SEMI Tools Company in TW

Brooks Automation TW introduced her cluster robot automation kit.

• Korea's yearly selling was much more than they did in TW.
• Most TW's company stayed in low end/cost product, little investment for next generation.
• Strange because of TW's leading position in semiconductor manufacturing.

TW company Running as a traditional way, being sad, in a way of

• 土法煉鋼 w/o grasping the fundamental know how and why
• try to duplicate others' product, reverse engineering
• try to make it mature by customer's experience

This kind of company needs following skill sets

• Physics, Chemical
• Mechanical Design
• Electrical Control, PC SW
• Instrumentation application
• Application process
• Integration capability for above domain

Ref

1. 自動化設備的廠商: 陽程、盟立、廣運、高僑、東捷、均豪
2. 台灣工具機產業
3. 自動化設備產業的三大特色

• 客戶集中度高，營收與獲利波動大
• 早期集中面板產業，轉型結果定輸贏
• 客戶集中台灣與中國，短期難打入美國市場