Ams Osram expanding Kulim and Austrian plants

Austrian sensor and LED maker ams Osram will expand two factories — one in Malaysia and another in Austria — possibly at the expense of other plants.

The company shed some light on intentions that the company first stated last May to seek 'optimization opportunities' across manufacturing plants in Austria, Germany, Malaysia, China, Singapore, and the Philippines.

The Malaysian plant is the one in Kulim, which Osram opened as a state-of-the-art LED facility in 2017, near an existing plant in Penang, well before Premstaetten-based ams acquired Osram in July 2020.