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ZF and STMicroelectronics sign long-term supply agreement for silicon carbide devices

Update time : 2023-04-18 14:10:30

ZF, a global technology company, will purchase silicon carbide devices from STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) starting in 2025. STMicroelectronics is a leading global semiconductor leader serving a wide range of customers in the electronics field. Under this long-term cooperation agreement, ST will supply tens of millions of silicon carbide devices that will be integrated into ZF's new modular inverter architecture, which is scheduled to enter series production in 2025. ZF will use ST's vertically integrated silicon carbide production lines in Europe and Asia to ensure the fulfillment of orders for its customers' electric drive business.

With this strategically important initiative, we are gradually increasing the strength of our supply chain so that we can deliver consistently to our customers," said Stephan von Schuckmann, Director of the ZF Group's Electric Drives business and Materials Management business. By 2030, our electric drive business will have an order book of more than €30 billion. Given this large order book, we need several reliable suppliers of silicon carbide devices. ST was chosen because its experience in complex systems met our requirements. Most importantly, ST was able to produce them in extremely high quality and in the quantities required by ZF."
This follows ZF's partnership with ST in February for silicon carbide technology, and with the signing of this long-term supply agreement, ZF will receive long-term assistance from the world's leading silicon carbide technology supplier.
Marco Monti, president of ST's Automotive and Discrete Modules business unit, said: "As a vertically integrated company, we are investing heavily in expanding our capacity and developing our silicon carbide supply chain to meet the needs of our European and global automotive and industrial customer base to help them achieve their electrification and decarbonization goals. The keys to successful electric vehicle technology are increased scalability, improved modularity, efficiency, peak power and reduced cost of ownership. Our silicon carbide technology enables these benefits and we are proud to work with ZF, a leading supplier of automotive electrification, to help optimize the performance of its inverters and win in the market."
ST will produce the silicon carbide chips at its fabs in Italy and Singapore, package the chips using advanced STPAK technology and then test them in back-end facilities in Morocco and China.

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