ASE K7 Receives Green Factory Label
September 01 2017 - 3:12AM
Business Wire
Demonstrating ASE’s resolute focus on the
environment and putting its commitment into actions
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc (TAIEX: 2311, NYSE:
ASX), a leading semiconductor assembly and test service provider,
announced that its K7 manufacturing facility in Kaohsiung has
received the Green Factory Label1 from the Industrial Development
Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan. K7 is the sixth
factory following K3, K5, K11, K12 and K15, at the ASE Kaohsiung
Nantze campus to receive the label.
ASE is fully committed to corporate sustainability through
actions that produce tangible results and meet our goal of
co-existence with the environment. In 2009, ASE Kaohsiung green
building plans were drawn up to combine nature with technology, and
provide a green factory environment optimized for living,
productivity and the ecology. The ASE K7 building has incorporated
green innovation, eco-friendly designs, energy and water
conservation, waste reduction, low carbon and various environmental
benchmarks to achieve the green factory label.
‘Sustainability has always been at the core of ASE’s corporate
philosophy,’ said KC Chou, senior vice president, ASE. ‘In 2014,
ASE Kaohsiung implemented the EEWH-RN2 system and adopted ‘clean
production’. Beginning with sustainable product design and
production, green management, social responsibility to innovation;
these four facets helped reduce resource consumption, reduce waste,
lower impacts to the environment and other improvements that aim to
strike a balance between economic and environmental sustainability.
Our Kaohsiung facilities are constantly challenged to establish
energy reduction goals and each department regularly proposes
diverse programs to lower carbon footprints. This year, K7 is also
working towards achieving the EEWH-RN diamond grade. At ASE, we
will continuously raise the bar on our sustainability performance,’
he concluded.
About ASE Sustainability Actions and
Results
ASE K7
- Green innovation. The use of DI water
to replace acetic acid reduced the usage of organic acid by 14,400
liters.
- Green material usage. The use of
boron-free developing agent reduced boron-containing agent usage by
1,830 liters and boron-containing liquid waste by 2,015 metric tons
per year. The use of lead-free solder paste reduced usage of lead
paste by 1,500 kg per year.
- Energy efficient manufacturing process.
Improvements made to the adsorption dryer reduced energy usage by
278,495 kWh per year.
- Water efficiency. The use of chamber
piping to control water flow resulted in water savings of 314.52
tons per year. Employing UF and RO systems further reduced
wastewater discharge volume by 15,600 tons.
- Lower carbon emissions. Converting the
fixed frequency of chilled water pumps and cooling water pumps to
variable frequency enabled us to reduce 625 tons of CO2 equivalent
per year. Energy efficiency lights are installed throughout the
factory premises, further reducing 793 tons of CO2 equivalent per
year.
- Waste reduction. Establishing a central
chemical delivery system helped reduce the use of 1,208 chemical
barrels per year. We also reduced photoresist coating usage by
14,400 liters per year. Gold and copper reuse amounted to 474.45 kg
per year. Wafer cassette reuse amounted to 39,795 pieces per
year.
Building certifications as of August 31,
2017
- LEED rating:Kaohsiung K12, K21, K22,
K23, K26;Chung Li Buildings K and L;Shanghai Headquarters
- EEWH rating:Kaohsiung K3, K4, K5, K7,
K11, K12, K14B(water recycling facility), K15, K16, K21, K26;Chung
Li Building A
- Green Factory Label:Kaohsiung K3, K5,
K7, K11, K12, K15
- In progress: The construction of our
new K24 building in Kaohsiung has taken into consideration of ‘low
carbon footprint building’ methodologies from the transportation of
materials, equipment, type of material used, renovation,
dismantling and the entire building’s life cycle.
For more information on the ASE Group’s sustainability program,
please visit http://www.aseglobal.com/en/Csr/
About The ASE Group
The ASE Group is among the leading providers of independent
semiconductor manufacturing services in assembly, test, materials
and design manufacturing. As a global leader geared towards meeting
the industry’s ever growing needs for faster, smaller and higher
performance chips, the Group develops and offers a wide portfolio
of technology and solutions including IC test program design,
front-end engineering test, wafer probe, wafer bump, substrate
design and supply, wafer level package, flip chip,
system-in-package, final test and electronic manufacturing services
through USI Inc and its subsidiaries, members of the ASE Group. For
more information about the ASE Group, visit www.aseglobal.com or
twitter @asegroup_global.
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1 Green Factory Label in Taiwan. The Green Factory Labeling
System integrates the concepts of Green Building and Cleaner
Production, to reduce energy and resource consumption and
environmental impact in the factory manufacturing life cycle. The
Green Factory Labeling System can help the industry towards
sustainable development. http://twgbqanda.com/english/index.php
2 EEWH-RN system: “EEWH Evaluation Manual IV: EEWH-RN
(Renovation)”. EEWH refers to Ecology, Energy Saving, Waste
Reduction, Health.
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