EUV pellicle development likely to speed up
Samsung Electronics decided to invest 43 billion won in FST, a semiconductor material equipment company. Samsung Electronics is building up its supply chain by investing in major semiconductor partners in succession.
On the 2nd, FST announced that it has decided to issue 1,522975 new stocks to Samsung Electronics with a paid-in capital increase. The issuance price is 28,240 won. The total amount is 43 billion won. When the capital increase is completed, Samsung Electronics will own a 6.9% stake in FST. Following Chairman Myeong-sik Jang and SAM Technology, an unlisted affiliate of FST, Samsung Electronics will become the third largest shareholder.
FST announced that it plans to use 30 billion won for facility funds and 13 billion won for facility funds.
FST’s main sales sources are pellicles that protect masks from dust and chillers that control the temperature inside the processor chamber during semiconductor production. The sales share is about half each. FST is developing a pellicle for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) as a next-generation growth engine business. In the first quarter of this year, the company’s goal is to release a’full-size’ EUV pellicle with a silicon carbide (SiC) material-based, 30-nano-thick, and 90% transmittance specification. As there is currently no place to properly mass-produce EUV pellicles, experts believe that if the development is successful, it will be a significant contribution to sales. It is analyzed that Samsung Electronics has also invested in this future possibility.
Samsung Electronics last year saw S&S Tech (66.5 billion won, blank mask and pellicle), YIK (47.3 billion won, pre-process inspection equipment), KC Tech (20.7 billion won, cleaning equipment and CMP slurry), and Mico Ceramics (21.6 billion won, ceramic parts). ), LOT Vacuum (18.9 billion won, vacuum equipment), and New Power Plasma (12.7 billion won, plasma generating parts), etc. In addition, Samsung Electronics owns stakes in several partners, including A-Tech Solutions (15.9%), Wonik IPS (3.8%), Wonik Holdings (2.3%), Dongjin Semichem (4.8%), and Soulbrain Holdings (4.8%).
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