LED epitaxial metal crystal electricity (Epistar) pointed out that recently apple daily reported "electro-explosive closed ladies round of epitaxial crystal factory production capacity will be concentrated hsinchu production for severance nearly hundred employees" by foreign a clarification. Crystal electricity, said the company in 2015 in the fourth quarter and first quarter of 2016 business net loss of nt $1.964579 billion and $1.964579 billion respectively, the operating loss of $2016 in the first quarter fell nt $526.874 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, the company strategy is to accelerate the lower production costs, strive to turn into profit.
Ladies aureole electricity of epitaxial wafer electronics company production units for grain rate is low, the production cost is too high, the focused factory production policy of the group of ladies round of epitaxial region will be shut down, stop the factory of the machine, will depend on market demand transfer to other factory production, to reduce production costs and austerity.
Crystal power have been properly arrange the unit staff to other departments work, and encourage employees to apply for transfer to group other relations enterprise work, operation, there is no significant influence to the company.
Against the media foreign brokerages bullish on crystal electricity revenue is expected to rebound in this season, revenue growth of about 10-15%, such as crystal electric said the company hasn't released financial projections, the above reported by the media speculation, amorphous electric information released, hereby stated.
However, according to the employee report to apple daily news, crystal electricity shut down ladies aureole of epitaxial department, move the equipment to other factory, also let employees choose the factory work, rather than the factory employees, resignation or severance of both.
Crystal electricity has said, ladies round the original 30 MOCVD machines, present in longtan the only 5 in the production, capacity utilization is really low, also lead to high production cost, thus adjust to put these machines capacity concentrated in hsinchu factory production.
Ladies round of epitaxial department engineers and technical personnel, in addition to being crystal electricity production arrangement to other department, willing to factory staff, crystal electricity to hsinchu factory also provide transport work. But do not want the transfer department or factory workers, crystal electricity is willing to give leaves as severance costs, the resource adjustment, affected employees about 90 people.
In addition, according to the labor standards law, crystal electricity can be advocate business shrinking, thus laid off employees, but employees to the incident plane media report, also show the industry in the economic cycle and industry environment change time, met the challenge of owners, workers, more than ever, expressed dissatisfaction with the will of the people there will be, the company's management policy is to maximize shareholder interests, try to turn into profit, but also need to balance the employee's emotional and livelihoods, is really a problem.
