Soitec Announces Sales Operation in China
Customers in China to benefit from direct sales and technical support
Soitec (Euronext Paris), a European maker of semiconductor materials, is opening a direct sales channel in China. The local Soitec team includes sales and technical support engineers.
Soitec says its customers in China will now benefit from not only direct contact and support relationships with Soitec's local team but also access to Soitec's global technical expertise and network across engineered substrates, most notably its silicon-on-insulator (SOI) products, addressing the full range of applications for China's growing electronics markets.
Soitec has worked with China's semiconductor industry for over a decade including collaboration with universities and research laboratories and partnerships with local foundries, This year, it became the first materials supplier to join the China Mobile 5G Innovation Centre and it also announced an enhanced partnership with Simgui to increase annual production capacity of 200-mm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers from 180,000 to 360,000 units at Simgui's manufacturing facility in Shanghai, for RF-SOI in mobile and Power-SOI products.
"The value of SOI reach far beyond the substrate level into device, system, and final applications in the global value chain," said Paul Boudre, Soitec CEO. "To promote this value to Chinese customers as well as their downstream customers worldwide, Soitec will now support China with a comprehensive global team of experienced sales, marketing, and business development professionals who are well connected to all major players in the global value chain."
Soitec will be present at Semicon China in Shanghai at the National Silicon Industry Group booth, Hall N5-5651 from Wednesday, March 20 until Friday, March 22, 2019.
