FIC Global Opens Johor Factory for AI Infrastructure Components

Oct 15, 2026
FIC Global has opened a manufacturing facility in Johor, Malaysia, with eight surface mount technology lines supporting optical components for AI infrastructure and data centers.

FIC Global announced in a press release the opening of its manufacturing facility at i Park at Senai Airport City in Johor, Malaysia. The site supports customers in artificial intelligence, high performance computing, data centers and semiconductors.

The facility passed customer qualification in November 2025, started production at the end of 2025 and entered mass production in the first quarter of 2026. It now operates eight surface mount technology lines and began full scale output in the second half of 2026.

FIC Global subsidiary PRO3C is advancing its capabilities in 800G, 1.6T and 3.2T Flip Chip optical transceivers, co packaged optics, linear pluggable optics and silicon photonics products. A planned center in Singapore will handle research, strategic sourcing, supply chain management and international customer engagement.

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