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# Infineon's Hanebeck says Europe needs a level playing field to expand chip capacity
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-11-09-infineon-hanebeck-chip-capacity-speech/
- Published: 2026-11-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-10T11:57:16.000Z
- Description: Infineon CEO Jochen Hanebeck told an industry event in Munich that further European chip capacity expansion needs customer commitments and sustained government support. He said Europe's position is "certainly not a level playing field" against other regions.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #reported, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Reported Opinion AI-drafted [Global Banking & Finance Review, 10 November 2026 (Reuters dateline Munich, 9 November)](https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/infineon-cannot-expand-chip-capacity-alone-ceo/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What the source does not establish.** It does not announce any new Infineon investment or capacity decision beyond the Dresden and Villach projects already announced earlier in 2026.

**Index score.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Opinion argues for EU-wide chip policy support; binding 1 (position only), scale 3 (European industry argument). [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 and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)