PNC Process Systems
{{Short description|Chinese semiconductor equipment manufacturer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name = PNC Process Systems Co., Ltd
| trading_name = PNC
| native_name = 上海至纯洁净系统科技股份有限公司
| logo = PNC Process Systems.svg
| former_name =
| type = Public
| traded_as = {{SSE|603690}}
| foundation = {{start date and age|2000|11|13}}
| founder = Jiang Yuan
| key_people = Jiang Yuan (Chairman & CEO)
| revenue = {{Increase}} {{CNY|link=yes|3.15 billion}} (2023)
| net_income = {{Increase}} {{CNY|link=yes|327.97 million}} (2023)
| assets = {{Increase}} {{CNY|link=yes|11.92 billion}} (2023)
| equity = {{Increase}} {{CNY|link=yes|5.07 billion}} (2023)
| num_employees = 1,811 (2023)
| industry = Semiconductors
| homepage = {{URL|www.pncs.cn}}
}}
PNC Process Systems (PNC; {{Zh|c=|p=Zhìchún Kējì|s=至纯科技}}) is a publicly listed Chinese company that engages in the development and sale of semiconductor equipment mostly notably in wet cleaning.
Background
PNC was founded in 2000 by Jiang Yuan. She was previously the marketing director at Kinetics Process Systems before leaving with her team to establish PNC.{{Cite web |date=23 May 2022 |title=至纯科技董事长蒋渊20岁开始工作 身家24亿质押40%的股份只领年薪18.5万 |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/549875939_121146933 |access-date=30 October 2024 |website=Sohu |archive-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215172844/https://www.sohu.com/a/549875939_121146933 |url-status=live }}
Although the company initially experienced difficulty, according to Jiang by 2010, the company no longer required any loans or external financing.
In 2017, PNC held its initial public offering becoming a listed company on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Around this time, PNC established its wet cleaning equipment division which became the focus of the company.{{Cite web |date=31 July 2021 |title=供货三星，脚踩两大赛道，至纯科技助力国产替代! |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/480469674_120721326 |access-date=30 October 2024 |website=Sohu |archive-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215175655/https://www.sohu.com/a/480469674_120721326 |url-status=live }}
In 2019, PNC acquired optoelectronics firm, Bandweaver Technologies for 680 million yuan.{{Cite web |date=6 December 2018 |title=至纯科技：拟6.8亿元收购波汇科技/募资1.59亿元投DOE |url=http://www.shoujibao.cn/news/show-htm-itemid-31440.html |access-date=30 October 2024 |website=www.shoujibao.cn}}
In December 2023, the United States Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security added PNC to the Unverified List.{{Cite web |last=Freifeld |first=Karen |date=20 December 2023 |title=US adds 13 companies in China to Unverified List |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/us-adds-13-companies-china-unverified-list-2023-12-19/ |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=Reuters}}
In February 2024, The Korea Times reported four Samsung Electronics employees were arrested in the previous month for sharing the company's latest semiconductor surface cleaning equipment technology with PNC.{{Cite web |last=Ko |first=Dong-hwan |date=6 February 2024 |title=Korea to toughen penalties for technology theft |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2024/10/129_368374.html |access-date=30 October 2024 |website=The Korea Times |language=en |archive-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215173646/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2024/10/129_368374.html |url-status=live }}
Customers of PNC include Samsung, SK Hynix, TSMC, SMIC, Hua Hong Semiconductor, Yangtze Memory Technologies, ChangXin Memory Technologies and Silan Microelectronics.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.pncs.cn}}
{{Electronics industry in China}}
Category:2000 establishments in China
Category:2017 initial public offerings
Category:Companies based in Shanghai
Category:Companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
Category:Electronics companies established in 2000