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PSA Technology: Semiconductor Industry 2025 Outlook

Following the recent results season where several leading semiconductor and SPE companies globally produced either disappointing results or guidance, we look at where the semiconductor industry is at present, where it looks to be headed in 2025 and identify opportunities in the Japanese IC / SPE space.
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Advanced Micro Devices is a semiconductor company. The company primarily provides x86 microprocessors, as standalone devices or as incorporated into an accelerated processing unit, chipsets, graphics processing units (GPUs), data center and personnel GPUs, and development services; server and embedded processors, semi-custom System-on-Chip products, development services and technology for game consoles. The company also licenses portions of its intellectual property portfolio. The company's segments are: Computing and Graphics, which consists of desktop, notebooks, commercial, and chipsets products; and Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom, which includes server processors, and embedded P\processors products.

Advantest Corp.

Advantest and its consolidated subsidiaries manufacture and sell semiconductor and component test system products and mechatronics-related products such as test handlers and device interfaces. Co. also engages in research and development activities and provides maintenance and support services associated with these products. Co.'s principal business segments are semiconductor and component test system; mechatronics system; and services, support and others. Product lines include test systems for memory semiconductors and non-memory semiconductors; test handlers, mechatronic-applied products, and for handling semiconductor devices.

Air Partner PLC

Air Partner is an aviation services company. Co. provides air charter services to customers using operator aircraft to supply the flight. Co. has four segments: Commercial Jets, which provides aircraft charter, remarketing and short-term aircraft leasing services; Private Jets, which provides small aircraft and jets charter, bespoke service and prepaid JetCard product; Freight, which provides cargo transport aircraft charter and part-charter for regular and bespoke requirements; and Consulting & Training, which consist of Baines Simmons that provides aviation safety consulting and training services, and Clockwork Research that provides fatigue risk management consulting services.

Alphabet Inc. Class A

Alphabet is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is engaged in a collection of businesses, which its primary business is Google. The company reports all non-Google businesses collectively as Other Bets. Google's main products and platforms are Android, Chrome, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. The company also provides advertisers with tools that help them attribute and measure their advertising campaigns. In addition, Other Bets includes Access, Calico, CapitalG, GV, Verily, Waymo, and X, among others. Other Bets primarily engages in the sales of internet and TV services through Access as well as licensing and research and development services through Verily.

Amazon.com Inc.

Amazon.com serves consumers through its online and physical stores. The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablet, Fire TV, Echo, and Ring, and the company develops and produces media content. The company operates customer service centers and provides programs that enable sellers to grow their businesses, sell their products in its stores, and fulfill orders through the company The company serves developers and enterprises of various sizes, including start-ups, government agencies, and academic institutions, through its Amazon Web Services segment, which provides a set of global compute, storage, database, and other service offerings. The company also provides services, such as advertising.

Apple Inc.

Apple designs, manufactures and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables and accessories, and sells a variety of related services. The company's products include: iPhone; Mac; iPad; and wearables, home and accessories, which includes AirPods?, Apple TV?, Apple Watch?, Beats? products, HomePod?, iPod touch? and other Apple-branded and third-party accessories. The company's services include: digital content stores and streaming services; AppleCare, which includes AppleCare + (AC+) and the AppleCare Protection Plan; iCloud, which is the company's cloud service; licensing; and other services, which include Apple Arcade?, Apple Card?, Apple News+, and Apple Pay, a cashless payment service.

Applied Materials Inc.

Applied Materials provides manufacturing equipment, services and software to the semiconductor, display and related industries. The company's segments are: Semiconductor Systems, which develops, manufactures and sells a range of manufacturing equipment used to fabricate semiconductor chips; Applied Global Services, which provides integrated solutions to support equipment and fab performance and productivity; and Display and Adjacent Markets, which is comprised of products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays, organic light-emitting diodes and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, electronic tablets, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices.

ARM HOLDINGS PLC

Broadcom Inc.

Broadcom, via its subsidiaries, is a designer, developer and supplier of a range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. The company develops semiconductor devices with a focus on digital and mixed signal complementary metal oxide semiconductor based devices and analog III-V based products. The company provides products that are used in end products such as enterprise and data center networking, home connectivity, set-top boxes, broadband access, telecommunication equipment, smartphones and base stations, data center servers and storage systems, and factory automation. The company has three segments: semiconductor solutions, infrastructure software and intellectual property licensing.

