TAIPEI, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mainland and Taiwan semiconductor companies taking part in SEMICON Taiwan 2026 -- a world-leading specialized semiconductor exhibition -- expressed their willingness to pool complementary strengths and embrace new opportunities.
The three-day exhibition concluded on Friday at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center. Organized by the global semiconductor industry association SEMI, the annual event was first held in September 1996, covering the entire semiconductor supply chain, including equipment, materials, packaging and testing. This year it brought together more than 1,300 exhibitors and hosted over 4,300 booths.
A number of mainland companies attended the exhibition and presented their latest products, offering a glimpse of the potential to share new opportunities in the rapidly evolving semiconductor industry on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
At the booth of Huangshan Juxin New Material Co., Ltd., samples of materials in various sizes and colors were neatly displayed, drawing inquiries from Taiwan industry professionals.
"Many Taiwan companies have shown strong interest in our products, and some visitors are friends we met at last year's exhibition," said Qu Chao, the company's sales director.
The high-tech company, which specializes in high-performance polyimide materials, was attending the exhibition for the second time.
"Polyimide materials are used throughout the semiconductor industry, from front-end chip manufacturing to back-end packaging," Qu said, adding that Juxin's products offer competitive prices, customized services and full traceability.
"There is considerable room for greater cross-Strait industrial cooperation," Qu said, adding that with Taiwan possessing a well-developed semiconductor supply chain, materials from mainland suppliers could be further processed by local companies and applied across a wider range of fields.
At the booth of Taiwan-based Veego Corporation, anti-reflective optical windows and gold-coated quartz panels were displayed under bright lights. The products were manufactured by Lianyungang Huide Quartz Glass Co., Ltd., and were being exhibited in Taiwan for the first time through Veego Corporation.
"We are optimistic about the quality and potential of mainland quartz products," said Chuang Ya-hui of Veego Corporation, noting that the two companies established their partnership last year, hoping to introduce the products to more Taiwan customers and explore additional applications.
Other mainland exhibitors also used the event to explore more advanced forms of industrial cooperation.
Anchu Technology Co., Ltd., based in the eastern Chinese city of Zhangjiagang, specializes in formulated functional electronic chemicals and the safe storage of electronic specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing.
The company brought its flagship product -- a negative-pressure gas cylinder designed for the safe storage of high-purity electronic gases -- to this year's exhibition.
"We believe the product has strong competitiveness in the Taiwan market," said Jing Shaoqing, the company's marketing director.
Anchu Technology has participated in the exhibition for three consecutive years and consistently received enthusiastic inquiries from Taiwan businesses, Jing said.
The exhibition came as Taiwan's semiconductor industry faces growing pressure to expand production overseas, particularly in the United States, as industrial insiders warned of a broader U.S. strategy to establish a whole supply chain that increasingly sidelines Taiwan.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's leading contract chipmaker and a cornerstone of Taiwan's technology industry, has become a central focus of those efforts. The company has announced massive investments in Arizona, while its suppliers in Taiwan are also facing increasing pressure to expand operations in the United States.
Against this backdrop, industry observers are calling for diversifying markets and strengthening industrial links.
"The two sides of the Strait have strong complementarities in terms of semiconductor applications and markets," said Lo Huai-jia, secretary-general of the Taiwan R&D Managers Association.
Noting that the mainland is one of the world's most important manufacturing bases, Lo said as its manufacturing sector continues to develop, demand for semiconductor products and the range of their applications are also expected to expand.
"The complementary strengths of industries on both sides of the Strait could create much broader room for cooperation," Lo added. ■
