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SOITEC: SOITEC AND SK INNOVATION TO COLLABORATE ON ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
- Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, and SK Innovation (SKI), the leader of Korea's energy industry for the past five decades and a pioneering company in the fields of energy, lubricants , petrochemicals, organic materials , information electronic materials, and lithium -ion batterie s, have signed a Collaboration Agreement (CA) to establish a strategic alliance focused on accelerating innovation in the area of semiconductor materials for information communication technologies and internet-of-things applications. The collaborative partnership will build on the synergy between the companies.
At the outset, the alliance will focus on innovating engineered substrates and the processes for fabricating these materials. The partners' joint goal is to bring the first products to market by early 2017 in applications . T h e s e breakthrough products will allow Soitec to grow its global market presence .
SKI brings to the partnership extensive application knowledge and a diverse market presence , as well as the strength of the much diversified SK Group , which operates the leading telecom company and semiconductor company in Korea. Soitec contributes its business expertise, extensive patent portfolio , and global knowledge & infrastructure in mass producing products for the semiconductor markets.
said Carlos Mazure, Soitec's chief technical officer.
said Byong-sung Kwak , president of Global Technology and chief technical officer of SK Innovation.
Although the first phase of the agreement targets semiconductor materials development , the alliance could be extended to include manufacturing and commercial development.
Soitec is an international manufacturing company, a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials at the frontier of the most exciting energy and electronic challenges. Soitec's products include substrates for microelectronics (most notably SOI: silicon-on-insulator) and concentrator photovoltaic systems (CPV). The company's core technologies are Smart Cut(TM), Smart Stacking(TM) and Concentrix(TM), as well as expertise in epitaxy. Applications include consumer and mobile electronics, microelectronics-driven IT, telecommunications, automotive electronics, lighting products and large-scale solar power plants. Soitec has manufacturing plants and R&D centers in France, Singapore, Germany and the United States. For more information, visit: www.soitec.com and follow us on Twitter: @Soitec_EN and @Soitec_FR
SK Innovation is one of the world's leading energy and petrochemical companies that focuses its R&D and business capabilities on lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, information electronic materials, and overseas resource exploration and production. SK Innovation operates five subsidiary companies: SK Energy, SK Incheon Petrochemical, SK Trading International, SK Global Chemical and SK Lubricants. SK Energy is the largest oil refiner and marketer in Korea. SK Incheon Petrochemical focuses on high-value-added petrochemical products including para-xylene, while SK Trading International trades petrochemical and crude oil products. SK Global Chemical, a global leader in the green chemicals and life sciences, is especially active in the burgeoning Asian market. SK Lubricants is a global leader in the base oil and lubricant market through affiliations with major European, North American and Asian companies. SK Innovation employs nearly 6,500 people and posted KRW 66.7 trillion in sales in 2013. For more information, visit: http://eng.skinnovation.com .
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