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SEC Wins 5.8 Billion Won HBM Inspection Order From Micron

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SEC, a company specializing in proprietary electron beam technology, said on Nov. 10 that it signed a 5.8 billion won contract with Micron's Singapore subsidiary to supply X-ray inspection equipment for HBM production. The order covers its NF120 series of manual X-ray inspection systems, which will be deployed on a mass-production line. SEC began doing business with Micron in 2023, and the latest contract strengthens its position with the customer. Micron is currently investing $7 billion in HBM and advanced packaging facilities in Singapore, with operations scheduled to begin in 2027; as Micron continues capital expenditure focused on HBM and DRAM, SEC could secure additional inspection equipment orders. SEC is expanding from manual inspection systems into automated inline inspection equipment: in October it secured an order for its Semi-scan Wafer system for a wafer-level packaging (WLP) mass-production line operated by a global OSAT company, and it is also seeking to enter the market for inline HBM inspection equipment.