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<p>We would like to express our heartfelt sympathy to the affected people due to the earthquake that occurred on January 1st at Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa, Japan.</p>



<p>Following the earthquake, Gigaphoton has been prioritizing the safety of our employees and carrying out activities such as employee safety confirmation, information gathering regarding factory buildings, and collaborating with partner companies. Through these efforts, we have confirmed that all employees are safe and our factory operations and customer support can continue as usual.</p>



<p>Our situation is as follows:</p>



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<li>We have confirmed the safety of all our employees.</li>



<li>No damage has been reported at our production facilities, as Oyama City, Tochigi Prefecture, experienced an earthquake with a seismic intensity of 3(which is significantly smaller compared to a seismic intensity of 7).<br>As scheduled, we started production activities on January 8th.</li>



<li>Our customer support operations are unaffected, as there are no issues with the stored inventory of completed systems and parts in our warehouse and we have spare inventory at support bases nationwide.</li>



<li>We are currently investigating the impact on our supply chain.</li>
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<figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td>Media Contact:<br>GIGAPHOTON Inc.<br>Corporate Planning Department<br>Kenji Ohishi<br><br>Email: web_info@gigaphoton.com</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>


Impact of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in 2024 upon GIGAPHOTON’s Business


<p>Oyama, Tochigi; Dec 7, 2022 — Gigaphoton Inc. (Head Office: Oyama, Tochigi; President and CEO: Katsumi Uranaka), a manufacturer of lightsources used in semiconductor lithography, has announced that the topping out ceremony of Gigaphoton’s new building was held on Octover 26 JST.</p>


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<p>Gigaphoton has announced that it has invested about 5 billion yen in the construction of the new facility to increase its production capacity that has started from this July. This will increase its total production capacity by 2.5 times compared to that in FY2020. With this ceremony, the installation of steel frames was finished, and full-scale construction of the exterior and interior will be proceeded from now on, heading for completion in the second half of next year.</p>



<p>Katsumi Uranaka, President &amp; CEO of Gigaphoton said, “With demand for semiconductors on the rise around the world in the mid to long term perspective, we will do our utmost to meet the demand from our customers.<br>The construction of our new production building is well on our way to completion in the second half of next year. The operation of the building will establish a plenty production capacity that can handle future increases in not only the number of new lasers for future demand, but also the number of units under operation at customer fabs.<br>As a supplier of lithography lightsources which are essential for semiconductor manufacturing, we will continue to contribute to semiconductor industry by strengthening the supply and services of our products”.</p>



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<p>About GIGAPHOTON</p>



<p>Since it was founded in 2000, GIGAPHOTON has delivered valuable solutions to semiconductor manufacturers throughout the world as a manufacturer of light sources. In every stage from R&amp;D to manufacture, sales, and maintenance services, GIGAPHOTON is committed to providing world-class support delivered from the perspective of everyday users. For more information, please visit <a href="https://gigaphoton.com/">https://gigaphoton.com/</a></p>



<figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td>Media contact:<br>GIGAPHOTON Inc<br>Corporate Planning Division<br>Kenji Ohishi<br><br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:web_info@gigaphoton.com">web_info@gigaphoton.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table></figure>


The Topping Out Ceremony of Gigaphoton’s New Production Building was held


<p>OYAMA, Japan – September 5, 2022 – Gigaphoton Inc., a manufacturer of lightsources used in semiconductor lithography, announced today that the following article relating to the open platform Fabscape® appeared in the August/September issue of Semiconducor Digest.</p>



<p><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://magazine.semiconductordigest.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&amp;edid=a7bb247c-f8a5-4e45-b16e-174b79cc10d5" target="_blank"><strong>Semiconductor Digest</strong> &#8211;</a><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://magazine.semiconductordigest.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&amp;edid=a7bb247c-f8a5-4e45-b16e-174b79cc10d5" target="_blank"> </a><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://magazine.semiconductordigest.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&amp;edid=a7bb247c-f8a5-4e45-b16e-174b79cc10d5" target="_blank">August/September 2022 &#8211; P26-28 &#8220;A New Framework: Oppotunities of Open Access for Optimizing Yield in Semiconductor Manufacturing&#8221;</a></p>



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Articles about Fabscape® appears in Semiconductor Digest


<p>OYAMA, Japan – August 22, 2022 – Gigaphoton Inc., a manufacturer of lightsources used in semiconductor lithography, announced the articles about ”Fabscape®”, which is <a href="https://www.gigaphoton.com/news/8086">the Open Platform for Semiconductor Data Monitoring and Analytics</a> provided by Gigaphoton, appeared in a specialized media.</p>



