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Ferrotec Holdings Corporation Nihonbashi Plaza Building 5F, 2-3-4 Nihonbashi,Chuo-ku,Tokyo 103-0027 TEL: 03-3281-8808 FAX: 03-3281-8848 URL: http://www.ferrotec.co.jp
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The Future by Ferrotec Satisfaction for our Customers
Earth Friendly and Environmentally Conscious
I think this company’s background is a rather unique one. We were
Dreams and Vitality to our Society
established in Japan as a subsidiary of an American company in
1980, and became independent seven years later in 1987. We built
With a global perspective, Ferrotec operates in
a domestic factory and expanded into China in 1992. We took the
harmony with international and local communities,
company public in 1996, keeping that momentum through 1999
acting in good faith as a company that provides products
when we acquired our NASDAQ listed former parent company via
and services that contributes to people everyday’s life.
a friendly take over bid. Twelve years had passed since becoming
independent. The parent-child relationship had reversed, but by
Earning satisfaction and trust from our customers
becoming ‘’Ferrotec Group’’ once again, we were able to achieve
Contributing to solving global environmental problems
d r a m a t i c g r o w t h . F r o m A p r i l 2 0 17, o u r c o m p a n y w a s
Devoted to serving society through manufacturing.
renamed ”Ferrotec Holdings Corporation”, and shif ted to a
holding company s tr uc ture. The sources of grow th were
applications of the company's core ferrofluid technologies, born
from the Apollo Space program, and the topic of my master’s
thesis, thermoelectric modules.
Since that time, our offering has expanded and our portfolio has
diversified. Ferrotec products are currently being utilized in a wide
range of fields, such as, the electronics and automobile industries,
household appliances, medical equipment, and photovoltaics.
We will continue to strive to supply products that contribute to
the society while being a company that helps to make the world
a better place, a company that cares for the environment, and a
company that continues to grow.
Final product example Smartphone/ Personal Computer/ Flash Memory/ LED/ DVD
Consumer Electronics
Photovoltaic Power Generation
The IoT connects a variety of
people, goods, and information
Against the global-level
on the internet, erasing the
backdrop of the COP21
boundary between net products
Framework Convention on
and consumer electronics, which
Climate Change, the use of
will bring an era when consumer
photovoltaics is expected to
electronics will watch over and
expand. Ferrotec’s products
take care of people. At the
are integral to these solar
forefront of this, Ferrotec is
panels, supporting people
always there.
everyday's life.
* Incorporated into the final product, such as thermo-electric modules.
There are also those used in the manufacturing process such like quartz and ceramics.
Final product example Residential solar panel/ Panel for mega-solar projects Final product example LCD TVs/ Air Conditioners/ Wine Cellars/ Dryers/ Audio speakers
Silicon Ingots for Solar Cells/ Wafers for Solar Cells/ Ferrotec’s product offering Thermo-electric Modules/ Ferrofluid/ Power Semiconductor Substrate
Ferrotec’s product offering
Cells for Solar Modules
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Semiconductors that create the future IT Innovation moving
Ferrotec supports these foundations at an accelerated pace
With IoT, Big Data, AI, 3D NAND and others,
Semiconductors are manufactured through numerous processes. the environment surrounding semiconductors,
including information and communication, is
Ferrotec's technology and products have become indispensable in
increasing at an accelerated pace. At Ferrotec,
these manufacturing processes. we are proactively promoting the creation of a
system that will be ready for new demands.
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Process Tool Parts Cleaning In addition to the manufacturing of
a variety of electric furnaces and
We perform cleaning for
assembly of deposition apparatus
semiconductor and FPD production
for the electronics industry, We also
equipment parts (TFT/OLED).
provide contract manufacturing
To meet the needs of our customers,
Silicon Parts Quartz Products Ceramics Products SiC Parts (CVD-SiC) service for any type of device.
we have the latest equipment that
supports Sub-28nm Microstructure.
Related Business
In the equipment related business,
we deal with products like
manufacturing equipment for
semiconductor, liquid crystal,
organic EL and flat panel displays.
The main products we produce
and supply are vacuum seals, an
application of ferrofluid
technology, and material products,
essential to the manufacturing
process of semiconductors. This
segment of course supports
state-of-the-art semiconductor
technology for tablet PC’s and
smartphones, and in the future,
wearable devices where growth is
expected. We have the wealth of
accumulated technology and the
know-how necessary for Vacuum Seals Silicon Wafers Vacuum Coating System
mass-production.
