SCREEN-HOLDINGS
26.5.2022 10:45:11 CEST | Business Wire | Press release
SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions Co., Ltd. (SCREEN SPE), a subsidiary of SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. , has announced it will increase its efforts to reduce the company’s environmental overall impact.
The SCREEN Group is committed to both achieving a sustainable global society and to improving its sustainable value (social value) and has formulated a medium-term management plan titled Sustainable Value 2023 targeting these goals. The plan identifies specific issues in each of the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) fields.
Concerning the environment, SCREEN is working to provide products and services that actively contribute to the reduction of ecological burden. Its efforts include improving the environmental performance of its products, reducing the effects of its business activities on climate change, promoting effective utilization of water resources, increasing recycling of products and parts, and helping to preserve biodiversity.
Concretely, SCREEN SPE seeks to reduce the impact that semiconductor manufacturing processes have on the environment and contribute to the realization of a sustainable global society. As a leading company in the area of cleaning equipment, it is also committed to supporting the growth of the entire semiconductor industry over the long term.
Demand for semiconductor devices has increased on a global scale in recent years, mainly due to the widespread adoption of 5G-compatible smartphones and the growing requirements of data centers accompanying the digital transformation (DX) now occurring worldwide. The growing demand for in-vehicle systems required for electric vehicles and self-driving cars and the rapid spread of IoT infrastructure, especially for industrial equipment, are also driving this change.
However, as reliance on semiconductor devices has grown, the environmental impact created by their manufacturing processes has become a shared concern for the entire semiconductor industry. Issues that must be addressed include high energy consumption and the use of chemical substances, scarce materials, and ultrapure water, and the emission of greenhouse gases.
With this trend in mind, SCREEN SPE has agreed to join the Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems (SSTS)* research program led by imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub based in Leuven, Belgium. The SSTS program is designed to help the semiconductor industry reduce its overall environmental impact.
Led by Director Lars-Ake Ragnarsson, the new program leverages imec’s expertise in the areas of infrastructure, technology, and equipment. This includes using concrete, highly reliable models plus detailed carbon footprint analyses to predict the effects of manufacturing processes on the environment. The initiative is ultimately intended to support the entire semiconductor value chain in decreasing its ecological footprint.
By joining the SSTS program, SCREEN SPE hopes to accelerate its development of environmentally friendly manufacturing equipment, particularly semiconductor cleaning and coater/developer systems. It expects the decision to enable it to provide the industry with products offering even greater environmental performance.
-
imec Press release
Imec unites partners from the semiconductor value chain to jointly target net-zero emissions for chip manufacturing
*SSTS (Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems)
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220523005556/en/
Link:
About Business Wire
Subscribe to releases from Business Wire
Subscribe to all the latest releases from Business Wire by registering your e-mail address below. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Latest releases from Business Wire
Takeda Announces New Assignments of Directors and Appointment of Julie Kim as Representative Director, President and CEO24.6.2026 09:05:00 CEST | Press release
Board of Directors appoints Julie Kim as Representative Director, President & CEO following shareholder vote Announces new appointments and assignments of directors In the final step of its 18-month CEO transition, Takeda (TOKYO:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced that Julie Kim was officially appointed Takeda’s Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer. During the 150th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, which took place in Osaka, Japan, shareholders elected Julie as a new internal director to the Board of Directors. Following the vote and conclusion of the meeting, the Board of Directors appointed her as Representative Director, President & CEO. Upon conclusion of the meeting, former president & CEO Christophe Weber retired from the Company and the Board. Chair of the Board of Directors Meeting, Masami Iijima, commented: “On behalf of Takeda’s Board of Directors, I would like to congratulate Julie Kim on becoming Takeda’s President and CEO. The Board of Directors
LTM Joins Athena, a Chainguard-led Industry Coalition to Help Secure Open Source Software in the AI Era24.6.2026 08:30:00 CEST | Press release
LTM, the Business Creativity partner to the world’s largest enterprises, has joined Athena, a new industry coalition led by Chainguard, focused on protecting open source software from the rising threat of AI-driven vulnerabilities. Athena brings together leading organizations across the global software ecosystem to address an urgent challenge. As frontier AI models advance, they are increasingly capable of identifying novel vulnerabilities in open source software at machine speed, often faster than traditional disclosure and patching processes can respond. As AI accelerates both software development and the discovery of vulnerabilities, the window between a flaw being identified and being exploited has narrowed sharply. Athena is designed to close this gap through shared intelligence, coordinated action, and pre-disclosure remediation across the ecosystem. The coalition supports vulnerability management end to end, from discovery and analysis to patching, layered mitigations, and upstr
Over Half of Consumers Will Pay More for Brands That Are Transparent About AI Data Use, New Usercentrics Research Finds24.6.2026 08:30:00 CEST | Press release
52% of consumers globally will pay a 7% premium for AI transparency — rising to 73% in Germany. Almost half have already taken an action with a direct revenue consequence. AI transparency has become a commercial differentiator, and it's reshaping where brand revenue is won — or lost. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260623804294/en/ Over half (52%) of consumers globally will pay more for brands that are transparent about how they use AI with their data at an average 7% premium. In Germany, that figure rises to 73% of consumers willing to pay a 9% premium, the highest of any market. The finding comes from the second annual State of Digital Trust 2026 Report, commissioned by Usercentrics, a leading data privacy technology company, and conducted by Sapio Research across 11,000 consumers in seven markets. The opportunity for brands that act is matched by the cost of inaction. Almost half (47%) of consumers surveyed
Ilkari Expands European Sovereign Infrastructure Operations With Integration of DC North in Croatia24.6.2026 08:00:00 CEST | Press release
Expansion strengthens Ilkari’s multi-region sovereign infrastructure footprint with EU-based operational capacity, DORA-aligned resilience and sovereign cloud capabilities Croatia's largest carrier-neutral 4 MW data centre, DC North, becomes part of Ilkari's European sovereign infrastructure operations The integration adds operational EU-based data centre capacity, carrier-neutral connectivity and sovereign cloud capabilities across Central and Eastern Europe Expansion enhances Ilkari’s ability to serve regulated, sovereignty-focused and data-intensive enterprise environments across Europe Ilkari, a multinational sovereign infrastructure provider, today announced the integration of DC North in Croatia into its European operations, expanding its sovereign infrastructure footprint across the European Union and strengthening its multi-region platform, which includes existing operations in Iceland and Colombia. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www
Tigo Energy Predict+ Forecasting Platform Helps YASNO Keep Energy Flowing in Ukraine24.6.2026 06:00:00 CEST | Press release
Advanced energy prediction platform, Predict+, enables Ukrainian utility to better maintain grid service through demand surges, highly variable weather, and infrastructure disruptions. Tigo Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: TYGO) (“Tigo” or “Company”), a leading provider of intelligent solar and energy software solutions, today announced that Ukrainian electric utility, YASNO, is the latest enterprise-tier customer to deploy the Tigo Predict+ platform. The AI Energy platform empowers utility operators to adapt to real-world demand challenges as they balance renewable and baseload generation sources. Predict+ currently manages more than 650 GWh and delivers 97.5% forecast accuracy for utility customers. As the leading provider of electricity, gas, and energy-efficiency solutions in Ukraine, YASNO serves more than 2.5 million households in the Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk regions, as well as more than 64,000 business customers. YASNO uses the Predict+ platform in ways that go far beyond typical
In our pressroom you can read all our latest releases, find our press contacts, images, documents and other relevant information about us.
Visit our pressroom