IBM Japan Launches MES Development Hub in Kyoto

IBM Japan announced that it would open the Kyoto Research Park Office on the 22nd of the same month. The new office will be the development base for the manufacturing execution system (MES) that supports semiconductor research and production at IBM Research, the company’s research and development organization.

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According to the company, Kyoto is home to many highly skilled semiconductor device, material, and equipment manufacturers, as well as universities, and the opening of the new office will be a catalyst for proactively promoting new collaborations and open innovation. The company’s MES has its roots in an in-house solution used on the cutting-edge manufacturing line at IBM’s Yasu factory in Shiga Prefecture in the 1980s, and has been expanding globally since 1998. The MES is still widely used around the world today as an MES for managing and controlling the manufacturing process of mission-critical semiconductors.

SOURCE: Yahoo