Ensuring a Sealed Environment with Integrated Production from the US-made Temescal Vacuum Coating Systems
no Contamination Single-Crystal Ingot High-performance e-beam guns and high-voltage
The vacuum seals hich use erro uid to enable We have an integrated system for processing power supply at the heart of Temescal devices offer a
transmission of rotational movement into the vacuum single-crystal ingots into semiconductor wafers for wide array of equipment from bell jar systems for
atmosphere are used in the manufacturing process of small diameter silicon wafers up to six inches. We universities, research laboratories, and small-scale
semiconductors, FPD, LED, and solar cells. They have built a global supply system centered on mass manufacturing, to high throughput systems for
account for the company's core, and are used mainly production for bipolar IC, discrete circuit large-scale manufacturing. As a global standard
in the etching and deposition processes of applications, and MEMS. Begin production of 8-inch machine in compound semiconductors, they have
semiconductor wafers, as well as in the rotary wafers from 2017. been adopted by many customers, and are
mechanisms of delivery robots for FPD panels, progressively being introduced in the manufacturing
isolating the sealed space from the outside, while of LED’s and communication chips.
precisely transmitting the necessary power for
processing.
Examples of Products Used For: Examples of Products Used For: Examples of Products Used For:
LCD TV’s, Smartphones, PC’s, Flash Memory, CPU’s, LED LCD TV’s, Smartphones, PC’s, Flash memory, CPU’s, LED Smartphones, LED, HDD
*Used in the manufacturing process *Used in the manufacturing process *Used in the manufacturing process
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The Equipment Related Business Essential Devices in the Manufacturing Process
Examples of Products Used For: Examples of Products Used For: Examples of Products Used For: Examples of Products Used For:
LCD TV’s, Smartphones, PC’s, Flash memory, CPU’s, LED LCD TV’s, Smartphones, PC’s, Flash memory, CPU’s, LED LCD TV’s, Smartphones, PC’s, Flash memory, CPU’s, LED LCD TV’s, Smartphones, PC’s, Flash memory, CPU’s, LED
*Used in the manufacturing process *Used in the manufacturing process Surgical endoscope *Used in the manufacturing process *Used in the manufacturing process
* Used in the product
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Electronic
Devices Built Directly into Products
Device Business
In the electronic device business,
there are the core technologies of
Ferrotec—ferrofluid and
thermo-electric modules, also
known as Peltier cooling devices.
Ferrofluid is used inside vacuum
seals,utilized for wafer transfer
robots, and installed in clean room
equipment to prevent the intrusion
of dust. Because thermo-electric
modules act as a heat pump that
transfers heat when an electrical
current flows, they are used as a
material to maintain and manage
temperature for electronics.
Capable of reaching temperatures
rom minus e ual to that o a
freezer—to easily surpassing the
boiling point o , our Ferrofluid Thermo-Electric Modules Power Semiconductor Substrate
products are utilized in a wide
A Mysterious Liquid with Magnetic Attraction By passing a direct current and resulting into Application of Thermo-electric module
range of fields, from medical
thermo amplitude, here is the Temperature Manufacturing Technology for
equipment, semiconductors, and While being a uid, it is a unctional material
Control Semiconductor (Peltier Elements) Heat Dissipation and Insulation Substrate
attracted to magnets and magnetized by external
the telecommunication industry.
magnetic fields. In the s NA A pace Program, Thermo-electric modules are plate-like semiconductor Power semiconductor substrate is an insulated
it was developed to transport fuel in zero gravity. cooling devices that work by using the movement of substrate manufactured by bonding a copper circuit
Currently it is used in speakers, actuators, sensors, heat hen a current o s through the unction o t o on alumina and aluminum nitride ceramics through
recycling separation applications, and also in different metals. Compact, lightweight, and Freon-free, eutectic reaction. Power semiconductor substrates
Vacuum seals—one of our company’s core products. they are used in temperature control seats of are a highly promising product that contributes to
automobiles, cooling chillers, optical communications, downsizing and energy-saving of trains, electric
biotechnology, air conditionners, dryers and a variety vehicles, air conditioners, and servers.
of consumer electronic products.
Examples of Products Used For: Examples of Products Used For: Examples of Products Used For:
Car Audio, TV Speakers, Magnetic Nanoparticles Climate Control Seats for Automobiles, Car Navigation, Electric Vehicles, Machining Tools, Servers
*Used in these products Air Conditioners, Small Refrigerators, Shavers, Dryers *Used in these products
*Used in these products
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Total Solutions from Ingots to Cells
Photovoltaic
Related Products
Quality stabilization of ingot
products is essential for improved
power generation efficiency of
solar cells. When a quartz crucible
filled with raw polysilicon is heated
to a high temperature in an
environment of inert gas, it will
dissolve. Bringing polysilicon
solution into contact with a seed
crystal and pulling while slowly Ingots for Solar Cells Wafers for Solar Cells Cells for Solar Modules
rotating, yields single-crystal Raw silicon material is melted at high temperatures, We produce single-crystal a ers by using a fi ed What we call a “cell” is a wafer superposed with two
silicon ingots. Ferrotec’s then gradually cooled to generate crystallized ingots. abrasive grain wire saw to cut thin slices from ingots. different electrical property (p-type and n-type)
single-crystal silicon ingot growing In addition to single-crystal ingots with excellent Our wafers correspond to thinning wires, and are semiconductors to form an electrode. Ferrotec
regular atom arrangement and power generation adopted in high conversion e ficiency modules. produces single-crystal and multi-crystal cells,
system uses an automated
performance, our in-house production equipment contributing to the high conversion e ficiency o solar
program to make it possible to enables a stable supply of superior economic and cell modules.
produce single-crystal silicon ingot production e ficient multi-crystal ingots.
with high conversion efficiency.
