V-One Tech subsidiary Syscon Robotics signed a contract worth approximately 3.4 billion won with an unnamed semiconductor components and materials company to supply a Machine Tending Robot System for automating semiconductor material processing. The system combines AMRs with robotic arms and AI vision.

Atlas Copco completed its acquisition of Presys Co., Ltd, a privately owned Suwon, South Korea maker of vacuum valves for the semiconductor market with 134 employees. The purchase price was not disclosed, and the business joins the Semiconductor Chamber Solutions Division.

Korean fittings and valve maker Hanseon Engineering is ramping up mass production of semiconductor safety and relief valves and is building a second factory near its Busan headquarters, targeted for completion early next year.

Atlas Copco agreed to acquire Presys Co., Ltd., a privately owned vacuum valve maker with 134 employees in Suwon, South Korea. The purchase price was not disclosed and closing is expected in Q1 2024, subject to regulatory approval.

Linde signed an investment memorandum with Gyeonggi Province for about KRW 150 billion to build an industrial gas plant in Pyeongtaek producing semiconductor rare gases such as krypton and xenon, to be completed by 2031.

Atlas Copco agreed to acquire the cryopump service and distribution business of ZEUS Co., Ltd. in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, which has 59 employees. The purchase price was not disclosed and closing is expected in Q2 2023.

LOT Vacuum signed a supply contract with Samsung Electronics worth 14.3 billion won for dry vacuum pumps used in semiconductor processes. The contract runs until 30 December 2023 and equals 5.52% of LOT Vacuum's prior-year revenue.

Edwards, part of Atlas Copco Group, is building a 15,000 m2 manufacturing facility in Asan City, South Korea, for vacuum and abatement systems used in semiconductor manufacturing, expected to be fully operational in Q3 2023.

Edwards, part of Atlas Copco, inaugurated a new 16,000 m2 vacuum pump plant in Asan City, South Korea, to serve global semiconductor manufacturing. Production began in June 2022 and the plant will create about 150 jobs.

DIENT disclosed a supply contract worth 17.64 billion won with LG Display, equal to 76.6% of its recent revenue. The contract runs until May 12.

Brooks Instrument has opened a new manufacturing, engineering and service center in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, to produce mass flow controllers for semiconductor manufacturing. The company says the move raises its global production capacity by close to 30 percent once at full scale.

Edwards UK and CSK, both Atlas Copco affiliates, signed an MOU worth about $101-110 million to build an integrated vacuum pump and gas processing equipment plant in Tangjeong General Industrial Complex, Asan, expected to create 270 jobs over five years.

Edwards and CSK, both Atlas Copco units, signed an MOU with South Chungcheong Province to build a semiconductor and display equipment plant on a 57,810 m² site in Asan, investing $110 million over five years.

TK-Fujikin signed an MOU with Busan Jinhae Free Economic Zone Authority to invest KRW 55.7 billion in a new factory on a 33,881 square metre site in Busan, adding to its existing plants. The project is scheduled to finish in 2025 and add about 450 jobs.

Taekwang Fujikin signed a site lease agreement with the Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone Authority to build a new factory in the Hwajeon industrial complex in Busan, South Korea, consolidating its existing plants with a total investment of 55.7 billion won, with about 450 new jobs planned and completion by 2025.

Mecaro, a Korean semiconductor parts and materials maker, signed an agreement to acquire 100% of KVTS, which makes special valves for semiconductor equipment. The signing ceremony was held at Mecaro's Pyeongtaek headquarters on 2 November 2020.

Unilok, a maker of high-performance valves, invested 48 billion won and completed a new factory in Sihwa MTV, Korea, with about 20,000 m2 of land. A 7,600 m2 site is reserved for expansion.

HIMS signed a supply contract worth 2.3 billion won with APS Holdings for OLED display process equipment, equal to 6.49% of its prior-year revenue. The contract period runs until January 28 of the following year.

Air Products was awarded a contract by MEMC Korea, a GlobalWafers subsidiary, to supply a new 300mm silicon wafer fab in Cheonan, South Korea, including an on-site nitrogen generator, liquid argon and operation and maintenance services.

Entegris Korea signed an agreement with Gyeonggi Province for an additional $20 million investment, reinvesting profits from Korea. It began building a production facility in Hwaseong Jangan 2 industrial complex that will make high-purity chemicals and special containers, and will hire 50 people.

A company identified only as D signed an MOU with Chungcheongnam-do to buy an empty 6,603.7 sq m factory in Cheonan's foreign investment zone and invest a further $5 million to expand semiconductor materials production.

LOT Vacuum signed a single supply contract worth 4.35 billion won with Samsung Electronics for dry vacuum pumps used in semiconductor processes, signed on January 17, 2019 and disclosed January 18, 2019.

Air Products has been awarded additional gaseous nitrogen and hydrogen supply for Samsung Electronics' Giheung fab in South Korea. It will build a new air separation unit, several hydrogen plants and pipelines, scheduled to be operational in 2020.

Watlow and Global Standard Technology Co., Ltd. formed a South Korean joint venture named Watlow Pacific Inc. to strengthen Watlow's semiconductor presence in the region.

LOT Vacuum disclosed a single supply contract worth KRW 4.09 billion with Samsung Electronics for plasma pretreatment systems and dry vacuum pumps used in semiconductor processing. The contract was signed on 2018-05-18 and delivered to Pyeongtaek and Giheung in Gyeonggi.

LOT Vacuum signed a single supply contract with Samsung Electronics worth KRW 3.73 billion for dry vacuum pumps used in semiconductor processes, for sites in Pyeongtaek and Giheung-gu, Yongin. The contract equals 1.9% of LOT Vacuum's recent sales.

ELOT Vacuum signed a supply contract with SK Hynix for dry vacuum pumps used in semiconductor processes, worth KRW 2,384.41 million, about 1.2% of its 2017 revenue, with a term to July 2, 2018.

Wonik Materials decided to invest KRW 21.5 billion in building a factory and new facilities, as disclosed on 5 April 2018.

Korean KOSDAQ-listed Yesti signed a supply contract worth about KRW 7.8 billion for display manufacturing equipment, as disclosed on 5 April 2018.

Korean valve maker BMT says its semiconductor-grade premium valves are being tested at Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, and it expanded its factory last year to prepare for orders.

LOT Vacuum signed a single supply contract worth KRW 3.81 billion with SK Hynix for dry vacuum pumps used in semiconductor processes, with delivery in South Korea. The contract was signed on February 2, 2018 and disclosed on February 5.

LOT Vacuum signed a single supply contract worth 4.93 billion won with Samsung Electronics for dry vacuum pumps used in semiconductor processes, delivered to Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi. The contract was signed on January 31, 2018.

LOT Vacuum signed a single supply contract with Samsung Electronics worth KRW 9,738,336,002 for plasma pretreatment systems and dry vacuum pumps for semiconductor processes, to be supplied in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province.

LOT Vacuum signed a contract worth KRW 3,855,475,000 with Samsung Electronics for plasma pretreatment systems and dry vacuum pumps used in semiconductor processing, running from 13 December 2017 to 28 February 2018.

LOT Vacuum signed a single supply contract worth KRW 4.64 billion with Samsung Electronics for dry vacuum pumps used in semiconductor processes, for sites in Pyeongtaek and Giheung-gu, Yongin, signed on October 13, 2017.

LOT Vacuum signed a supply contract with Samsung Electronics for dry vacuum pumps used in semiconductor processes, worth KRW 7.92 billion, disclosed on December 28, 2016.