Taichung's semiconductor industry cluster expands, Largan and other manufacturers increase investment by more than NT$8 billion

Largan will invest more than 8 billion yuan this year (2026) to purchase 7 factories in the Precision Machinery Park and Taichung Industrial Park. (Photo taken from Largan official website)

[Reporter Cai Shuyuan/Taichung Report] AI has driven demand for semiconductors, and Taichung companies have accelerated their entry into the semiconductor supply chain. They have expanded investment in optics, equipment, packaging and chip testing. Largan, the world's largest mobile phone lens manufacturer, has invested more than 8 billion yuan this year. , purchased 7 factories; semiconductor equipment factory Zhisheng Industrial invested 1.48 billion yuan this year to expand Shuinan R&D Center and Jingke Factory 2. Others including Sun International Semiconductor, Hongjin Precision, Shenghuang Technology, etc. have also increased their investment simultaneously, and the semiconductor investment landscape continues to expand.

Zhang Fengyuan, Director of Economic Development, said that Largan, headquartered in Taichung Precision Park, has been actively venturing into semiconductor fields such as co-packaged optics (CPO) with its 40 years of accumulated alignment technology and self-developed automation equipment. It has invested more than 8 billion yuan this year to purchase 7 factories in the Precision Machinery Park and Taichung Industrial Park to expand related layout.

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Semiconductor equipment manufacturer Zhisheng Industrial's semiconductor business has also continued to grow, accounting for 40% of its overall revenue last year. This year, it invested 1.48 billion yuan to expand the Shuinan R&D Center and Jingke Factory No. 2 to deploy AI and advanced packaging equipment production capacity.

Sun International Semiconductor invested more than 5.6 billion yuan to expand factories, fully automatic handling production lines and warehousing systems in the Taichung Port Science and Technology Industrial Park; advanced packaging and high-end chip testing factory Hongjin Precision responded to the expansion of production lines and invested 850 million yuan to expand the three-dimensional factory building and strengthen the AI ​​chip testing supply chain.

In addition, ultra-clean inflatable technology factory Shenghuang Technology has invested more than 500 million yuan to build a new smart factory in Dadu to increase the capacity of high-clean process equipment. Related investments extend from equipment and packaging to chip testing.

Semiconductor materials, equipment and key component companies are also continuing to move in. Juling Precision Chemical will set up a Taichung port factory in the port area in March 2023 to produce high-purity chemical materials required for semiconductor processes; Xinlai Materials will set up a new factory in Wuqi in July 2024 to manufacture semiconductor process equipment and key components of ultra-high vacuum systems; Sanfu Gas has set up a base in Taichung to supply industrial and electronic gases such as nitrogen.

In addition, companies such as Wanrun Technology, Quanxin Precision Industry, Shuoding Precision Industry, Hengfeng International Electronics and Yicheng Intelligent Technology are also developing semiconductor equipment, wafer thinning equipment, advanced packaging fixtures, infrared detector packaging and automation equipment.

The Economic Development Bureau stated that as TSMC’s investment in advanced processes and AI demand continue to advance, investment in the semiconductor supply chain has expanded from wafer manufacturing to areas such as equipment, packaging, testing, materials, industrial gases, and smart manufacturing. Taichung’s semiconductor industry cluster continues to expand.

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