[Asia Economy Reporter Hyungsoo Park] Hanmi Semiconductor announced that it has set its annual sales target for this year at 308 billion KRW and declared it will make this year the "first year of a great leap."


Dongshin Kwak, Vice Chairman of Hanmi Semiconductor, stated, "With the spread of non-face-to-face (untact) culture, demand for semiconductors in information processing, security, telecommunications, and home appliances will increase significantly," adding, "We predict that a semiconductor supercycle will arrive this year."


He continued, "The world's largest semiconductor foundry company, TSMC, plans to invest 30 trillion KRW this year," and added, "The world's third-largest foundry company, UMC, plans to invest 1.1 trillion KRW, and Powerchip plans to invest 10.4 trillion KRW."


He stated, "Hanmi Semiconductor's semiconductor equipment exports are expected to continue at an unprecedented high momentum."


Vice Chairman Kwak emphasized, "Hanmi Semiconductor possesses vision placement and EMI shield equipment necessary for producing semiconductor chips used in 5G, autonomous vehicles, smartphones, data centers, and Bitcoin," and added, "Because we are building the ecosystem required for semiconductor production, we expect explosive sales growth this year."



Since its establishment in 1980, Hanmi Semiconductor has continuously developed semiconductor packaging-related technologies. Currently, it has filed a total of 859 intellectual property rights, including 715 patents, and is recognized as a leading semiconductor equipment company in South Korea.


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