Canon Inc.

Canon and its subsidiaries are engaged in the manufacture and sale of office multifunction devices, plain paper copying machines, laser printers, inkjet printers, cameras and lithography equipment. Co. sells its products principally under the Canon brand name and through sales subsidiaries. Each of these subsidiaries is responsible for marketing and distribution to retail dealers in an assigned territory. As of Dec. 31, 2017, Co.'s manufacturing is conducted primarily at 30 plants in Japan and 18 plants overseas. Co. operates its business in four segments: Office Business Unit, Imaging System Business Unit, Medical System Business Unit, and Industry and Others Business Unit.

Capcom Co. Ltd.

Capcom is engaged in the development, manufacture and sales of video games, online games, mobile games and arcade games, as well as the operation of amusement arcades. Co.'s business segments are digital contents, amusement facility and amusement equipment. Co. is engaged in the planning, development, manufacture and sales of home video games, online games and mobile games including "Rockman," "Monster Hunter World" and "Dragons Dogma"; the operation of "Plaza Capcom" amusement facilities in Japan; and the development, production and distribution of arcade games for amusement facilities. Co. is also engaged in the licensing business of game characters and the real estate leasing business.

Coherent Inc.

Coherent is a provider of lasers, laser-based technologies and laser-based system solutions in a range of commercial, industrial and scientific applications. The company reporting segments are: OEM Laser Sources (OLS) and Industrial Lasers and Systems (ILS). The company's OLS business segment is focused on laser sources and optical sub-systems primarily used in microelectronics manufacturing, medical diagnostics and therapeutic medical applications, as well as in scientific research. The company's ILS business segment delivers laser sources, sub-systems and tools used for industrial laser materials processing, serving end markets like automotive, machine tool, consumer goods and medical device manufacturing.

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Daifuku Co. Ltd.

DAIFUKU is engaged in the consulting, planning and engineering, designing, manufacturing, installation and after-sales service of logistic systems, material handling equipment and others. Co.'s major products include storage, transport, sorting and picking systems, clean room transport and storage systems, automobile production line systems, distributed monitoring, control systems, industrial computer, interface boards, LAN-related equipment, logistics system controllers, car-wash machines, transport and storage systems for medical equipment, machines for bowling alleys and automatic scoring systems, multilevel bicycle parking systems, and wheelchair lifts for care-provider vehicles.

DENSO CORPORATION

Denso and its affiliates are mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of automobile electronic, electrical parts, and other components. Co.'s principal business segments are powertrain control systems, electronic systems, thermal systems, information and safety systems, small motors, industrial systems and consumer products. Co.'s principal products include starters, alternators, engine management systems, components for gasoline, diesel and electric hybrid vehicles, engine ECUs, hybrid ICs, air conditioners, radiators, remote keyless entry controllers, car navigation systems, car-mounted ETC devices, motors, bar code handy scanners and industrial robots.

DOLOMITE HOLDINGS LTD

Accel Solutions Group Ltd, formerly knowns as Dolomite Holdings Ltd, is an Israel-based company, with two core activities: importer and integrator of advanced telecom equipmen on Israeli market. The Company imports, distributes and localizes mobile devices and cell phones, as well as integrates software and introduces cloud solutions, network equipment, routers and other broadband solutions.

Fujikura Ltd

Fujikura is mainly engaged in the manufacture, sale and installation of telecommunication cable, electric cable and electronic materials. Along with its affiliates, Co. operates in four business segments: power & telecommunication systems, electronics business, automotive products and real estate. Co.'s principal products include power cables, telecommunication cables, aluminum wires, enameled wires, optical fibers, optical fiber cables, telecommunication and optical components, fiber optic equipment, network equipment, flexible printed circuits, electronic wiring, HDD components, connectors, automotive wire harnesses, and others. Co. is also engaged in the leasing of real estate.

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Hitachi Ltd.

Hitachi and its subsidiaries are engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of diversified product mix ranging from electricity generation systems to consumer products and electronic devices. Co.'s businesses are diverse, and include information and telecommunication systems, social infrastructure and industrial systems, electronic systems and equipment, construction machinery, high functional materials and components, automotive systems, life & eco systems, financial services, and others including logistics services, optical disk drive, as well as real estate business.

