According to the “Notice on Announcing the List of Provincial Enterprise Technology Centers in Zhejiang Province in 2019 (26th batch)” issued by Zhejiang Department of Economy and Information Technology, Department of Finance, Taxation Bureau, and Hangzhou Customs, HC SemiTek (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. is approved as Zhejiang provincial-level enterprise technology center, laying a solid foundation for building a national innovation platform.
At the same time, HC SemiTek was also approved as Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Third-generation Semiconductor Materials and Devices. It is understood that HC SemiTek will step up investment in product research and development and technological innovation, and actively develop third-generation semiconductor materials and devices, which will be put into mass production next year at the earliest.
Became the first provincial key lab in Yiwu
At the Fifth World Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Convention held on November 14, the Department of Science and Technology of Zhejiang Province released the list of first provincial key laboratories of enterprises by Zhejiang entrepreneurs and awarded plates to the winners. HC SemiTek Limited, Zhejiang was approved as the Zhejiang Key Lab of Third-generation Semiconductor Materials and Devices, the first provincial key lab in Yiwu.
This is a symbol that the Department of Science Technology of Zhejiang Province recognizes the company’s technology reserves and scientific research strength regarding third-generation semiconductor materials and devices, and that HC SemiTek reaches a new height in technological innovation.
HC SemiTek attaches great importance to independent R&D and technological innovation. HC SemiTek technology center has an efficient technical team of a high caliber, which is the company’s backbone in R&D and innovation efforts. It is composed of dozens of returnee doctors with background and rich experience in compound semiconductors, Taiwan experts and senior industry professionals. They have rich experience in technology development in the field of three-generation semiconductor materials and devices.
In addition to the recently approved Zhejiang Enterprise Technology Center and the provincial key lab, HC SemiTek has also been approved as Zhejiang High-Tech Enterprise Research and Development Center, Zhejiang Province Leading Innovation Team, Zhejiang Province postdoctoral workstation, and innovative leading enterprise in Yiwu. National key R&D programs, key projects for scientific and technological innovation cooperation, Zhejiang key R&D projects, and Guangdong key R&D projects which HC SemiTek undertakes or is involved in are being carried out in an orderly manner.
Actively develop third-generation semiconductor materials and devices
Since its establishment, HC SemiTek has been focusing on the R&D and production of semiconductor materials and devices, and is the second largest LED chip producer in China. While developing LED chips, HC SemiTek keeps abreast of the developments of industrial technology in the long term, and harnesses its scientific research strengths to explore and develop forward-looking technologies of third-generation semiconductors and expand the product lines. Important progress has been made. Mass production may be achieved next year at the earliest.
In addition, the key lab of third-generation semiconductor materials and devices will bring together the scientific and technological innovation resources of the company. With the support of corporate R&D resources, it gathers outstanding technology R&D talents in the field of new semiconductor materials and devices, and integrates the R&D resources of universities, research institutes and Yiwu industrial cluster to introduce, absorb and independently develop generic technologies, key technologies, and forward-looking technologies for the third-generation semiconductor materials and device sector. At the same time, it uses the technological research achievements to provide engineering R&D and results matchmaking necessary for industrialization, and lead the incubation of emerging industries.
That HC SemiTek is approved as Zhejiang Enterprise Technology Center and Provincial Key Lab lays a solid foundation for the company to build a national innovation platform. This is the government and market recognition of the company’s technology R&D and innovation efforts over many years, and also higher requirements for the company’s technology reserve and innovation. HC SemiTek will make greater efforts to build corporate operating entity for innovation, establish a sound innovation mechanism, step up investment in innovation, and give full play to the role of the enterprise technology center in supporting enterprise technology, quality and efficiency improvement, contributing to technological progress in China’s third-generation semiconductor industry!
