Hanmi Semiconductor Launches Flagship Equipment 'Vision Placement 8.0', World's No.1 in Sales

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyungsoo Park] Hanmi Semiconductor, a semiconductor equipment developer, announced on the 22nd that it has launched the flagship equipment ‘Vision Placement-8.0,’ which holds an 80% market share and is the world’s number one in sales.

Vision Placement 8.0 is an integrated device for strip cutting, cleaning, inspection, and sorting processes. It was developed to meet the increasing demand in the market for ultra-precision PCB (Printed Circuit Board) panel cutting used in high-density integrated IT devices such as WLP (Wafer Level Package), PLP (Panel Level Package), and smartphones.

As the flagship model of Vision Placement, which has been the world’s number one in sales for 17 consecutive years since 2004, it is equipped with OHT (Over Head Transport) for automation processes in customer semiconductor production lines. It is expected to be sold at the highest price among Vision Placement equipment.

Kim Minhyun, CEO of Hanmi Semiconductor, introduced, "Vision Placement 8.0 is a model presented through long-term collaboration with major semiconductor manufacturers," and added, "It is the fruit of Hanmi Semiconductor’s technology that pioneered a new area of Vision Placement."

He continued, "Demand for semiconductor chips will increase significantly in various fields such as artificial intelligence, smart cars, data centers, and 5G," and emphasized, "We expect sales of Hanmi Semiconductor’s Vision Placement, which plays an indispensable role in semiconductor chip production, to increase accordingly."

CEO Kim also said, "Hanmi Semiconductor is a company with a high proportion of overseas market sales, mainly for non-memory semiconductor equipment demand," and added, "From 2010 to 2019, the export ratio compared to sales averaged over 77%."

Furthermore, he said, "With the expansion of untact (non-face-to-face) this year and strengthened investment in the 5G market, sales of other main equipment such as EMI shields and flip-chip bonders have also increased," and added, "We expect the highest-ever performance since the company’s founding, surpassing the 2018 sales of 217.1 billion KRW."

According to the global semiconductor equipment materials association (SEMI), the semiconductor equipment market size is expected to steadily grow in the future. SEMI forecasted that the semiconductor equipment market size, which was about $68.9 billion (approximately 75 trillion KRW) in 2020, will grow to $71.9 billion (approximately 79 trillion KRW) next year. It is expected that the super boom will continue with $76.1 billion (approximately 84 trillion KRW) in 2022.

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