Intel withdraws from Poland. A billion annulled investment
Intel resigns from investments in Poland and Germany. The factory near Wrocław will not be built – the company announces changes and costs.
The American concern Intel announced a decision to withdraw from planned investments in Poland and Germany. According to the company’s general director, Lip -u Tan, the company also intends to combine its assembly and test plants in Costa Rica with larger facilities in Vietnam and Malaysia. Thus, the announced factory near Wrocław will not be built.
Poor results
The information appeared along with the publication of financial results for the second quarter. The new head of the company, who took his position in March 2025, announced significant restrictions on investments regarding the production of integrated circuits. He emphasized that the past months were difficult, and the company ended most of the planned employment reductions, covering 15 percent. crew. Intel strives to reduce operating costs by $ 17 billion per year.
Tan pointed out that in recent years the company has invested too intensively, not adapting activities to real market demand. As a result, an excessively dispersed and fully used factory network was created. “We have to correct the course,” he said in a letter to employees.
Careful strategy
The company now intends to implement a more cautious investment strategy, focusing on the development of plants tailored to the real needs of customers. Therefore, projects in Poland and Germany were abandoned. The plants in Costa Rica will also be consolidated.
In June 2023, Intel announced a plan to build a semiconductor testing and integration plant in the Miękinia commune near Wrocław. The project was $ 4.6 billion, and the investment was to contribute to the creation of two thousand jobs in the Legnica Economic Zone.
At the same time, the company planned to create the largest semiconductor factory in Europe – in Magdeburg. The German government was ready to support the project with the amount of EUR 10 billion, with total costs of 30 billion.
Although Intel shares increased in 2025 by 13 percent, in the previous year the company experienced a historical decrease in value – by as much as 60 percent, which was emphasized by the CNBC station.
