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- Rapid Revenue Growth in the First Half of the Year… Indicated Confidence in Enhanced Corporate Value through Improved Performance Executives of KEC, a company specializing in non-memory semi-conductors, including President Chang-sup Hwang indicated their will to reinforce responsible management and enhance shareholder value. KEC stated that 7 executive members purchased 174,930 units of treasury stocks, from 2nd of this month to 17th, including 32,250 units purchase by President Chang-sup Hwang. The person concerned mentioned that “Executives including President largely purchasing treasury stocks indicate the will to actively participate in responsible management and enhance shareholder value through future improvements in the outcome.” Consolidated revenue of KEC in the first half of this year was 114 billion 579 million 990 thousand KRW, business profit in the same period was 4 billion 195 million 520 thousand KRW, and net profit in the same period was 3 billion 635 million KRW. Compared to those in the same period previous business year, revenue increased by 4, and business profit and net profit increased by 227 and 125, respectively, indicating tremendous growth. The person concerned mentioned that “as demands in semiconductor and IT increases because of global economic recovery and results of endeavors for improvement in business structure are actualized, financial performance has been continuously indicating the growth since the 4th quarter of the last business year.” KEC is accelerating its takeover in world electric automobile component market, through joint development of the first “BMS diode module for electric automobile” in Korea, with LG Chem, which was completed in last July. KEC, which has been focusing on semiconductor industry for 49 years since its establishment in 1969, is pursuing change by expanding its target market from consumer market including smart phone and appliances to automotive and industrial semiconductor market, to keep up with the waves of recent 4th industrial revolution.

KEC-LG Chem completes the joint development of Korea’s first ‘BMS diode module for electric vehicle’ - To be applied for the first time in the battery pack of European global automobile company, ‘A’’s electric vehicle in the second half of this year KEC, together with LG Chem is set to target the market for global electric vehicle parts.  KEC, a company specializing in semi-conductors (CEO Hwang Chang Sup) revealed on the 4th that it completed the joint development of Korea’s first diode module (Product name DM100S06A, DM100S06A1) applied to the Battery Management System (BMS) for electric vehicles together with LC Chem.  This 600V (volt) product that has been developed according to the advance order of global automobile company ‘A’ located in Europe is expected to begin the mass production and supply from the second half of this year.  The diode module concerned is mounted in the BMS of electric vehicles and has been designed to protect the battery from counter electromotive force that may be generated when charging the battery of the electric vehicle. In particular, its role is to prevent discharge and malfunction of battery in case unexpected and unstable input power occurs while charging the battery regardless of the operation of electric vehicle motor.  Recently, internal-combustion vehicles have been named as the main cause of worldwide environmental pollution and various environmental regulations are being reinforced. Following such, in the global automobile market, the importance of hybrid and electric vehicles are being emphasized. In particular, the BMS of electric vehicles is directly connected to the actual driving performance of the electric vehicle, unlike the existing internal-combustion vehicles, so the demand for technology development related to increasing the battery voltage and capacity is increasing in order to increase the mileage which is the key competitiveness of electric vehicles.  An official in KEC revealed that “in order to meet the market demand, the development of diode module for electric vehicles is expected to be expanded from the present 600V level to 1200V in the future to aggressively target the market” and that “with this joint development of electric vehicle’s BMS diode module with LG Chem, we will strive to focus on the development of more diverse products and we hope to gradually expand our position in the market for electric vehicle parts.”  KEC, a company specializing in semi-conductors has concentrated its competence in the field of semi-conductors for the past 49 years since its establishment in 1969 and its quality and technology are being acknowledged by leading electronic companies at both home and abroad. In particular, in line with the recent 4th industrial revolution movement, KEC is trying to make a transition by expanding the market with semi-conductors for automobiles and industry in the consumer market such as smart phones and living appliances.   

KEC, a company specializing in non-memory semi-conductors, launched a 1350V/25A reverse conducting (RC) Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) in which reverse conducting diode applied with independent Trench Gate Field-stop technology has been integrated as single-determinant.  The new R-Series product has upgraded the performance of KEC IGBT and has been optimized to soft switching application system used in induction cooking as well as households.  The new R-Series has minimized switching loss up to 25 when compared to the previous series products and has reduced the heating of diode, enabling developers to use higher frequencies exceeding up to 20kHz.  Furthermore, a system applied with new product simultaneously satisfies 93 efficiency and power and the inductor using the system can be downsized, ultimately reducing the overall system expenses.  The new R-Series reduces power loss in high surrounding temperature of up to 175→ and achieves outstanding heat performance. By reducing the spike current by 15 compared to the previous product during turn-on, the stress on passive elements within the system can be reduced and with outstanding EMI characteristics, the performance and reliability of the overall system can be enhanced.  Based on the launch of this 1350V/25A R-Series, KEC is expected to supply 15A, 20A and 30A products from the second quarter of 2017 and plans to actively engage in business in Korea, Japan and Chinese market. An official in KEC revealed that mass production of 10 million R-Series products in a year has been planned and through it, sales of approximately US$ 3.5 million are expected to be achieved. 

KEC, a company specializing in non-memory semi-conductors (CEO Hwang Chang Sup) entered into MOU on a flagship project on collaborative development of power semi-conductors at the inauguration ceremony for ‘4th Industrial Revolution Strategy Committee’ held on May 29th at Hwabaekdang, Gyeongbuk Provincial Office.  Gyeongsangbuk-do 4th Industrial Revolution Strategy Committee is responsible for establishing new vision in preparation for the 4th industrial revolution in the fields of smart manufacturing, bio health, artificial intelligence and others while playing a pivotal role in materializing the implemented projects. As the first step of such roles, business agreement ceremony was held with 15 companies that have developed innovative technologies in 5 fields including smart factory platform, development and industrialization of AI-application technology, power semi-conductor module, commercialization of carbon composite parts and commercialization of intelligent robots along with POSTECH, Korea Institute of Robot and Convergence, National Institute of Nano Technology and others.  KEC entered into MOU on the development of the power semi-conductor field by cooperating with Power Master, Inner Sensor and the National Institute of Nano Technology in power semi-conductor module field. In the 4th industrial revolution era, the demand for environmental-friendly products and processes is being expanded and following such, enhancement of energy efficiency is emerging as the key. Therefore, power semi-conductor module is a key part with increasing demand. With this MOU, KEC has become responsible for one pivot in the 4th industrial revolution by participating in the development and cooperation of power semi-conductors.