Intel Corporation

Intel is a data-centric company. The company's operating segments are: Data Center Group, which develops platforms for compute, storage, and network functions; Internet of Things Group, which facilitates its customers creating, storing, and processing data; Mobileye, which provides assistance and automation solutions; Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group, which provides memory and storage products based on Intel? Optane? technology and Intel? 3D NAND technology; Programmable Solutions Group, which provides programmable semiconductors; and Client Computing Group, which connects people to data, allowing each person to focus, create, and engage in ways that unlock their individual potential.

Keyence Corporation

KEYENCE and its affiliates are mainly engaged in the design, development, manufacture and sale of factory automation ("FA") sensors, opto-electronic equipment and related systems, and high technology hobby products. Co.'s principal products are fiber optic sensor, laser sensor, contact sensor, ultrasonic sensor, pressure sensor, photoelectric sensor, laser sensor (compact), RGB color sensor, proximity sensor and temperature sensor; machine vision, inductive displacement sensor, image measurement system, laser displacement sensor, optical micrometer and digital microscope; bar-code reader, laser marker, programmable logic controller; and safety light curtain.

Kioxia Holdings (6600 JT)

Lam Research Corporation

Lam Research is a supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. The company designs, manufactures, markets, refurbishes, and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. The company's customer base includes semiconductor memory, foundry, and integrated device manufacturers that make products such as non-volatile memory, dynamic random-access memory, and logic devices. The company's services include customer service, spares, improvement, and refurbishment of its deposition, etch, and clean products. The company sells its products and services to companies in the United States, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan.

Lasertec Corp.

Lasertec is mainly engaged in the development, manufacture, and sale of semiconductor-related products and other products, as well as the provision of services for its products. Co.'s principal products include systems related to defect inspection/measurement of mask, mask blanks and wafer; systems related to defect inspection of large size photomask and PV cell conversion efficiency distribution measurement system; and systems related to microscope based on confocal optics. Along with its subsidiaries, Co. offers its products and services in Japan as well as in North America, Europe, and Asia regions.

LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.

Logitech International is a holding company. Co. designs, manufactures and markets products that enable people to connect through music, gaming, video, computing, and other digital platforms. Co.'s products include: mobile speakers, which comprises portable wireless Bluetooth speakers; Audio-PC & Wearables, which comprises PC speakers, headsets, in-ear headphones and wireless audio wearable; gaming, which provides a range of gaming gear for gamers; video collaboration; home, which includes its home entertainment controllers and products dedicated to controlling emerging categories pointing devices; keyboards & combos; tablet & other accessories; and PC webcams.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

Marvell Technology Group is a semiconductor provider of application-specific products. The company is focused on the development of System-on-a-Chip devices, utilizing its technology portfolio of intellectual property in the areas of analog, mixed-signal, digital signal processing, and embedded and standalone integrated circuits. The company develops integrated hardware platforms along with software that incorporates digital computing technologies. In storage, the company is engaged in fibre channel products and data storage controller solutions spanning cloud, enterprise, edge and personal computing markets. The company's networking products include ethernet solutions, embedded processors and WiFi connectivity solutions.

Micron Technology Inc.

Micron Technology provides memory and storage solutions. The company's portfolio of memory and storage technologies include Dynamic Random Access Memory, Not And, 3D XPoint? memory, and Not Or. The company's segments are: Compute and Networking Business, which includes memory products sold into client, cloud server, enterprise, graphics, and networking markets; Mobile Business, which includes memory products sold into smartphone and other mobile-device markets; Storage Business, which includes Solid-State Drives and component-level solutions sold into enterprise and cloud, client, and consumer storage markets; and Embedded Business, which includes memory and storage products.

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft is a technology company. The company develops and supports software, services, devices, and solutions. The company provides an array of services, including cloud-based solutions as well as solution support and consulting services. The company also delivers relevant online advertising. The company's products include operating systems; cross-device productivity applications; server applications; business solution applications; desktop and server management tools; software development tools; and video games. The company also designs, manufactures, and sells devices, including personal computers, tablets, gaming and entertainment consoles, other devices, and related accessories.

Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift

Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift is engaged in the manufacture, sale and maintenance of electric forklifts and material handling equipment. Along with its subsidiaries and associated companies, Co. operates in two business segments: domestic and overseas. Co.'s principal products include small and medium-size electric forklift trucks, IC (internal combustion) forklift trucks, lift trucks, automated guided vehicles, stackers, pallet trucks, reach trucks, order pickers, towing tractors and other material handling equipment. Co. provides "Mitsubishi," "Nichiyu," "CAT" and "Rocla" brands equipment. Co. operates its operations in Japan, the U.S., the Netherlands, China, Thailand and Singapore.

NEC Corp.

NEC is the parent company of a group engaged in the manufacture and sale of computers, software, communications equipment, and electric devices. Co. operates in four business segments: public, enterprise, telecom carrier, and system platform. Co. supplies integration, maintenance and support, and outsourcing services and system equipment for government, public and enterprises; network infrastructure to telecom carriers; hardware such as servers and mainframes, software, enterprise networks solutions. In addition, Co. also provides smart energy such as electrodes and energy storage systems, as well as smartphones, mobile phones, "BIGLOBE" Internet services and lighting equipment.

Netflix Inc.

Netflix is engaged in subscription streaming entertainment service including TV series, documentaries and feature films across a variety of genres and languages. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on any internet-connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, without commercials. Additionally, several members in the United States subscribe to the company's DVD-by-mail service. The company improves its streaming content with a focus on a programming mix of content. The company's members can download a selection of titles for offline viewing. The company operates its business as a global operating segment.

Nikon Corp.

Nikon and its affiliates are mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of precision and imaging products. Co.'s principal products include IC steppers, LCD steppers, digital SLR cameras, compact digital cameras, interchangeable camera lenses, microscopes, measuring instruments and inspection equipment, as well as retinal imaging products. Co. is also engaged in development of observation devices, including an IR1 infrared camera and an ultraviolet imager; the manufacture of solid-state lasers that emit a deep ultraviolet laser light with a 193-nanometer wavelength; the development and production of optical glass materials and ophthalmic lenses.

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

Nissan Motor, along with its subsidiaries and associated companies, is engaged in the manufacture and sale of vehicles, marine products and related parts; and the provision of finance services throughout world. Co.'s principal businesses are automobile and sales financing. Automobile segment manufactures electric vehicles, sedans, sport coupes, compact cars, mini vans, SUVs, pick-up trucks, and station wagons. Co.'s principal brand names include "Leaf," "Infiniti," "Murano," "Altima," "Maxima," "Sentra," "Quest," "Cedric," "Days Roox," "e-NV200," "Note e-Power," "Caravan," "Wingroad," "GT-R," "Farilady Z, among others. Sales Financing segment provides sales financing services..

NVIDIA Corporation

NVIDIA engages in graphics processing unit (GPU)-based visual computing and accelerated computing platforms. The company has two segments, GPU and Tegra Processor, which are based on a single underlying architecture. The company's GPU product brands are aimed at markets including GeForce for gamers; Quadro for designers; Tesla and DGX for artificial intelligence data scientists and big data researchers; and GRID for cloud-based visual computing users. The company's Tegra brand integrates an entire computer onto a single chip, and incorporates GPUs and multi-core CPUs to drive supercomputing for autonomous robots, drones, and cars, as well as for game consoles and mobile gaming and entertainment devices.

ON Semiconductor Corporation

ON Semiconductor is engaged in energy efficient electronics. The company is organized into three segments: Power Solutions Group, which provides a range of discrete, module and integrated semiconductor products; Analog Solutions Group, which designs and develops analog, mixed-signal, and advanced logic application specific integrated circuits and Application Specific Standard Product, and power solutions; and Image Sensor Group, which designs and develops complementary metal oxide semiconductor and charge-coupled device image sensors, as well as proximity sensors, image signal processors and actuator drivers for autofocus and image stabilization for automotive and industrial markets, among others.

Oracle Corporation

Oracle provides products and services that address enterprise information technology (IT) environments. The company's products and services include applications and infrastructure offerings. The company's cloud and license business engages in the sale, marketing and delivery of its applications and infrastructure technologies through cloud and on-premise deployment models including its cloud services and license support offerings; and its cloud license and on-premise license offerings. The company's hardware business provides Oracle Engineered Systems, servers, storage, industry-specific hardware, operating systems, virtualization, management and other hardware-related software to support diverse IT environments.

PKSHA Technology Inc.

