South Korean semiconductor equipment market was monopolized by the United States and day factory, pushing localization in South Korea has gradually under the productive, began to replace imported products. Recent mainland to bolster the semiconductor industry, the south Korean semiconductor equipment is expected to export the mainland, to enter the mainland market.
According to Digital Times reported, Korea SK Hynix semiconductor companies (SK Hynix) become a new customer, KC Tech purchasing chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) equipment. KC Tech for Samsung (Samsung Electronics) CMP equipment suppliers, now make sure SK hynix order, besides can boost revenue, will also be able to increase share in a city in South Korea.
KC Tech success localization of CMP equipment since 2014, in South Korea has about 10% market share. When the United States should be material (chipmaking gear) and Japan Ren original production (Ebara) palm grip by 60% and more than 20% of the market, KC Tech immediately after the localization of equipment, increase market share. KC Tech equipment has not been exported to overseas markets, but lu qi investment 3 d NAND Flash enthusiastically, make the KC Tech take orders the possibility of ascension. South Korea in the past most of the imports is fast localization, the core equipment of semiconductor. According to south Korean semiconductor industry association statistics, in 1993 the south Korean semiconductor equipment domestic proportion was only 8%, to 20% in 2007, has come to about 30% in 2015. South Korean semiconductor industry is highly dependent on high prices equipment products in the past, after the localization, can save equipment procurement costs, and reduce the dependence on import, etc.
By the American colin (Lam Research), Japan's Tokyo electric power (Tokyo Electron) and material should be the master of etching equipment, 50%, 30%, 10% market south Korean companies have considerable performance. Samsung subsidiary Semes 2015 revenue of 1 million won ($850 million), the etching equipment revenue accounts for more than 10%. 2016 Semes in addition to the original main equipment clean, also will continue to raise the proportion of revenue of etching equipment.
Semiconductor test equipment providers Exicon after DRAM test equipment, 2015 successful localization of solid-state disk (SSD) test equipment, to the samsung exclusive supply related equipment at present. Semiconductor test equipment on the market, the proportion of localization of about 25%, but south Korean companies continuously improve equipment level, market share has a tendency to rise.
Display equipment industry Sunic System successful localization of OLED evaporation equipment, South Korea relevant market was monopolized by day factory Canon tokki. Sunic System since 2016 to LGD supply equipment (LG Display). LGD over 100% dependent on Canon tokki OLED evaporation equipment, and is expected to top 2017 enabled new flexible type of panel production line adopts the proportion of the south Korean domestic equipment will increase to 50%.
The south Korean industry shows that the equipment factory manufacturing equipment in terms of the quality of products and complete degrees compared with imported products are still insufficient, need the government and private sector continued cooperation in technology research and development. Originally by the foreign capital enterprise, oligopolistic etching and CMP equipment alone, now have been South Korea domestic equipment can be replaced, to expect to bring technical competence and revenue increases the effect of ascension.
