Business Profile
With 1,800 employees at the Kirkop site, STMicroelectronics (ST) is one of the largest private employers in Malta and a prominent member of the Maltese community and economy.
The Kirkop plant has been in operation since 1981. It is a world-class Assembly and Testing plant, the largest of its kind in Europe, for over 1,200 ST products, serving clients that are leading global and technological innovation in automotive and consumer products.
These products use the most advanced chip packages, including MEMS sensors and packages for automotive applications, meeting the most stringent quality and reliability requirements for the performance, efficiency, and safety of cars. Key customers include global smartphone and consumer electronics brands as well as the world’s leading carmakers and automotive technology suppliers.
• 1,800 employees: 60% operators, 40% technicians and engineers, and over 50 nationalities.
• Clean-room area of 20,000m2 with high-volume manufacturing capacity: ~2.7M units per day.
• Advanced manufacturing under Industry 4.0 initiatives.
• Part of ST’s global network of 14 manufacturing sites, with production in France, Italy and Singapore and test & assembly operations in Malta, Morocco, China, Malaysia and the Philippines.
STMicroelectronics registered revenue of $12.8 billion in 2021, from sales supporting the automotive industry and industrial markets as they transition to electrification and digitalisation, consumer electronics & peripherals, as well as communication infrastructure.
It is listed on the stock exchanges of Paris, Milan and New York (NYSE:STM). The company employs over 48,000 people globally.
ST is committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2027, the earliest anticipated date of the semiconductor industry, in addition to its long-running sustainability commitment.
Job openings
Do you want to join ST? Find the right job for you and join 48,000 creators of technology by checking the current open vacancies on https://stcareers.talent-soft.com. Under ‘job location’, click on the tab, search for ‘Malta’ and click ‘start search’, to learn all about the current open vacancies at ST Malta.
