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SK nexilis showcases super-gap copper foil technology at InterBattery 2023.
● SK nexilis will run a booth at the COEX Exhibition Center at Gangnam for 3 days from March 15 to 17 that will be 2.5 times bigger the size than last year’s show and will have a real-size copper foil on display.● Introducing the overwhelming global top technology of high-elongation and high-strength copper foil, global expansion plan, and community activities for mutual growth.SK nexilis, a copper foil business for EV batteries in which SKC (CEO & President Woncheol Park) has invested, will display a full-size copper foil that embodies the world’s best technology at InterBattery 2023, the largest industrial battery exhibition in South Korea that will be held at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul for 3 days from March 15.SK nexilis has designed a 135 square meters booth under the theme of A World-changing Technology and Indispensable Copper Foil for EV Batteries. The booth reflects the copper foil’s color and dynamics. The first zone titled Welcome to SK nexilis Zone will have on display a real, factory-produced mother roll of copper foil. This full-size roll is composed of a copper foil with a thickness of 5 micrometers (㎛), 1/25 the thickness of a human hair, and a width of 1,358mm that is wound into a 48-kilometer roll and weighs up to 3.6 tons. SK nexilis is the one and only booth operator that will showcase to the public a life-size copper foil. SK nexilis’ technology of manufacturing a thin copper foil wider and longer strikingly raises the productivity of battery manufacturers. As the copper roll gets longer, it cost and time gets significantly lower for clients to replace a roll, thereby greatly contributing to maintaining quality. In addition, a more use of extra-wide copper foil will lead to producing wider areas of anodes in the same amount of time. In the New Mobility Frontier Zone, the copper foil production process is modeled for display. The entire process from melting, coating, and slitting the raw material to inspection before shipping is presented in an easy-to-understand manner that will allow both industry insiders and general public to easily understand how the product is manufactured. The Global No. 1 Innovator Zone will mainly feature videos to introduce SK nexilis’ products. Visitors will be offered details of each product like high-strength products which have seen a recent increase in demand due to the acceleration of the battery manufacturing process and high-elongation products that are essential for next-generation cylindrical batteries. Being the first in the world to develop a high-elongation product, SK nexilis is being well-received as the only company with a variety of copper foil product groups that cater to different battery manufacturers’ processes.SK nexilis has leveraged its technological competitive edge and signed a big supply contract last month with Northvolt, the largest battery manufacturer in Europe, to cover almost 80% of the demand for five years from 2024. Additional negotiations are in progress with multiple global companies. At the Global Network Zone of SK nexilis’ booth, visitors will see the company’s ongoing facility expansion in Malaysia and Poland in addition to its plans to build a global production system with an annual production capacity of 250,000 tons by 2026 thus broadening its customer base.An SK nexilis executive said, “At InterBattery, we will communicate our technology and plans to build a global production system, making it easy for our major clients and industry insiders as well as the general public to understand,” and added, “People will see for themselves the overwhelming process technology embodied throughout the production process and the manufacturing technology that supports a variety of our product lineups.” [End of document][Image of SK nexilis booth at InterBattery 2023]
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Absolics Inc. partners with a local U.S. educational institution to develop human resources for semiconductors.
● Absolics Inc. signed an industry-academia collaboration agreement with Georgia Piedmont Technical College to set up an education/training program and jointly structure the curriculum.● The collaboration is aimed to develop technical talent that the glass substrate business could benefit from and contribute to reinforce the competitiveness of the local semiconductor industry ecosystem.Absolics Inc., a semiconductor glass substrate business in which SKC (CEO & President Woncheol Park) has invested, partnered with a local U.S. educational institution to develop human resources for the semiconductor industry.Absolics Inc. signed an industry-academia collaboration MOU with Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) on March 9 (local time) to jointly set up an education/training program for human resources development of the semiconductor industry. The signing ceremony, held at GPTC’s Newton Campus in Covington, Newton County, Georgia, was attended by key officials from both sides including Absolics Inc. CTO Seongjin Kim and GPTC President Tavarez Holston.This MOU will serve as a basis for Absolics Inc. and GPTC to structure an education/training curriculum of industry-academia collaboration customized for jobs such as semiconductor quality management and defect analysis. The goal sought through this arrangement is to develop the human resources that the semiconductor glass substrate business need and contribute to reinforcing the competitiveness of the overall local semiconductor industry ecosystem in the long term.Absolics Inc. is the first company in the world to promote the semiconductor glass substrate business that is building a manufacturing facility on an SKC inc. site in Georgia since last November. A first-phase investment of USD 240 million was made to complete the manufacturing facility next year with an annual production capacity of 12,000 square meters. A second-phase investment of USD 360 million will also follow to expand the annual production capacity to 72,000 square meters.The semiconductor glass substrate business also started through local industry-academia collaboration. Commercialization of the business was built on the combination of GPTC’s basic glass substrate technology and SKC’s processing technology and manufacturing know-how. This additional industry-academia collaboration with GPTC laid the groundwork for Absolics Inc. to participate in talent development and achieve recruitment stability.Founded in 1961, GPTC is one of the largest and most historic community colleges in Georgia specializing in tech education. Over 1,000 students in fields such as industrial technology and computer science graduate from the college each year. GPTC President Tavarez Holston expressed his anticipation saying, “We look forward to a successful, long-term industry-academia collaboration with global companies SKC and Absolics Inc. that will contribute to local community development.”An Absolics Inc. executive said, “This industry-academia collaboration with GPTC, which is the best industrial technology education institution in the region, will contribute to develop talent needed for the future semiconductor industry and build a local semiconductor ecosystem,” and added, “We will continue to expand industry-academia collaborations to ensure the future availability of talented manpower.” [End of document][Absolics Inc. CTO Seongjin Kim (right) and GPTC (Georgia Piedmont Technical College) President Tavarez Holston holding the industry-academia collaboration MOU for semiconductor human resources development after signing it at GPTC’s Newton Campus on March 9.].jpg
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