<p>August 11,2022 &#8211;<strong> <a href="https://epsnews.com/2022/08/11/how-data-analytics-speed-chip-market-recovery-epsnews/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">EPS News “How Data Analytics Speed Chip Market Recovery”</a></strong></p>



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Articles about Fabscape® appeared in specialized media


<p><em>We do not observe any damage or impact on employees’ lives, buildings, production facilities, customer support, etc. due to the Earthquake off the coast of Fukushima on March 16th.</em></p>



<p>I would like to express my heartfelt sympathy to the affected people due to the earthquake that occurred at 23:36 JPT on March 16th off the coast of Fukushima as an epicenter.</p>



<p>As of today, we have confirmed that all Gigaphoton employees and facilities in Oyama, Hiratsuka, and other locations in Japan are unharmed. And we have also confirmed that it has not affected on our production facilities..</p>



<ol class="wp-block-list"><li>Overview<br>We had started checking the safety of our buildings and facilities since the morning of the 17th, and we have confirmed that there is no damage that would affect our business activities.</li><li>Details<br>・No damage has been observed on our production facilities. We resumed production activities&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;since 9:00 JPT on March 17th.<br>・Our customer support capabilities are unaffected.<br>・We are currently investigating the impact on our supply chain.</li></ol>



<p class="has-text-align-right">GIGAPHOTON Inc<br>President<br>Katsumi Uranaka</p>



<figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td>Media contact:<br>GIGAPHOTON Inc<br>Corporate Planning Division<br>Kenji Ohishi<br><br>E-mail: web_info@gigaphoton.com</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>


Impact of the Earthquakes off the coast of Fukushima upon GIGAPHOTON’s Business


<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-full is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://webapi.gigaphoton.global/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/無題-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-7931" width="238" height="224" srcset="https://webapi.gigaphoton.global/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/無題-1.png 317w, https://webapi.gigaphoton.global/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/無題-1-300x283.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px" /><figcaption>Yuya Sashikubi (Gigaphoton Inc)</figcaption></figure></div>



<p>In December 17,2021 to Dec. 20, at Tokyo Big-Site (Tokyo, Japan),&nbsp;<strong>Yuya Sashikubi</strong>, Skills Competition Team in <strong>Gigaphoton</strong>, got a&nbsp;<strong>fighting-spirit award</strong>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<strong>Tokyo Skill Olympic 2021</strong>&nbsp;at his first invitation of factory-electric-equipment tournament as a representative player from Tochigi prefecture.</p>



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<p>Since 2016, staffs in <strong>Gigaphoton</strong> have participated in&nbsp;The Skill Olympic every year and has got awards in each year (except &#8217;16). The Skill Olympic is an irreplaceable tournament of engineers&#8217; skill in Japan. About the field of factory-electric-equipment, many skillful players gather from many kinds of famous company and schools,&nbsp;and compete with other players hardly. <strong>Yuya </strong>was only one player from <strong>Gigaphoton</strong>&nbsp; in this year, who was under pressure, but he did his best, and got an award with a silver medal.</p>



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<p><strong>Gigaphoton</strong>&nbsp;continues to contribute to the industry with&nbsp;tireless efforts, and&nbsp;we will work to develop human resources who can play an active role in the world by developing excellent engineers.&nbsp;</p>



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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>The Skill Olympic is the traditional tournament since 1963, which engineers (over&nbsp;40 kinds of skills) participate in&nbsp;and compete with other engineers for getting champion, on&nbsp;purpose to grow up young engineers in Japan. Only under-23-years-old engineers can participate in. In the 2021 tournament, it held with no audiences concerned about COVID-19 effects.</p><cite>reference ( notice : Japanese Only ) : <a href="https://www.javada.or.jp/jigyou/gino/zenkoku/">https://www.javada.or.jp/jigyou/gino/zenkoku/</a></cite></blockquote>


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Impact of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in 2024 upon GIGAPHOTON’s Business

The Topping Out Ceremony of Gigaphoton’s New Production Building was held

Articles about Fabscape® appears in Semiconductor Digest

Articles about Fabscape® appeared in specialized media

Impact of the Earthquakes off the coast of Fukushima upon GIGAPHOTON’s Business

Yuya Sashikubi got an award in Tokyo Skill Olympic 2021