TAIPEI, Dec. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced
Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (TAIEX: 2311, NYSE: ASX) ("ASE", or
the "Company"), the world's largest semiconductor assembly and test
service provider, today announced that wafer-level process
operations where nickel is used at ASE's K7 plant has been resumed
on December 15, 2014 pursuant to the
Approval Letter (No. 10343171000) that ASE received from the
Kaohsiung City Environment Protection Bureau (KEPB) on the same
day.
The Company expresses gratitude to the inspectors from the
Environmental Inspection Division of the KEPB and Kaohsiung City
Government for their corrective instructions and supervision.
The Company has learned lessons and obtained valuable
experience since the incident at the K7 plant occurred. It
has taken many mandatory and corrective measures to improve the
monitoring system for waste water discharge. For example, for
purpose of information disclosure, the Company has installed LED
screens in each of the plant buildings for displaying relevant
information. The Company has also become the first company
nationwide to have established direct link to the KEPB and disclose
relevant information and data on KEPB's website for public
inspection.
In addition, in response to the requests for improvement made on
December 8, 2014 by director
Chen Jinde of the KEPB, including
the request for real-time displaying of waste water flow in the
central control room of the Company's monitoring system and the
request for countermeasures for dealing with abnormal level of
accumulation of nickel-containing waste water, the Company has made
improvements and has responded to the KEPB within three days and
confirmed that such requests had been fulfilled.
The Company expects that in the future it will not only comply
with all the safety and environmental regulations but also aspire
be deeply rooted as a green plan in the city of Kaohsiung.
The Company has entered into a contract with the National
Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology to establish
the "South Taiwan Environmental Education Solution -- Sustainable Development Center" which
will commence a series of environmental courses with rich and
exciting content by the end of 2014, including those designed for
the seniors, families and youth. Further, we will work with
the Environmental Quality Protection Foundation (EQPF) to plant 93
hectares of trees and hold a number of environmental education
lectures and establish the first environmental education
audio-visual platform.
Furthermore, out of our concern for the local residents of the
Nantze District, in order to help elementary schools in Nantze
District for energy conservation and carbon emission reduction and
protect the vision of the school children, we are in the process of
implementing the plan to install power-saving LED lights for the
elementary schools in Nantze District. In the future, along
with its revenue and profit generation, the Company will take
sincere actions for environment protection and environmental
education and fulfill its social responsibility to become a
semiconductor industry role model for environment protection.
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Contact:
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ASE,
Inc.
Room 1901, 333,
Keelung Rd., Sec. 1
Taipei, Taiwan,
110
Tel: +
886.2.6636.5678
Fax: +
886.2.2757.6121
http://www.aseglobal.com
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Joseph Tung,
Chief Financial Officer
Eddie Chang,
Senior Director
Joseph Su,
Senior Manager
ir@aseglobal.com
Michelle
Jao, Manager (US Contact)
mjao@iselabs.com
Tel: +
1.510.687.2481
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SOURCE Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.