New U.S. Demo Center to Be Established to Strengthen Demo Evaluation Functions and Support Systems for Semiconductor Device Manufacturers in the U.S.

KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION (President and CEO: Fumiyuki Kanai, Head Office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, Japan) is pleased to announce the decision to establish a U.S. Demo Center in Oregon, USA. The new center will enhance our demo evaluation functions and support systems for semiconductor device manufacturers in the United States. The U.S. Demo Center is scheduled to begin operations in September 2026.

The semiconductor device market is expanding rapidly due to the growing demand for electronic devices such as smartphones and computers, the expansion of data centers driven by the spread of technologies including 5G, AI, IoT, and DX, the increasing industrial demand for investments in measures such as reducing environmental impact (GX), and industrial support measures by major countries. Furthermore, as cutting-edge semiconductor device structures become more complex, three-dimensional, and miniaturized, semiconductor device manufacturers are increasingly requesting our group to provide development support through demo evaluations and other methods.

In this market environment, our group is strengthening its efforts to provide development support in response to customer requests by expanding its demo evaluation area to the Pyeongtaek Factory of our group company, Kook Je Electric Korea Co., Ltd. in South Korea. As part of our efforts to strengthen our customer development support system, we have decided to establish a new U.S. Demo Center in Oregon, USA.

The new center will enable us to quickly complete demo evaluations for U.S. semiconductor device manufacturers, which have previously been conducted at the Toyama Technology & Manufacturing Center, without the need to transport evaluation wafers and personnel between Japan and the United States. Additionally, by enhancing our local support system, we will be able to accurately ascertain our customers’ issues, allowing us to provide more meticulous support for their research and development efforts.  We envision expansion of the U.S. Demo Center in response to future demand trends, with the aim of further strengthening our customer development support system.

Under the corporate slogan “Technology & Tai-wa for Tomorrow,” we will pursue economic, environmental, and social values from both business and ESG (resolving environmental and social issues and strengthening governance) aspects, with the aim of contributing to the achievement of SDGs and realizing a sustainable society and our group’s sustainable development.