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SAMCO Members’ Volunteer in Tohoku Earthquake Area
SAMCO has established a fund for SAMCO members’ volunteer activities to support people stricken by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. During the holiday (from April 29th to May 5th, 2011), several employees participated in volunteer activities such as cleaning debris and distributing supplies. SAMCO will continue to support people in the disaster affected area.
Sendai Sales Office Re-open
SAMCO’s sales office in Sendai has reopened on Monday, April 4, 2011, for the first time since its closure on March 11, 2011 due to the earthquake. We at SAMCO will do our best to help our customers in the earthquake-affected areas recover from the damage as quickly as possible.
Contributions to Tohoku Earthquake Relief
We would like to extend our condolences to the families of those killed by the earthquake and our deepest sympathy to all who were affected by the earthquake. SAMCO employees from of all over the world donated 10.05 million JPY to the Japan Red Cross. We will do our utmost to support our customers in the course of their recovery from the earthquake.
Taiwan LED Manufacturers are Booming Again
March 17, 2010 – Although the LED industry endured a great downturn in the wake of the Lehman shock, capital investments by LED manufacturers in Taiwan are recovering, thanks to the growing demand for LEDs in China and South Korea. In particular, capital investments for LCD TV backlights are leading the market recovery process.
SAMCO’s One Stop Solution for LED manufacturing
Until recently, the LED market developed primarily for cellular phones and LCD back lights. Today the market is expanding to LED light bulbs. The LED market is expected to grow when LED bulbs become widely used.
SAMCO’s thin film technology is our core technology, and forms the basis of our CVD, dry etching, and dry cleaning systems for the optoelectronics and electronic component markets. We released MO-CVD system in May 2008. SAMCO’s systems play important roles in the LED manufacturing process. Now, we present our “One-Stop Solution” for the LED manufacturing process.
New Order from Taiwan for LED production
SAMCO received orders for two cassette-to-cassette ICP etching systems, Model RIE-230iPC from a large LED manufacturing company in Taiwan.