Mr. T.J. Tseng

Mr. T.J. Tseng, Chairman of Unimicron

We met with T.J. Tseng, Unimicron's chairman, as well as the rest of the company's senior leadership team to learn more about their business strategy, technology roadmap, and how China factors into its plans for continued growth.
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Unimicron Management (From L to R): Nick Wang (Manager, Marketing & Sales), Frank Chen (Vice President), T.J. Tseng (Chairman), David Cheng (President, IC Carrier SBU), Ming-Ru Chen (Director/Quality Management Division), and Tsun-Yuan Chen (Manager, R&D Dept., IC Carrier SBU).
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"We specialize in the generation of fine lines," said Tseng."Once the facility acquires the necessary equipment to manufacture this ,third-generation HDI, technology, maybe it will take another year," he said.
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When asked if his company plans to grow this area in the future, Tseng responded, "Yes.
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But according to Tseng, Unimicron is a different story.He doesn't see China's PCB capacity expansion as a threat to his company's existing facilities in Taiwan.Rather, he sees the relationship as complementary.But he also admitted that if one doesn't have facilities in China, it becomes much more difficult to compete."In Taiwan, for some companies, they cannot survive here," he said.But since Unimicron is firmly established in both the Shanghai, Shenzhen (and soon to be Suzhou) areas, there is little danger in being priced out of the market."We have good financial support, good technology, and good service," he said.

Continuing the Formula

When asked what the company's biggest challenge is, Tseng admitted that for better or worse, his company's fortunes are tied to the mobile phone market.Despite having a massive amount of capacity, he said he can always use more."Capacity increase is very important," he explained.
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Always the optimist, Tseng smiled and said, "I think next year will be another good year."

We met with T.J. Tseng, Unimicron's chairman, as well as the rest of the company's senior leadership team to learn more about their business strategy, technology roadmap, and how China factors into its plans for continued growth.
...
Unimicron Management (From L to R): Nick Wang (Manager, Marketing & Sales), Frank Chen (Vice President), T.J. Tseng (Chairman), David Cheng (President, IC Carrier SBU), Ming-Ru Chen (Director/Quality Management Division), and Tsun-Yuan Chen (Manager, R&D Dept., IC Carrier SBU).
...
"We specialize in the generation of fine lines," said Tseng."Once the facility acquires the necessary equipment to manufacture this ,third-generation HDI, technology, maybe it will take another year," he said.
...
When asked if his company plans to grow this area in the future, Tseng responded, "Yes.
...
But according to Tseng, Unimicron is a different story.He doesn't see China's PCB capacity expansion as a threat to his company's existing facilities in Taiwan.Rather, he sees the relationship as complementary.But he also admitted that if one doesn't have facilities in China, it becomes much more difficult to compete."In Taiwan, for some companies, they cannot survive here," he said.But since Unimicron is firmly established in both the Shanghai, Shenzhen (and soon to be Suzhou) areas, there is little danger in being priced out of the market."We have good financial support, good technology, and good service," he said.

Continuing the Formula

When asked what the company's biggest challenge is, Tseng admitted that for better or worse, his company's fortunes are tied to the mobile phone market.Despite having a massive amount of capacity, he said he can always use more."Capacity increase is very important," he explained.
...
Always the optimist, Tseng smiled and said, "I think next year will be another good year."