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 |
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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 |