Consul General Otsuki Attends US-JOINT Opening Ceremony

On Monday, April 20, Consul General Kotaro Otsuki attended and delivered remarks at the opening ceremony for the US-JOINT R&D site, a semiconductor development facility located in Union City, California. The opening of the site, operated by Japanese semiconductor company Resonac, marked an important milestone for US-JOINT, a consortium of Japanese and U.S. semiconductor materials and equipment companies that aims to encourage co-creation in the Packaging process between semiconductor companies and their business customers. Aside from Resonac, US-JOINT members include; Azimuth; KLA; Kulicke & Soffa; MEC; Moses Lake Industries; NAMICS; TOK; TOPPAN; TOWA; ULVAC and 3M.

The event began with opening remarks from Resonac CEO Hidehito Takahashi, followed by speeches from representatives of other US-JOINT member companies. There were also remarks by Mr. Kazumi Nishikawa, Deputy Director General for Semiconductor Policy at Japan’s Ministry of Economic Trade and Industry (METI); Ms. Emily Desai, Chief Deputy Director of the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz); and Union City Mayor Gary Singh.

Following these presentations, attendees toured the facilities at the site, which included cutting-edge technology for developing and testing semiconductor materials. Guests enjoyed networking with various local government and semiconductor industry representatives.