PKSHA Technology Inc is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in algorithmic license business. The Company operates through two business segments. The Cloud Intelligence segment is engaged in the sale of algorithm modules, and algorithm software BEDORE and CELLOR in the area of intelligent processing in the digital space. The Mobility & MaaS segment is engaged in the sale of algorithm modules related to image/video analysis and sales of algorithm software Hrus in the area of intelligent operation of real space for smart city. The algorithm modules include text understanding modules, dialogue modules, image/video analysis modules, recommendation modules, prediction modules, anomaly detection modules, and reinforcement learning modules.

Renesas Electronics Corporation

Renesas Electronics is a semiconductor solution provider. Co.'s solutions include electronic products and systems for communications, computing and peripherals, consumer electronics, as well as automotive and industrial sectors. Along with its subsidiaries and associated company, Co. operates in four business segments: automotive, industrial, broad-based and other semiconductors. Co.'s principal products are microcontrollers, microprocessors, smart analogs, secure MCUs (Microcontroller Units), embedded systems platform, software, tools, IPDs (Intelligent Power Devices), power MOSFET (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors), analog and mixed-signal ICs, and transistors.

Rohm Co. Ltd.

ROHM is mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of electronic components. ICs segment offers analog switches, multiplexers, logic ICs, memory ICs, amplifiers, clocks and timers, sensor ICs, data converters, interface ICs communication LSIs, audio and video ICs and other ICs. The segment also provides foundry services. Discrete Semiconductor Devices segment offers diodes, transistors, light emitting diodes and laser diodes. Modules segment offers print heads, optical modules and power modules. Co. is also engaged in the manufacture and sale of resistors and tantalum capacitors.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Samsung Electronics is engaged in the manufacture and sale of electronic goods, communication products, semiconductors, telecommunication equipment, home appliances and other similar products. Co.'s products are mobile phones, MP3 Players, DVD players, video equipment, including Blu-Ray, TVs and VCRs; household appliances, including microwave ovens, refrigerators, home air conditioners, washing machines, ultrasonic humidifiers, dehumidifiers, vacuum cleaners and other small electrical goods; audio equipment, including semiconductors, information systems, and computers; miscellaneous parts; other products, including automatic vending machines, refrigerated display cases and electric tools.

SCREEN Holdings Co. Ltd

Screen Holdings is a holding company. Co., through its subsidiaries and associated companies, is engaged in the manufacture and sale of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, printing-related equipment, printed-circuit board-related equipment and flat panel displays ("FPDs") manufacturing equipment. Co.'s principal products include single wafer cleaner, wet station, scrubber and laser annealer, full-color variable printing system, thermal plate recorder, direct imaging system, automatic optical inspection system, automatic final visual inspection system, coater/developer, LIA plasma CVD/sputter equipment, coater/dryer, coater/developer for LTPS and others.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International is mainly engaged in the computer-aided design, manufacturing, packaging, testing and trading of integrated circuits and other semiconductor services, as well as manufacturing and designing semiconductor masks. Co. provides integrated circuit (IC) foundry and technology services on process nodes from 0.35 micron to 28 nanometer. In addition to wafer fabrication, Co.'s service offerings include a comprehensive portfolio consisting of IC design libraries, circuit design blocks, design support, mask-making, wafer probing and gold/solder bumping.

SICC CO LTD

A & S Group (Holdings) Limited is an investment holding company mainly engaged in the provision of air freight forwarding ground handling services and air cargo terminal operating services. The air freight forwarding ground handling services include trucking, warehousing, repacking, labeling services of cargoes and unit load devices (ULDs) and other relevant supporting services, such as processing the necessary documentations. The Company also collects ULDs from air cargo terminals in Hong Kong or delivers processed ULDs to air cargo terminals in Hong Kong for customers. The air cargo terminal operating services include transferring cargoes or ULDs arriving from aircrafts to docks, breakdown or sorting of cargoes onto pallet or bins, cargoes storage, and releasing cargoes.

SK hynix Inc

SK hynix is engaged in the manufacture and sale of semiconductors and related devices. Co.'s memory semiconductors include dynamic random access memory ("DRAM") modules, multi-chip products (MCPs) and NAND flash memory semiconductors. Co.'s memory semiconductors are used for desktops, notebooks, smartphones, tablets, game consoles, MP3, PMP, USB drive, televisions, and digital cameras. Co. also develops non-memory semiconductors such as complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensors used in digital imaging devices.

