[Asia Economy Reporter Hyungsoo Park] IBK Investment & Securities forecasted on the 13th that JT's performance will improve this year as sales of handlers for non-memory semiconductors, a new growth engine, increase. They newly issued a 'Buy' investment opinion and set a target price of 8,500 won.


Geonjae Lee, a researcher at IBK Investment & Securities, said, "Recently, the government and companies are working together on business plans to develop the domestic non-memory industry," and predicted, "The domestic non-memory semiconductor industry will grow."


He added, "JT supplied 45.5 billion won worth of handlers and inspection equipment for non-memory to the largest domestic integrated device manufacturer (IDM) in 2011-2012."


The researcher analyzed, "Since Japan's exclusion from the whitelist, the business environment for domestic materials, parts, and equipment companies has improved," and "Domestic companies with technological capabilities will actively enter the non-memory handler market, which has been dominated by foreign equipment."



Founded in 1998, JT was listed on the KOSDAQ market in 2006. It is a semiconductor equipment specialized manufacturer. It specializes in producing Burn-In Sorters, a type of test handler.


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