AUROS Technology is the only South Korean company that specializes in overlay measurement equipment. Almost half of the overlay equipment used in large memory manufacturers of Korea is made by AUROS Technology.Last year’s sales more than doubled the total of the previous year. AUROS Technology had s

Autonics, which is a company that focuses on sensor/control devices, is aiming to make an impact in the packaged semiconductor market with their new color-type Vision Sensor. Their new product can test up to 13 factors including form, color, size, etc. Their goal is to increase market share in the S

Qualmax, which produces semiconductor testing components, is increasing their production by 50% after moving and expanding their factory. They have also decided to double their market share in Korea.Qualmax announced that they will relocate their manufacturing base and head office from Pyeongtaek, G

Wonik IPS, which is merging Wonik Terasemicon, is becoming a large equipment company that provides a ‘total solution’ for the semiconductor display field. Their goal is to become a top 10 global equipment company through active R&D, diversified equipment portfolio, and a diversified customer base.Wo

Kang, Chang-jin, vice president of Samsung Electronics, took over as the new and 9th CEO of Semes on the 2nd.In 1993, he joined Samsung Electronics' Memory R&D process development team. He was the head of the process development team of the memory business division, the planning support team leader

Nexstin, a specialist in semiconductor inspection and measurement equipment, will try to achieve the Technology Special Listing in the second half of this year.Park, Tae-hoon, the CEO of Nexstin, said, "Last year, I applied for a designation audit for the KOSDAQ Association for the Technology Specia

Kim Yong-gil, CEO of ASM Korea (ASMK), said, "We completed the R&D and manufacturing plant in Dongtan, Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province last October." He added, “As a foreign equipment company for the first time, we have established the base for providing research, manufacturing, and service all together

Saint-Gobain Korea will attempt to differentiate itself through injection molding starting in 2019. Injection molding technology is being introduced to valves used in semiconductors and display equipment. It plans to provide proper functions for the high-tech industry such as ultra-high purity (UHP)

SK Innovation has been speeding up their high-tech materials business. It has entered the transparent polyimide (PI) business, which plays a key role in implementing foldable displays. Transparent PI can replace glass, which is a conventional cover window. Sumitomo Chemical, Kolon Industries, LG Che

Entegris, a semiconductor material and process solutions company, has set a double-digit growth target in 2019. It will continue to invest in facilities such as constructing new buildings on vacant land in Jangan factory in Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi Province. Its workforce continues to increase. In or

Prof. Yoo Jae-Soo of Chung-Ang Univ. (Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science) has been named as the next president of the Korea Information Display Society (KIDS).Prof. Yoo has been elected as the 12th president at an extraordinary general meeting which took place on the 20th. Prof

Telechips announced on the 20th that they have signed a strategic partnership with the world’s largest CAS (Conditional Access System) Company SIGMA MEDIA.In addition, they have added that their new set-top box chipset, Lion, is planning to obtain SIGMA MEDIA 4K CAS certification.‘Lion’ was produced

SK Hynix, on 19th, held a groundbreaking ceremony at its headquarters in Icheon city, Gyeonggi-do, for its new semiconductor factory(M16) with 200 attendees including Tae-won Choi, Chairman of SK Group, Jae-won Choi, Vice Chairman of SK Group, Sung-wook Park, former SK Hynix CEO and Chairman of SK g

There is a company that started as a small-sized metal processing company in 1988 and advanced into high-tech industries such as semiconductors and displays. The company is BMT headquartered in Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do. In 1999, BMT succeeded in the localization of fitting valves for semiconduct

Inside high-tech industrial plants such as those dedicated to semiconductors and displays, plumbing are intertwined like a spider web to supply various materials. As the process becomes more complicated, the type, length, and design of the piping become more diversified. The need for processing has

Samsung Electronics is reinforcing its semiconductor package business. The Test Package (TP) Center organization has been promoted to the General Test and System Package (TSP) business. It also plans to establish a management support department in the device solution (DS) division, which will be in

“We’re focusing the company’s capability on the smart industry that combines logistics, energy, and healthcare. In the national market, as soon as from 2021, there will be results based on the collaboration with SMEs.”Mr. Park, the Korea regional director of STMicroelectronics, emphasized as such in

Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on 26 Nov, that Mitsubishi Electric had won a deal to develop curved LCD module for trains and ships. The company recently announced the manufacturing of their highly environmental curved LCD modules with mass production capacity.The new LCD module maintains almost the

SK Hynix has completed construction of the new plant in Wuxi, China and will open the first equipment check-in ceremony.
According to the industry on the 27th, SK Hynix will hold an equipment check-in ceremony at the new plant C2F in Wuxi on this 30th. The two companies are invited to participate in

This year's sales of the graphics processing unit (GPU)-based AI servers have doubled compared to the previous year. The organization is also changing to suit enterprises.At an interview with a reporter, Eung Jun Yoo, General Manager of Nvidia Korea Enterprise Business Division, announced that “The