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SoftBank Group Corp.

SoftBank Group is a holding company. Domestic Telecommunications business provides mobile communication services, mobile devices, broadband services to retail customers, and telecom services to corporate customers in Japan. Sprint business provides mobile communication services and fixed-line telecommunication services in the U.S. Yahoo Japan business operates Internet-based advertising and e-commerce business. Distribution business distributes mobile devices overseas, and sells software and mobile device accessories in Japan. ARM business designs microprocessor intellectual property and related technology. SoftBank Vision Fund & Delta Fund business is engaged in the investment activities.

Sony Corporation

Sony is engaged in the development, design, production, manufacture, offer and sale of various kinds of electronic equipment, instruments and devices for consumer, professional and industrial markets such as network services, game hardware and software, televisions, audio and video recorders and players, still and video cameras, mobile phones, and semiconductors. Co. is engaged in the development, production, manufacture, and distribution of recorded music and the management and licensing of the words and music of songs as well as the production and distribution of animation titles. Co. is also engaged in the production, acquisition and distribution of motion pictures and television.

STMicroelectronics NV

STMicroelectronics is a global independent semiconductor company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of semiconductor integrated circuits (“ICs”) and discrete devices. Co. offers a diversified product portfolio and develops products for a wide range of market applications, including automotive products, computer peripherals, telecommunications systems, consumer products, industrial automation and control systems. Within its diversified portfolio, Co. is focused on developing products that leverage its technological strengths in creating customized, system-level solutions with digital and mixed-signal content.

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Teradyne Inc.

Teradyne is a global supplier of automation equipment for test and industrial applications. The company designs, develops, manufactures and sells automatic test systems used to test semiconductors, wireless products, data storage and electronics systems in the consumer electronics, wireless, automotive, industrial, computing, communications, and aerospace and defense industries. The company's automatic test equipment and industrial automation products and services include: semiconductor test systems; defense/aerospace test instrumentation and systems, storage test systems, and circuit-board test and inspection systems; industrial automation products; and wireless test systems.

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

Tokyo Electron is a supplier of semiconductor production equipment ("SPE") and flat panel display ("FPD") selling through global network that spans Japan, the U.S., Europe and Asia. Co.'s principal products are coater/developers, plasma etch systems, thermal processing systems, single wafer deposition systems, cleaning systems (auto wet station, single wafer cleaning system, pre-clean system and scrubber system), wafer prober, FPD coater/developers and FPD plasma etch/ash systems. In addition, Co., through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the provision of transportation services, insurance services, as well as the support services for Co.'s photovoltaic cell ("PV") production equipment.

Toyota Motor Corp.

Toyota Motor is an automobile manufacturer. Co. is primarily engaged in the design, manufacture, and sale of sedans, minivans, compact cars, sport-utility vehicles, trucks and related parts and accessories throughout the world. Co. provides financing, vehicle and equipment leasing and certain other financial services primarily to its dealers and their customers to support the sales of vehicles and other products manufactured by Co. Co.'s principal business segments are automotive operations, financial services operations and other operations. Co. sells its vehicles in approximately 190 countries and regions, and markets for its automobiles in Japan, North America, Europe and Asia.

ULVAC Inc.

ULVAC is engaged in the manufacture and sale of vacuum systems and equipment. The Vacuum Machinery segment provides sputtering systems, CVD systems, vacuum evaporation systems, etching systems, annealing systems, ion implantation systems, vacuum furnaces and vapor deposition polymerization systems for semiconductor processing, LED devices, photovoltaics, optic films, LCD displays, magnetic sensors, and electronic materials; and vacuum components including vacuum pumps, gauges, leak detectors, vacuum valves, and vacuum parts. The Vacuum Application segment provides sputtering target materials, evaporation deposition materials, and titanium and tantalum processing products.

Western Digital Corporation

Western Digital is a developer, manufacturer, and provider of data storage devices and solutions. The company's portfolio of technology and products address the following markets: Client Devices, which consist of hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices, flash-based embedded storage products, and flash-based memory wafers and components; Data Center Devices and Solutions, which consist of enterprise HDDs and enterprise SSDs, data center software and system solutions; and Client Solutions, which consist of HDDs and SSDs embedded into external storage products and removable flash-based products, such as cards, universal serial bus flash drives and wireless drives.

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