Ferrotec supplies a full line of
photovoltaic related products such
as crystal manufacturing
apparatus, quartz crucibles, silicon
products, and cells.
Single-Crystal Silicon Ingot Growing System Multi-Crystal Silicon Ingot Casting System Quartz Crucibles
This is the apparatus for producing single-crystal ingots For their merit of good balance between cost and Clean, heat resistant, pure quartz is indispensable for
that takes advantage of our core technology cultivated productivity, multi-crystal silicon Ingot casting semiconductor manufacturing processes. These
in the semiconductor process. The silicon melt of apparatus for producing ingots with high productivity same high purity quartz crucibles are used as
dissolved raw polysilicon is pulled up in a vacuum are the current mainstream in the increasing global substrate containers for raw single-crystal Si material.
furnace to shape the ingot. Maintaining the vacuum demand for solar cells. Ferrotec’s multi-crystal Ferrotec provides its quartz products to
environment in the apparatus is our company’s vacuum manu acturing apparatus can be mass-filled ith manufacturers for the process of single-crystal Si
seal technology. The carbon heaters that melt the raw polycrystalline material and recycled material as applications including semiconductor and solar cell.
materials at high temperatures, as well as the receptacle feedstock. The excellent quality of multi-crystal
crucibles are also our own products. We underpin the ingots and production e ficiency contributes to the
orld s top class high conversion e ficiency or high conversion e ficiency o multi-crystal modules. 15
single-crystal modules. 16
Eyes on the World
51%
Consolidated Net Sales
■Asia 37,535 (Millions of yen)
Ferrotec Group has developed a "Spirit of Craftsmanship" as a manufacturer all across
the world. The United States’ marketing and R&D expertise, Japan's industrial 27% (45%)
■Japan 16,544 (Millions of yen)
technology, China's development of mass production, Europe’s own unique
(30%) ■Europe and America 19,768 (Millions of yen)
73.8billion
In anticipation of production and sales, we have placed bases taking root around
(25%)
the globe. We are truly a transnational company. yen
* is the previous year figures (Last year sales 69billion yen)
● Moscow
Frankfurt ●●
Stuttgart
Lyon ● ● Milan
Madrid ● Tianjin DalianUiwang-si
Chuncheon ● Bedford
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Yinchuan ● ●
Livermore
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● Tokyo ●
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[Headquarters] Santa Clara
Hangzhou
● Shanghai
Neijiang ● ● Osaka
● Hsinchu
Kuala Lumpur ●
● Singapore
Moscow (Russia)
(Material), Power Semiconductor
Substrate, Semiconductor Wafers,
AMERICA
Wafers for Solar Cells,Solar Cell
Manufacturing Equipment,
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Bedford, NT
Products: Cleaning, Surface Treatment Products:
Thermo-electric modules Vacuum eals, Ferro uid
Yinchuan Uiwang-si
Products: (South Korea)
Silicon Ingots for Solar Cells
Lyon (France) Quartz Crucibles for Solar Cells
and Semiconductors ●
Livermore
Milan (Italy) Semiconductor Ingots
Products:
Madrid (Spain) Vacuum Coating System
Tianjin Products: Cleaning Chuncheon (South Korea) Products: CVD-SiC
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Santa Clara, CA
Neijiang Products: Cleaning Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
ales fices Production Bases 17
Dalian Products: Cleaning
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Company Amerigon
With CEO of US
Independence
At the time of 1987
Expanded to Hangzhou, China, founding the
independence
first o its China manu acturing base
1990
manufacturing equipment
Developed 1mm thick HDD for laminate seal
semiconductor crystal
Development staff for
Developed the multi-chamber system vacuum seal.
Became independent from the United States parent company
Foundation
At Company Founding
Opened the Chiba factory to start production
of 5.25 inch small seals for HDD
1980
Full-scale sales of vacuum seal commence
Established Ferrotec as the Japanese subsidiary of the US company
ormerly Nippon Ferro uidics
The Joy of Growth Financial Highlights
250 25
Segments Equipment-related Business Electronic Devices Business Photovoltaic-related Business Others 200 20
150 15
105.67 8.4
100 70.18 10
Electronic Devices Business Segments 45.18 4.14 5.6
5 2.6
12% Equipment-related Segment
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0 0
1.8
4.8 6.6
(10%)
△5
19 △50
44%
% △100
△69.21 △10
△5 △5.6
(19%) △15
Thermo-electric Power △150
Ferrofluid (45%) △20
25%
Modules Semiconductor △200
Vacuum Ceramics △212.05 △20.7
△25
△250
(26%) Seals Products
Photovoltaic Segment Mar’-2013 Mar’-2014 Mar’-2015 Mar’-2016 Mar’-2017 Mar’-2013 Mar’-2014 Mar’-2015 Mar’-2016 Mar’-2017
* is the previous year figures