Taiwan Optoelectronics (2383-TW) in response to the possible shift in client demand, the new investment lock Southeast Asia's new factory finalized in Penang, Malaysia, the new plan covers an area of 14 acres, the investment amount of 40 million U.S. dollars (about 1.24 billion NT dollars), the first phase of production capacity to open 450,000 per month, will be in mass production in 2025 at the beginning of the year.

Malaysia's Penang has a number of electronic factories, which can be considered as a significant settlement in the electronics industry.  server maker Wei-Ying also in Malaysia to expand production capacity, coupled with a number of server manufacturers in Singapore, not far from Damascus, become one of the options for the expansion of major electronic factories in Southeast Asia strongholds.

According to Taiwan Optoelectronics planning, the second phase of the new plant in Malaysia will continue to establish a monthly capacity of 450,000 CCL, two full production will be able to open a monthly capacity of 900,000 CCL. The Taiwan Optoelectronics finalized to go to Malaysia 40 million U.S. dollars to set up a factory case, will start construction this season, is also the first time in the U.S., China and Taiwan outside of the set up a factory.

The expansion part of Taiwan Optoelectronics' existing plants continues to expand the Huangshi plant in Hubei, Mainland China, and after the completion of the overall expansion of the Kunshan plant, the group's monthly production capacity will reach 4.15 million sheets. TSMC's Jiangsu Kunshan plant will add another 450,000 sheets of monthly production capacity, and the new capacity is expected to open in the middle of this year, by which time, TSMC's total cross-strait production capacity will have expanded to 4.6 million sheets. At the same time, TSMC also emphasizes that it has CCL production capacity within the United States.

Currently, Taiwan Optoelectronics' clients including Huatong (2313-TW), Xinxing (3037-TW), and Golden Image (2368-TW) are finalizing their investments in Thailand, while Chih-Chao (8213-TW) and Jian-Ding (3044-TW) have decided to set up factories in Vietnam; among them, Jian-Ding purchased the Japanese PCB factory in Đồng Nai province of Vietnam at a symbolic price of US$1 and has completed the transfer of equity. The transfer of equity has been completed, and is expected to be put into production of products including server boards after improving the production process. This is also the first time that Jianding, whose monthly PCB production capacity reaches 10 million square feet, has crossed the Taiwan Strait to lay out a new production capacity in Malaysia. With the opening of the new production capacity in Malaysia, TSMC is also sure to support the demand of PCB factories in Vietnam and Thailand.