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Two cluster tools of centrotherm’s new generation horizontal furnace c.HORICOO 300 will be integrated into Renesas’ 300 mm wafer production line in Kofu, Japan (Yamanashi Prefecture). Renesas Electronics Corporation is one of the global leading semiconductor manufacturers headquartered in Japan, that provides microcontrollers, analog devices and power semiconductors for automotive and industrial applications. Renesas is the first manufacturer in Japan to use the fully automated, high-throughput production solution in mass production.
The 8-tube cluster c.HORICOO 300 is designed for oxidation and annealing processes on 300 mm silicon wafers. With its fully automated wafer and boat handling, the system offers a reduction in total cost of ownership of up to 50% compared to vertical furnace solutions with a significant improvement in yield. After the market launch and evaluation phase in 2018, the high-throughput system cluster is already integrated in the production lines of well-known European customers. Due to the sales success at Renesas, we expect a pull effect with Japanese power-semiconductor device makers as well as with the leading Asian manufacturers.
From 2024, Renesas will start production of its new generation IGBTs at its Kofu fab. This is where transistors for the next generation of inverters for electric vehicles are produced, which are expected to achieve considerable savings in battery power and thus significantly increase the driving range.
“The c.HORICOO 300 is an important component for the expansion of our power semiconductor fab for 300-mm wafers. centrotherm is one of the leading suppliers of thermal process technology for the semiconductor industry, and we look forward to deepening our relationship as well as collaborating in the coming years,” said Kojiro Horita, Senior Director of Power Device Project Office, Production and Technology Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation.
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Renesas Electronics Corporation announced a change in its largest major shareholder, which will become effective as of August 23, 2023.
Renesas received notification from INCJ, Ltd. on August 18, 2023, that it will sell a portion of its holdings in Renesas. Effective August 23, 2023, when the stock transfer is completed, INCJ, Ltd. will no longer be the largest major shareholder of Renesas.
Name INCJ, Ltd. Location 1-3-1, Toranomon, Minato-ku,Tokyo, Japan Names and titles of representatives Chairman and CEO: Toshiyuki ShigaPresident and COO: Mikihide Katsumata Main Business Specific business activity support and other work stipulated in the current Act on Strengthening Industrial Competitiveness as of September 21, 2018 Amount of capital 500 million yen Number of voting rights(Number of shares held) Ratio to the number of voting rights held by all shareholders Shareholder ranking Before the change
(June 30)1,838,127(183,812,775 shares) 10.41% 2nd After the change 1,749,121(174,912,175 shares) 9.90% 2nd Note 1. “Ratio to the number of voting rights held by all shareholders” before the change is calculated based on the number of voting rights of all shareholders (17,650,540) as of June 30, 2023.
Note 2. “Ratio to the number of voting rights held by all shareholders” after the change is calculated based on the number of voting rights of all shareholders as of June 30, 2023 (17,650,540) plus the number of voting rights (3,983) pertaining to the treasury shares subsequently disposed under Renesas’ stock compensation plan, ending in a total voting rights of 17,654,523 (but not including treasury stock disposed after August 1, 2023).
Note 3. While The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) is ranked first among large shareholders before and after the change, it does not fall under the category of major shareholder or the largest shareholder as part of the major shareholder group.
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