In the most critical lithography process of semiconductor manufacturing, it takes a long time and has high cost, among which more than a dozen processes such as gluing and developing need to be carried out repeatedly, and the precision, speed and stability of the robot are quite high.
After 6 years of precipitation, the wafer robot of STEP ADTECH has initially achieved domestic substitution in terms of product performance, and relying on the localization market accumulation of the original industrial robot, it has more advantages in terms of return on investment and service response speed than foreign brands.
At the same time, another highly differentiated and competitive feature of STEP ADTECH is that it deploys customized products according to local and time conditions according to the non-standard customization capabilities of different wafer manufacturers in various process segments of semiconductor manufacturing, so as to better meet the production needs of the original production line, improve the chip output efficiency and yield rate in an all-round way, and form a differentiated advantage in service compared with foreign brands that only make standard products in wafer robots.
In the survey of high-tech robots, some wafer factories said that the robot system adapted to STEP ADTECH effectively reduces the overall investment cost of production equipment, and more effectively ensures the safety of domestic industrial production under the condition of ensuring quality.
In the sense of urgency of threats, supply cuts, and sanctions, more and more domestic semiconductor manufacturers have begun to look for domestic alternatives from the entire industry chain. The ingenuity of STEP ADTECH to adhere to the "difficult but correct road", break through step by step from scratch, and ensure the stable iteration of products and solutions, has gradually gained the recognition of more semiconductor equipment companies.
At present, STEP ADTECH semiconductor robot has been applied in the production lines of analog chips, power chips and sensor chips in multiple wafer factories.
Resilient growth against the trend, building a broad moat from point to surface
The innovative breakthrough in the application of the semiconductor industry is the strategic epitome of STEP ADTECH's insistence on independent self-research of technology, actively responding to market changes, and continuously exploring new application scenarios.
Looking back on the whole 2024, the 3C electronics industry will pick up, the production capacity of the photovoltaic and lithium battery industries will continue to be digested, and the output value will decline, and the data of the Advanced Robot Industry Research Institute (GGII) predicts that the domestic industrial robot shipments in 2024 will be 300,000 units, a year-on-year decrease of 5.06% compared with 2023.
Domestic substitution of semiconductor robots, Scara robots
Despite the slowdown in the overall shipment volume of the industrial robot industry, benefiting from the stable development and expansion of AI large models, AI chips, 3C electronics, and the automotive industry, the SCARA robot of STEP ADTECH still maintained stable growth.
Gaogong Robot learned through research that STEP can grow against the trend during the market adjustment period in 2024, mainly because of the accurate judgment of market changes and actively taking a variety of response plans to enhance the market competitiveness of products.
