Industry associations & research institutes
- Co-chair of the Smart Manufacturing Committee at SEMI
- Deputy convenor of the Intelligent Automation Committee, TPCA
- Automation collaboration with III, ITRI and MIRDC
Sustainability
Smart Manufacturing
SDGs
Overview
Fully automated, lights-out factories drive our digital transformation.
With a complex global business environment shaped by factors including climate change, ASE is accelerating smart manufacturing to raise equipment efficiency and productivity and to optimize energy consumption. In line with the vision of building advanced, robust smart factories, ASE established the CIM Committee in 2011 to drive digital transformation and build fully automated factories, including several lights-out factories. Today, ASE operates a total of 56 lights-out factories.
56lights-out factories in operation
1stOSAT factory inducted into the WEF Global Lighthouse Network
700+engineers trained and equipped on AI and automation
Our journey
From the CIM Committee in 2011 to generative AI and 4IR today.
2011CIM Committee established
2013Real-time effluent monitoring center set up
2015Robotic arms and unmanned carriers adopted in manufacturing
2018AI manufacturing and the first lights-out factory in operation
2019Predictive maintenance system deployed
2020First OSAT 5G mmWave smart factory in operation
2021IAI platform established to promote universal application of AI
2022Inducted into the WEF Global Lighthouse Network
2023Generative AI adoption to optimize manufacturing processes
20244IR technologies applied to improve energy efficiency and safety of plant utility systems
Smart factory & digital transformation
We partner with best-in-class players to build secure, sustainable smart factories.
ASE is collaborating with the best-in-class industry players to chart the course of the next-generation smart factory — enabling the digital transformation of factory processes that are highly secure, reliable and sustainable.
Number of ASE Smart Factories
Beyond innovation
Our smart-manufacturing know-how ripples out across the whole value chain.
Scholarships & internships
With NCKU, NSYSU, National University of Kaohsiung, NKUST, I-Shou University, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, and Cheng Shiu University.
Taiwan automation suppliers
Software solutions, IoT sensors/controllers, automated transport systems, automated guided vehicles, robotic arms and more.
Academic research units
60+ industry-academic projects involving 30 professors and 60 graduate students.
Value chain
Upstream suppliers
- Local procurement promotes economic development
- Cultivate local automation suppliers and create jobs
Manufacturing
- Cultivate 700+ automation and AI professionals
- Transform digital manufacturing and reduce overtime
- Build a safe production process to avoid workplace injuries
Downstream customers
- Improve production efficiency, quality and output
- Assist customers in product innovation for a sustainable future