SCREEN Holdings explained

SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
Native Name:株式会社SCREENホールディングス
Native Name Lang:ja
Type:Public (K.K)
Industry:Semiconductors
Founded: (as Ishida Kyokuzan Printing Works) in Kyoto, Japan
(as Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.,)
Location:Tenjinkita-machi 1-1, Teranouchi-agaru 4-chome, Horikawa-dori, Kamigyō-ku, 602-8585
Hq Location City:Kyoto
Hq Location Country:Japan
Key People:Eiji Kakiuchi (CEO)
Num Employees Year:2017

is a Japanese semiconductor and electronics company, headquartered in Kyoto, engaged in the manufacture and sale of equipment for the manufacturing of semiconductors, flat panel displays, storage media (such as optical discs) and precision technology manufacturing equipment.[1]

Dainippon Screen has several sites in Japan, with offices in Kyoto, Kudanminami, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Etchūjima, Koto, Tokyo and manufacturing plants in Kyoto, Yasu, Shiga, Hikone, and Taga, Shiga,

Dainippon Screen Group has many subsidiaries in Japan,[2] the United States,[3] the UK, Germany, the Netherlands,[4] China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia.[5]

On August 5, 2014, Dainippon Screen announced a change of its corporate name to Screen Holdings, as it restructured to become a holding company.[6]

Korea's largest semiconductor manufacturer SEMES Co. Ltd. was made as a joint venture with Dainippon Screen using the latter's technology. Currently they have no capital relationship but SEMES continues to use technology from Dainippon Screen and gets all its revenue with orders from Samsung's cleaning equipment.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Corporate profile . 6 March 2014.
  2. Web site: Subsidiaries in Japan . 6 March 2014.
  3. Web site: Subsidiaries in North America . 6 March 2014.
  4. Web site: Subsidiaries in Europe . 6 March 2014.
  5. Web site: Subsidiaries in Asia & Oceania . 6 March 2014.
  6. Web site: Notice: Changes of Trade Name and others of the Successor Companies in Connection with Change to Holding Company Structure.