SEMES

2025 01 Awarded IR52 Jang Young-shil (OHT) (Awards)

2024 11 Achieved shipment of 10,000th OHT unit for semiconductor fabs (Company)

2024 10 Received the Prime Miniser's Award on the 17th Semiconductor Day (Awards)

2024 09 Received the Ministry Award by MOTIE on the 15th Display Day (Awards)

2024 05 Launched a new model of the Single Wafer Cleaner <BLUEICE PRIME> for the High-temperature Phosphoric Acid process (Company)

2024 03 Achieved shipment of 4,000th Probe Station (Company)

2023 10 Received the Presidential Citation and the Ministry Award on the 16th Semiconductor Day (Awards)

2023 09 Opened an office in Budapest, Hungary (Company)

2022 10 Received the Ministry Award by MOTIE on the 6th Semiconductor Day (Awards)

2022 05 Opened an office in Woodlands, Singapore (Company)

2021 12 The first to achieve an annual sales of 3 trillion KRW in Korea's equipment industry (Company)

2021 11 Received the Ministry Award by MOTIE on the 14th Semiconductor Day (Company)

2021 10 Received the Ministry Award by MOTIE on the 12th Display Day (Company)

2020 12 Launched Prober ＜SEMPRO PRIME＞, Test Handler ＜STH-5800＞ (Company)

2020 10 Received the Ministry Award by MOTIE on the 13th Semiconductor Day (Company)

2020 09 Opened an office in Hsinchu, Taiwan (Company)

2020 01 Awarded IR52 Jang Young-shil (OMEGA-K) (Awards)

2019 06 Launched Poly Etcher ＜MICHELAN C4＞ (Company)

2019 02 Launched Oxide Etcher ＜MICHELAN O3＞ (Company)

2018 10 Received the Presidential Citation and the Ministry Award on the 11th Semiconductor Day (Awards)

2018 10 Received the IR52 Jang Young-Shil Award (LOTUS) (Awards)

2018 09 Received the 'Best of the Best’ for Red Dot design awards (SEMPRO PRIME) (Awards)

2017 10 Received the Presidential Citation on the 10th Semiconductor Day (Awards)

2017 03 Launched 300mm Single Wafer Cleaner < LOTUS > (Company)

2016 12 Launched Photo Spinner ＜OMEGA-S＞ (Company)

2016 11 Opened a R&D center in Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (Company)

2016 09 Launched Saw&Sorter ＜SW9000＞ (Company)

2016 09 Launched Photo Spinner ＜OMEGA-K＞ (Company)

2016 06 Launched Oxide Etcher ＜MICHELAN O2＞ (Company)

2015 12 The first to achieve an annual sales of 1 trillion KRW in Korea's equipment industry (Company)

2015 07 Installed 1,000 units of Single Wafer Cleaner ＜IRIS＞ (Company)

2014 12 Received the 400 million USD Export Tower (Awards)

2014 11 Launched Poly etcher ＜MICHELAN C3＞ (Company)

2014 10 Launched 300mm single wafer cleaner ＜IRIS PRIME＞ (Company)

2014 07 The world first launch of ＜SUPER CRYSTAL＞ single wafer cleaner for supercritical process (Company)

2014 05 Opened a new branch office in Malta, New York in the US (Company)

2014 02 Launched 1,000 units of Prober (Company)

2013 10 Received the Ministry Award by MOTIE on the 6th Semiconductor Day (Awards)

2013 10 Received the Ministry Award on the 4th Display Day (Awards)

2013 09 Established a subsidiary office in Xian, China (Company)

2013 01 Merged with SECRON Co., Ltd. and GES Co., Ltd. (Company)

2012 12 Launched 300mm Single Wafer Cleaner ＜BLUEICE PRIME＞ (Company)

2012 10 Received the Chairman's Achievement Award of Korea Display Industry Association on the Display Day (Awards)

2011 12 Achieved the USD 100 million Export Tower and received the Minister Prize by Ministry of Knowledge Economy (Awards)

2011 12 Exceeded an accumulated sales of 1 trillion KRW in Single Wafer Cleaner < IRIS > (Company)

2011 12 Launched Inkjet Printing System for manufacturing display panels (Company)

2011 10 Received the Presidential Citation on the 4th Semiconductor Day (LOZIX) (Awards)

2010 10 Received the Presidential Citation on the 3rd Semiconductor Day (Awards)

