Key Takeaways
- Investment: Analog Devices (ADI) has formalized a 19 billion baht plant (roughly 515 million dollars) at the Amata City Industrial Estate in Chonburi.
- Technology and sustainability: The facility will be ADI's first production site worldwide to pursue LEED Platinum certification, combining IC/PCB design with failure analysis labs.
- Employment: The plan calls for 2,500 hires in the near term, expanding the local workforce from 1,300 with 500 new engineers and 500 technicians.
Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Ekniti Nitithanprapas led a Board of Investment delegation on July 12, 2026 to the new Analog Devices facility at the Amata City Industrial Estate in Chonburi. The visit made official a 19 billion baht investment, roughly 515 million dollars, aimed at positioning Thailand as a hub for semiconductor design and testing.
From Acquisition to Integrated Plant
ADI has operated in Thailand since 2021, the year it acquired Maxim Integrated Products. Building on that foundation, the company decided to shift part of its value chain toward upstream production, constructing a center that covers IC and PCB chip design, failure analysis labs, and research and development activities.
Environmental Certification as an Internal Benchmark
The facility is targeting LEED Platinum certification, the highest tier of the energy and environmental rating system. It would be the first ADI production plant to achieve this across the entire group, a distinction that adds to the facility's technical specifications as a standout feature of the project.
Growing Local Workforce
ADI currently employs 1,300 Thai workers, including 450 engineers and researchers. The expansion plan aims for 2,500 new hires, adding 500 engineers and 500 technicians. Management at the facility is entirely Thai, led by Managing Director Wirat Sri-Amornkitkul.
Export Figures
BOI Secretary General Narit Theodsatheerasak placed the deal within what the government calls the "third wave of investments" it aims to attract in the high-tech sector. In 2025, ADI exported products worth 98 billion baht; for 2026, estimates rise to 130 billion.
The Chonburi plant thus enters the global semiconductor supply chain as a design and testing hub, with direct effects on local technical training and on Thailand's exports in the coming fiscal years.
