[Edaily Reporter Kang Kyung-rae] HANMI Semiconductor (042700) has established 4 plants and secured the largest production facilities among semiconductor back- end equipment manufacturers in the world.

HANMI Semiconductor announced on the 7th that it has completed a new plant dedicated to micro SAW at Juan National Industrial Complex in Seo-gu, Incheon. Now HANMI Semiconductor has completed 4 plant production system. microSAW cuts semiconductor packages.

HANMI Semiconductor’s new micro SAW plant is a three-story building on a 6,581㎡ site and has 40 work bays and high-tech facilities such as a large clean room, a precision measuring room, and the latest packing system. Through this process, semiconductor equipment can be assembled, tested, and delivered in batches.

Along with completing a new micro SAW plant, HANMI Semiconductor has invested about 59 billion won over the past two years to complete a semiconductor equipment production cluster consisting of four plants on a total of 47,73 square meters (122,355 pyeong).

Kwak Dong-shin, the vice chairman of HANMI Semiconductor, said, “We are able to produce about 1,320 semiconductor equipment per year as we drastically expanded semiconductor equipment test lines, which were bottlenecks."

“We have capa (production volume) that can generate 600 billion won in annual sales,” he said. “The production capacity of HANMI Semiconductor is the world’s largest in the semiconductor back-end process equipment industry.”

The semiconductor equipment industry had limitations in responding quickly to surging demands at home and abroad due to the influence of the semiconductor “supercycle” (super- boom) that started in the second half of last year. HANMI Semiconductor has been able to increase its sales and operating profit by solving problems such as delayed delivery due to the expansion of its fourth plant.

Meanwhile, HANMI Semiconductor, established in 1980, is expected to renew its biggest performance again this year after achieving its highest performance ever last year. It is receiving attention as it recently localized micro SAW equipment for semiconductor packages, which had been entirely dependent on Japan.