2010 09 Launched Single Wafer Cleaner for high-temp SPM process ＜BLUEICE SPM＞ (Company)

2010 07 Launched Photo Track ＜LOZIX High＞ for immersion process (Company)

2009 12 Received the Prime Minister Prize, Small and Medium Business Administration Award (IRIS) (Awards)

2009 11 Received an award of IR52 Jang Young-shil (LOZIX) (Awards)

2008 12 Launched Photo Spinner < LOZIX > (Company)

2008 10 Achieved the No.1 share in the global display cleaning equipment market (Company)

2008 10 Exceeded an annual sales of KRW 100 billion in IRIS single product (Company)

2007 12 The first to exceed an annual sales of 300 billion KRW in the equipment industry (Company)

2007 11 Moved to a larger office in Cheonan (Company)

2007 06 Achieved 20 times of non-accident record (Company)

2007 05 Received the Chungmu-gong Award for Patent Technology Award by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (Awards)

2007 03 Launched the 8th generation TFT-LCD Coater Full Line (Company)

2006 10 Received the Prime Minister's Award at the Korea Semiconductor Technology Awards (IRIS) (Awards)

2006 07 Launched the 7th generation TFT-LCD Slit Coater (Company)

2006 03 Launched 300mm Single Wafer Cleaner < IRIS > (Company)

2005 10 Launched 1,000 units of equipment (Awards)

2005 08 Launched the 300mm Arf Photo Track < NANOSPIN > (Company)

2005 02 Changed the company name from KDNS Co., Ltd. to SEMES Co., Ltd. (Company)

2004 10 Received the Presidential Citation at ＜the Award of a man of Merit by Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology＞ (K-SPIN12) (Awards)

2004 02 Received the Icheon Award (Minister Prize of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy Award) at the 6th Industrial Technology Innovation Awards (Awards)

2003 12 Received the IR52 Jang Young-shil award in the 7th week in 2004 (Awards)

2003 12 Received the Prime Minister Award at the 10th anniversary of the KT (Excellent Korea Technology) Mark (Awards)

2002 12 Aquired K-SPIN12 S-MARK Certificate (Company)

2002 10 Aquired K-SCRUBBER12 S-MARK Certificate (Company)

2002 09 Received an award for men with merit at the 20th anniverssary event of the semi-conductor industry (MOTIE) (Awards)

2002 07 Localized and launched 300mm Single Wafer Cleaner < SWP3004 > (Company)

2001 09 Obtained certificate of ISO-9001 / ISO-14001 (Company)

2001 08 Launched 300mm Photo Track < K-SPIN12 > (Company)

2001 08 Launched 300mm Spin Etcher ＜SPE 300S＞ (Company)

2001 07 Received the Citation for excellent industrial accident prevention by Ministry of Employment and Labor (Awards)

2001 06 Launched 300mm Wet Station ＜K-WET300＞ (Company)

2001 04 Developed and launched a localized version of 300mm Spin Scrubber ＜K-SCRUBBER12＞ (Company)

2000 11 Received the award of USD 10 million export tower on the 37th Trade Day (Awards)

2000 11 Received the Minister Prize by MOTIE at the 30th Precision Technology Promotion Contest (Developed 300mm wafer cleaner) (Awards)

2000 06 Obtained K-SCRUBBER Safety Certificate (Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency) (Company)

2000 04 Obtained S-MARK Certificate (Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency) (Company)

2000 03 Developed a localized version of 300mm Spin Etcher ＜SPE 300S＞ (Company)

1999 12 Obtained Excellent Korean Technology (KT) Mark (Company)

1999 12 Awarded the Minister Prize by Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) (Awards)

1999 10 Awarded Iron Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit (Korea Association of Machinery Industry) (Awards)

1999 05 Established the second factory (Company)

1998 10 Opened a local corporate body in the US (Company)

1998 10 Launched 200mm Photo Spinner < K-SPIN8 > (Company)

1998 09 Developed K-WET (300mm Wet Station) (Company)

1998 04 Launched the 100th Spin Scrubber (Company)

1997 09 Obtained S2-93 Certificate (OSHA's management standards, the state gov't of the US) (Company)

1996 12 Obtained ISO 9002 Certificate (Company)

1994 05 Launched the first equipment (Wet Station) (Company)

1994 04 Constructed a first plant (Company)

1993 01 Established KDNS Co., Ltd. (Company)