HANMI Semiconductor announced on the 12th that their micro SAW, an essential process equipment for semiconductor packaging, has won the ‘IR52 Jang Young-shil Award’ hosted by the Republic of Korea Ministry of Science and ICT.

The award-winning micro SAW is an equipment that saws semiconductor packages, and HANMI Semiconductor has succeeded in localization for the first time, freed from the influence of foreign competitors who were leading the global market in the

DS Kwak, CEO & vice chairman of HANMI said that " Since successful localization of micro SAW in June last year, we’ve launched a total of four models of micro SAW equipment to the market until last March and currently we are preparing to release additional models in the second half of this year. Due to the localization of micro SAW, it is possible to reduce costs by more than 100 billion won ($80 million) per year in terms of import substitution, resolve uncertainty in supply and demand, and deliver equipment quickly.

He continued, “In addition, based on the evaluation that productivity, convenience of operation, and reliability are ahead of competitors, it is contributing greatly to increasing sales and improving profitability by further expanding its grip on the global market".

HANMI Semiconductor launched their first ‘dual-chuck micro SAW (micro SAW P2101)’ equipment in June last year and released its second for jumbo PCBs ‘20-inch micro SAW for flip chip BGA(micro SAW P1201)’ in October. Then introduced the third model, ‘12-inch micro SAW (micro SAW P1121)’ in December and ‘Tape micro SAW (micro SAW T2101)’ equipment exclusively for automotive semiconductors last month.

Meanwhile, IR52 Jang Young-shil Award’s IR stands for ‘Industrial Research’ which means discovering corporate research results. 52 means 52 weeks per year, namely awarding one item every week. It is an award to honor and encourage engineers by selecting and awarding excellent new technology products and organizations with excellent technology innovation performance developed by companies and technology research institutes.