History

The Customer-Centered Solution Provider

of Semiconductor Materials

Wafer Works Corporation was established in 1997. The founding team was from Silicon Valley in U.S.A. andsemiconductor industry in Taiwan. All the team members were equipped well with rich experience in the semiconductor industry. Wafer Works has become one of the global top ten semiconductor wafer material suppliers.

2024

  • Wafer Works ( Shanghai ) Co., Ltd ( WWXS ) IPO on STAR Market of Shanghai Stock Exchange

2023

  • Completed R&D of GaN-on-X wafers and sample delivery

  • Fab Erlin started construction

  • Fab Zhengzhou phase II ground breaking

  • Awarded the Asia-Pacific Sustainability Action Awards ( APSAA ) and Top 100 of Taiwan Corporate Sustainability Award by TAISE ( Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy )

  • Selected by Forbes Asia as the "Top 200 Small and Medium-sized Listed Companies" in Asia

2022

  • 12-inch FAB R&D production line and cleanroom construction in Fab Longtan

2021

  • Mass production of 12-inch polish wafers in Fab Zhengzhou

  • Relocation of Fab Songjiang completed, mass production started

2020

  • 12-inch epitaxial growth OEM service in Fab Qingpu
  • Completion of 12-inch crystal growth center phase II and R&D center in Fab Longtan

2019

  • Commencement of construction of 12-inch crystal growth center phase II and R&D center in Fab Longtan
  • Relocation of Fab Songjiang
  • Awarded “The Best Quality” Award from Infineon

2018

  • Mass production of NPC/Low COP in Fab Longtan

  • Mass production of 6-inch and 8-inch SOI products in Fab Longtan

  • Mass production of 8-inch polished wafers in Fab Zhengzhou

     

2017

  • Fab Zhengzhou stared construction

  • Mass production and shipment of 8-inch lightly-doped Boron silicon wafers
  • Completed R&D of 6-inch and 8-inch SOI wafers and sample delivery

2016

  • Successfully developed the first 12-inch silicon crystal ingot with ultra-low resistance (highly – doped arsenic ) in China factory
  • Mass production and shipment of 6-inch and 8-inch double sided polish wafers
  • Successfully developed 8-inch silicon wafer with ultra-low defect density
  • Wafer Works (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. merged Wafer Works Epitaxial Corporation and Wafer Works (Yangzhou) Corporation
  • Wafer Works (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. signed strategic collaboration agreement with Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone to construct a silicon wafer factory, “Wafer Works (Zhengzhou) Corporation”.

2015

  • Wafer Works (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Legally obtained the managerial right of Wafer Works (Yangzhou) Corporation

2013

  • Fab Longtan was awarded “Safety and Health Model” by Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA

2012

  • Wafer Works passed PAS2050/ ISO14067 product carbon footprint certification

2011

  • Relocated Global Operation Headquarters to Longtan Plant in Taoyuan
  • Completed the second phased capacity expansion in Wafer Works Epitaxial Corporation

2010

  • Completed 1.5 phased project of factory expansion in Fab Yangmei

  • Fab construction in Longtan Plant

2008

  • Consolidated revenues exceed TWD $10 billion

2007

  • Selected by Forbes Asia as one of the “Best Under a Billion” enterprises in Asia
  • Owned 100% shares of WWXS

2006

  • Completed the factory construction in “Wafer Works Epitaxial Corporation”(Fab Qingpu ) and mass production of epitaxial wafer
  • The Science and Technology R&D Programs, “8-inch highly - doped ultra-low resistance silicon wafer development” was granted by Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA
  • Successfully developed 8-inch highly-doped arsenic and phosphorous crystal ingot

2004

  • Wafer Works acquired 75% equity of reinvested company in China, Jin Hau Electronic Material Co. Ltd, and renamed it as Wafer Works (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

2003

  • Wafer Works was approved with a reward of the research and development of new leading products by Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA of its “silicon wafer for microelectromechanical system and smart electricity components”

2002

  • Wafer Works was listed in Taipei Exchange.

2000

  • Recommended by Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA for listed company of technology stock
  • Successfully developed 6-inch highly-doped antimony crystal ingot

1999

  • Subsidiary, Helitek (USA), was awarded Year 1999 Environmental Protection Performance Award in Alameda County, California, U.S.A.
  • Fab Yangmei Plant formally run for production
  • Wafer Works Global Operation Headquarters was relocated to Yangmei Township, Taoyuan County

1998

  • Certified by Ministry of Economic Affairs as an important technology enterprise

1997

  • Merged Helitek Company Ltd. in U.S.A