UK tech companies forge commercial links at SEMICON Taiwan - Intralink

Cutting-edge UK technology was in the spotlight at this month’s SEMICON Taiwan expo. We were there supporting the British Office in Taipei who arranged for 24 UK innovators to attend, and we secured 31 matchmaking meetings for seven of these with major Taiwanese semiconductor companies including TSMC, Winbond, MediaTek, Foxconn, Powertech, Delta Electronics and Chipbond.

The official delegation of UK companies – double the number which attended last year – exhibited within a dedicated ‘UK Pavilion’ at the event, organised by the British Office in Taipei, the UK Government’s representative body in Taiwan.

We facilitated meetings for these seven companies as part of the UK-APAC Tech Growth Programme, the programme we’re running on behalf of the UK Department for Business & Trade to provide free and subsidised support for companies wishing to expand in Asia-Pacific.

The seven UK companies were:

• Gorilla Technology Group – specialists in AI-driven solutions for sectors including transportation, healthcare, and smart cities
• IceMOS Technology – developers of MEMS SJMOSFETS (micro-electromechanical systems super junction metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors) and SOI (silicon on insulator) wafers
• ipTEST – innovators in high-speed semiconductor testing systems that enable efficient, environmentally-friendly power switching devices
• Loadpoint – manufacturers of precision air-bearing and dicing technologies essential to producing silicon wafers and advanced optics
• Quantum Science – pioneers of infrared quantum dot technology, applied in fields such as electric vehicles, drones, and smartphone cameras
• Smartkem – developers of organic semiconductor materials for next-generation display technologies, enhancing screens across televisions, laptops, smartwatches, and smartphones.
• Thermco Systems – designers of specialised semiconductor manufacturing equipment, including furnace systems and chemical handling solutions.

Rami Zakaria, VP of Sales & Marketing at IceMOS Technology Corporation, said: “Taiwan is one of the most important regions for our business in terms of supply chain and customers, and SEMICON Taiwan provided an exceptional opportunity to explore new business opportunities in its thriving semiconductor industry.

“The exhibition, pavilion and other activities created a fantastic environment for networking and helped us uncover valuable openings for growth in Taiwan. We established important business partnerships with several companies and gained contacts at major electronics manufacturers.”

Steve Tillman, General Manager at Loadpoint, said: “I’ve attended many exhibitions, but I’ve never had access to the senior level of visitors from globally-prestigious semiconductor organisations that we had at SEMICON Taiwan. As well as having senior passers-by, the targeted meetings were well structured and a good fit with the way we can serve the Taiwanese market."

SEMICON Taiwan, held in Taipei from 4-6 September, attracted more than 85,000 delegates from the global semiconductor industry this year. 

His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Asia Pacific, Martin Kent, also launched the latest report from the UK-APAC Tech Growth Programme at the expo. Titled ‘Northeast Asia’s Semiconductor Market’, the report examines the chip industry in Japan, Korea and Taiwan and highlights opportunities for UK companies, as well as providing advice on entering these markets. It is available for free download here.   

The UK-APAC Tech Growth Programme helps UK tech companies expand in South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, as well as Taiwan. Our teams on the ground in Asia Pacific identify participants’ business opportunities, provide market entry advice and help them sell their products, forge partnerships and raise investment.

For more information and to sign up to the UK-APAC Tech Growth Programme, click here.

You can also contact our Programme Manager, Tom Miller, at tom.miller@intralinkgroup.com.