Company Profile
ABOUT AKM
We, Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) offer a variety of advanced sensing devices based on compound semiconductor technology and sophisticated IC products featuring analog/digital mixed-signal technology.
Company Profile
(as of June 01, 2020)
| Trade name | Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation |
|---|---|
| Home office | Hibiya Mitsui Tower 1-1-2 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0006 Japan |
| President | Eiji Honda |
| Paid-in capital | JPY 3,271 million |
| Main businesses | Hall elements, ICs |
| Main Affiliates | 【Japan】 |
| Asahi Kasei Technosystem Co., Ltd. | |
| AKM Technology Corporation | |
| Asahi Kasei Electronics Co., Ltd. | |
| Asahi Kasei Microsystems Co., Ltd. | |
| 【Overseas】 | |
| AKM Semiconductor, Inc. | |
| Asahi Kasei Microdevices Europe GmbH | |
| Asahi Kasei Microdevices Korea Corporation | |
| Asahi Kasei Microdevices (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | |
| Asahi Kasei Microdevices Taiwan Corporation | |
| Senseair AB |
Access
Access from the nearest stations
Hibiya subway station: direct passage
Yurakucho subway station: 4 min. on foot
Ginza subway station: 5 min. on foot
JR Yurakucho station: 5 min. on foot
History
| 1980 | Miyazaki Electronics Co., Ltd founded as a subsidiary of Asahi Kasei Corporation, started hall sensor business |
| 1982 | Miyazaki Electronics renamed to Asahi Kasei Electrionics ("AKE") |
| 1983 | Asahi Kasei founded Asahi Microsystems as a 50:50 JV with AMI, started IC business |
| 1984 | Established LSI Design Center |
| 1986 | Turned Asahi Microsystems to a 100% subsidiary of Asahi Kasei Corp, renamed to Asahi Kasei Microsystems ("AKM") |
| AKE Fuji fabrication facility started its operation | |
| 1993 | AKM Nobeoka wafer fabrication facility started its operation |
| 1995 | Established AKM Semiconductor Inc. (San Jose, USA) |
| 1996 | Opened a office in Europe |
| 2002 | Established Asahi Kasei Technosystem, started system business |
| 2003 | Established Asahi Kasei EMD Corp by transfering electronics business of Asahi Kasei Corp |
| 2004 | Opened a office at Shanghai, China |
| 2006 | AKE Fuji fabrication facility (fab3) started its operation |
| Opened Miyazaki Design Center (Established AKM Kyusyu) | |
| 2007 | AKE and AKM integrated business with Asahi Kasei EMD Corp |
| Opened a office at Seoul, Korea | |
| 2008 | Establiched a local subsidiary in China (Shanghai, China) |
| 2009 | Transferred electronics material business to Asahi Kasei e-Materials, renamed Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation ("AKM") |
| Established a local subsidiary in Taiwan (Taipei, Taiwan) | |
| 2016 | Established a local subsidiary in Germany (Dusseldorf, Germany) |
| 2018 | Acquisition of Senseair |