founder roland duch telet headquarters erfurt germany area served worldwide key people rudi de winter president & ceo operating income 290 million 2013 number of employees 2 400 website x fab.com the x fab silicon foundries is a group of semiconductor foundries with headquarters in erfurt x fab semiconductor foundries ag is located in the industrial south east area between melchendorfer and windischholzhausen . this group specializes in the fabrication of analog and mixed signal integrated circuits for fabless semiconductor companies as well as mems and solutions for high voltage applications . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 external links 4 references history edit the company was formed with parts of former semiconductor combine veb mikroelektronik karl marx which had its headquarters and some production facilities in erfurt since 1989 . formed in 1978 this combine was an association of semiconductor manufacturers in the gdr placed in various locations including the zentrum mikroelektronik dresden zmd . as result of the german reunification came the dismantling of the old conglomerate and a partial privatization of the individual enterprises . the facilities in erfurt were partially privatized in 1992 part owned by melexis n.v. and thuringia including the x fab gesellschaft zur fertigung von wafern mbh manufacturing and the thesys gesellschaft f r mikroelektronik mbh design . in 1999 both enterprises were sold to the company elex n.v. owned by roland duch telet a belgian investor . until 2009 the x fab group also had a manufacturing facility in plymouth but the wafer plant in plymouth united kingdom was sold in december 2009 to plus semi the old plessey semiconductors plant in swindon england . 1 2 since 2012 x fab has five plants which are located in germany erfurt dresden and itzehoe malaysia kuching and in the united states lubbock . the group employs about 2 400 workers and in 2013 had sales of usd 290 million . its ceo is rudi de winter . see also edit pure play semiconductor foundry history of the combine veb mikroelektronik karl marx at erfurt german external links edit company website references edit x fab und plus semi vereinbaren verkauf von x fab uk press release from x fab 1 december 2009 accessed 9 april 2012 archived march 22 2012 at the wayback machine . german linkedin page of plus semi accessed 9 april 2012 this electronics related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article related to a manufacturing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title x fab & oldid 730857248 categories foundry semiconductor companieselectronics companies of germanycompanies based in thuringiaerfurttechnology companies of germanygerman brandselectronics stubsmanufacturing company stubshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles with german language external linksall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 21 july 2016 at 13 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view