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# STMicroelectronics expands Malta Smart Factory in biggest ever Malta investment
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-10-stmicroelectronics-malta-smart-factory/
- Published: 2025-11-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:00:36.000Z
- Description: STMicroelectronics unveiled an expansion of its Smart Factory back end plant in Malta, calling it the country's biggest single investment ever, and showed its first humanoid robot for chip manufacturing there.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [MaltaToday, 10 November 2025](https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/138111/stmicroelectronics%5Fexpansion%5Fof%5Fsmart%5Ffactory%5Fis%5Fbiggest%5Fsingle%5Finvestment%5Fin%5Fmaltas%5Fhistory%5F?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not state the expansion's monetary value or confirm any state aid behind it.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-11\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)