones, and more.
Exyte has won in the “Industrial Construction” category
“Since the groundbreaking ceremony at the site back in October 2021, the dedication and efforts displayed by members from both our client and Exyte to realise this leading-edge campus have been nothing short of exceptional. I am proud of the project team, and they truly deserve this win,” O’Sullivan concluded.
The project obtained its final Temporary Occupation Permit (TOP) in February 2024 and is expected to receive its Certificate of Statutory Completion (CSC) by the end of May 2024.
