On October 26, Heraeus Shanghai Innovation Center was officially completed, which means that more Heraeus research and development will be put in China in the future. The purpose is to provide Chinese customers with chip assembly and component welding and testing services, so as to target China. The market helps customers work together to develop products that meet local needs.
Heraeus President of the Electronic Business Styz stated, "We have clearly increased our investment in China and have been doing so. In addition to the Shanghai Innovation Center, which is newly completed today, we have also invested in new production lines and will invest in training More talent. "
Heraeus's electronics business in China is mainly divided into two segments-packaging of integrated circuits and power electronics. The former supplies materials for the packaging of the semiconductor industry and the latter supplies materials for the electric vehicle market. As one of Heraeus's most important markets, Stitz said that China's market is huge, contributing 40% of Heraeus's global business revenue and growing rapidly. For example, in the second-generation ID card used by more than 1 billion people in China, Heraeus electronic composite metal frames were used to install chips for identity information.
In addition to the Innovation Center, in September this year, Heraeus invested 120 million US dollars (about 800 million yuan) in the new Jiangxi New Materials Science and Technology Park to formally put into operation. The new 84,000-square-meter plant will more than triple Heraeus' precious metal recycling capacity and precious metal chemical production capacity in China. Previously, Heraeus also had production bases in Shanghai Minhang and Jiangsu Taicang, as well as companies in Zhaoyuan, Shandong and Changshu, Jiangsu.
Heraeus is a global group company based in Hanau, Germany, which produces precious metals and technology supplies. It is a world leader in the markets and technologies of precious metals, dental, sensors, quartz glass and special light sources. On July 19, 2018, the 2018 Fortune Global 500 list was released, and Heraeus ranked 482.
It is worth noting that Heraeus Quartz is one of the six divisions of the Heraeus Group. It is a technology leader in the manufacture and processing of high-purity fused silica. Fused silica tubes occupy an important position in the production of optical fibers. Mandrel mainstream methods Chemical vapor deposition methods (MCVD, FCVD, PCVD, etc.) all require Heraeus' fused silica material as the standard material for liners, while fused silica tubes can also be used as mainstream cladding materials including sleeve Tube and RIC sleeve, so it is in an oligopoly position in the high-end quartz glass material supply market.