Since March, Shenyang's integrated circuit equipment industry has made frequent moves, with a number of major projects started and completed one after another, attracting close attention from the industry.
It was learned from the Shenyang Development and Reform Commission that the city will coordinate the promotion of 74 key projects in the field of integrated circuit equipment this year, laying a solid foundation for the high-quality development of the industry, by focusing on the important nodes of extending, supplementing and strengthening the supply chain, and focusing on the important links of planning and reserve, signing and landing, starting construction, and completing and putting into production.
Semiconductor quartz components play a vital role in the integrated circuit equipment industry. With the continuous advancement of integrated circuit manufacturing technology, the demand for high-purity quartz components continues to grow.
On March 25, the world-renowned technology company Heraeus Group completed and put into production the Heraeus Quartz Shenyang New Factory, the largest semiconductor project in China. The new factory mainly produces high-purity and ultra-high-purity synthetic quartz series products for semiconductors, and has set up an innovation center to meet customers' latest needs for high-end products.
"Investing in Shenyang is a key layout for us, and we will continue to increase investment in this project in the future." Frank Stitz, member of the board of directors and chief operating officer of Heraeus Group, said that with the completion of the new factory as a starting point, Heraeus will continue to focus on the industrialization of semiconductor devices and integrated circuits, build an advanced manufacturing base and innovation highland, and drive the development of a full-ecological semiconductor industrial park including semiconductor research and development, industrialization, and supporting raw and auxiliary materials and consumables.
For the development of the integrated circuit equipment industry in Shenyang and even Liaoning, the new factory's new voyage is undoubtedly an important positive, and it is of far-reaching significance for expanding the scale of the industry and enhancing the resilience of the industrial chain. According to the relevant person in charge of the Shenyang Development and Reform Commission, after years of planning and layout, Shenyang has established an integrated circuit equipment industry cluster featuring complete machines and components, and has achieved a number of major landmark achievements. Leading companies such as Tuojing Technology, Xinyuan Microelectronics, Fuchuang Precision, Shenyang Keyi, Heyan Technology, and Siasun Semiconductor continue to grow. Last year, the output value of Shenyang's integrated circuit industry increased by more than 45%.
Based on the overall layout of the city's integrated circuit industry of "one main and two wings", the Shenyang Municipal Development and Reform Commission has gone all out to implement the chain extension, chain supplement and chain strengthening project, with project construction as the support, to accelerate the promotion of industrial development to a higher level. As the core area, the "Northern Core Valley" in Hunan focuses on thin film deposition and other equipment and vacuum manipulators and other parts industries; the Shenbei Industrial Area focuses on forming distinctive advantages in the fields of back-end scratching and grinding equipment, MCU (microprocessor) design and parts; the Tiexi Industrial Area gathers internationally renowned companies such as Hanko and Heraeus, and has become an important domestic semiconductor quartz parts industry area. With leading enterprises as the driving force and releasing the advantages of core products, Shenyang strives to attract key enterprises and supporting projects from Beijing, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Kunshan and other places to settle in. At present, 74 key projects have been included in the annual promotion plan, with an estimated total investment of 38.2 billion yuan.
At the beginning of this month,
the Shenyang Xinyuan Micro High-end Wafer Processing Equipment Industrialization Innovation Road Project with a total investment of 1 billion yuan started construction. The project mainly develops and produces front-end and back-end coating and developing equipment. After completion, it will effectively promote the domestic photolithography process coating and developing equipment to increase market share.
On March 17, the construction of the 2 billion yuan Tuojing Technology High-end Semiconductor Equipment Industrialization Base project was started. Lv Guangquan, chairman of Tuojing Technology Co., Ltd., said: "We feel Liaoning's emphasis on strategic emerging industries, so we are determined to expand investment in Shenyang. After the base is completed, the production capacity can be increased by 4 times, which can better meet the needs of domestic integrated circuit companies for high-end thin film equipment."
