Kim Dong-seon Supporting Hanwha Semitek: "Started Late but Competing with Technology"

Promise to Expand R&D Investment Under "No-Salary Management"
Hanwha Semitech Changes Name and Makes First Appearance at SEMICON

Kim Dong-seon, the third son of Kim Seung-yeon, Chairman of Hanwha Group, and Vice President in charge of Future Vision at Hanwha Semitech (formerly Hanwha Precision Machinery), made an appearance at 'SEMICON Korea 2025,' the largest semiconductor exhibition in South Korea. While acknowledging that Hanwha Semitech is a latecomer in the semiconductor market, he expressed his ambition to compete through technological prowess.

Kim Dong-seon, Head of Future Vision at Hanwha Semitech (right), is touring the Hanwha Semitech booth participating in SEMICON Korea 2025. Photo by Hanwha Semitech

According to Hanwha Semitech on the 20th, Vice President Kim visited the SEMICON Korea event held the previous day at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, touring booths of clients, partners, and competitors to assess the market situation and technological status. Having joined as Future Vision Head and changed the company name to Hanwha Semitech on the 10th, Vice President Kim declared a "no-salary management" policy and announced plans to significantly expand research and development (R&D) investment.

Vice President Kim stated, "Although we are latecomers in the post-process field such as High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) TC Bonders, the core of market competitiveness lies solely in innovative technology," adding, "We will rapidly expand our market presence with unparalleled technology."

This is Hanwha Semitech's first participation in SEMICON Korea. They unveiled the exterior of the TC Bonder 'SFM5-Xpert' for the first time and showcased solutions such as the '3D Stack Inline' that implement advanced packaging technology.

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