Global Semiconductor Equipment Leader ASM Opens Innovation Manufacturing Center in Hwaseong on December 8

ASM, a global leader in advanced semiconductor deposition equipment manufacturing, completed its Innovation Manufacturing Center in Dongtan, Hwaseong, on December 8.

ASM invested 136.2 billion won to expand its Innovation Manufacturing Center on a 7,400-square-meter site adjacent to its existing facility, enabling both Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Plasma Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition (PEALD) processes.

Since 2022, Gyeonggi Province has successfully attracted increased investment by outcompeting Singapore and the United States in a global competition among ASM's subsidiaries.

Through the Innovation Manufacturing Center, ASM will double its equipment research capacity and triple its manufacturing capabilities compared to previous facilities, supplying deposition equipment to both domestic and international semiconductor companies.

ASM specialized in the PEALD field in Korea after acquiring Genitech Korea, a Korean PEALD specialist company, in 2004.

Gyeonggi Province Deputy Governor for Economic Affairs Go Youngin is delivering a greeting at the completion ceremony of ASM Innovation Manufacturing Center on the 8th. Provided by Gyeonggi Province

ASM Korea continues to collaborate with local small and medium-sized enterprises in the province to source most of the materials and components required for domestic production. This is expected to significantly contribute to mutual growth with local companies and increase the localization rate.

Go Youngin, Deputy Governor for Economic Affairs of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "ASM is a model investor that has led the commercialization of plasma deposition equipment in the global market and pioneered domestic semiconductor equipment technology through cooperation with Korean companies. If ASM, along with existing semiconductor production complexes, nearby materials, parts, and equipment companies, and fabless companies, are interconnected, Gyeonggi Province will become a true global semiconductor hub. The province will do everything in its power to support this."

ASM is a top-10 global semiconductor equipment company headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands. The company employs over 4,600 people across 15 countries and holds more than 400 active patents in the semiconductor equipment sector.

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