Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. : ASE Announces the Opening of Its Weihai Phase 3 Manufacturing Facility
05/29/2012| 04:44am US/Eastern
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Weihai, Shangdong, May 29th, 2012 - Advanced Semiconductor
Engineering Incorporated (ASE, TAIEX: 2311, NYSE: ASX), the
world's largest semiconductor packaging and test company,
today celebrated the official opening of its Phase 3
manufacturing facility in Weihai, Shangdong province, China.
The new building is part of ASE's expansion plans to
increase its manufacturing capacity for discrete packaging
and test.
The official opening ceremony was hosted by Dr. Tien Wu,
chief operating officer of the ASE Group and J.H. Lee,
general manager of ASE Weihai. The event was also graced by
senior officials of Weihai city including Mr Tang Guan Yuan,
vice mayor and Mr Zhang Jian Jun, director of the economic
development zone.
The new building occupies a land space of 5,120 square meters
with a built up floor space of
30,560 square meters. ASE plans to recruit an additional
2,000 employees in engineering, development and operations
for the new facility.
In 2008, ASE acquired the Weihai manufacturing facility from
Aimhigh Corporation. The Weihai facility is focused on the
packaging and testing of discrete semiconductor devices such
as TO-92, Power and SOP/DFN which are widely used in
automotive, consumer, computing, communications and
industrial applications. Over the years, ASE has invested
about $200 million on building expansion, equipment purchase,
facility upgrading and R&D.
According to Gartner, discrete semiconductor revenues is
$20.6 billion in 2011. ASE
estimated that the amount spent on semiconductor packaging
and test is approximately
$6 billion. With the advent of cloud computing and increased
semiconductor content in various electronics applications,
there is a significant opportunity for growth in discrete
semiconductor manufacturing. ASE Weihai is fully committed to
deliver a high standard of service, support and manufacturing
capacity to meet these future demands from our customers.
About ASE Group
The ASE Group is the world's largest provider of
independent semiconductor manufacturing services in assembly,
test, materials and design manufacturing. As a global leader
geared towards meeting the industry's ever growing needs for
faster, smaller and higher
performance chips, the Group develops and offers a wide
portfolio of technology and solutions including IC test
program design, front-end engineering test, wafer probe,
wafer bump, substrate design and supply, wafer level package,
flip chip, system-in-package, final test and electronic
manufacturing services through Universal Scientific
Industrial Co Ltd, a member of the ASE Group. The Group
generated sales revenues of US$6 billion in 2011 and employs
over 50,000 people worldwide. For more information about the
ASE Group, visit www.aseglobal.com.
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