CzechInvest recently present the Czech semiconductor ecoystem at the Semicon Korea 2026 trade fair, one of the world’s most significant events in the semiconductor industry. Parricipation in this year’s edition of the trade fair, with the record-setting attendance of more than 75,000 professionals in the field and 550 exhibitors, is confirmation of the Czech Republic’s ambition to actively engage in Asian value chains and to strength its role in the European semiconductor strategy.
CzechInvest recently present the Czech semiconductor ecoystem at the Semicon Korea 2026 trade fair, one of the world’s most significant events in the semiconductor industry. Parricipation in this year’s edition of the trade fair, with the record-setting attendance of more than 75,000 professionals in the field and 550 exhibitors, is confirmation of the Czech Republic’s ambition to actively engage in Asian value chains and to strength its role in the European semiconductor strategy.
As in years past, the trade fair reflected South Korea’s dominant position as one of the three global leaders in the semiconductor industry. At a time when semiconductors are becoming a decisive factor in technological competitiveness and economic security, Czechia presence at this crucial industry even was a necessary condition for the country’s further development.
“The trade fair isn’t focused solely on the production of chips themeselves, where global giants like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are clearly dominant in Korea, as it also covers the entire value chain from materials and equipment for manufacturing wafers and designing chips to testing and metrology. This comprehensive approach corresponds to the Czech semiconductor ecosystem and opens up concrete opportunities for cooperation,” said Michal Stroka, director of CzechInvest’s foreign office in South Korea.
The dynamic and highly competitive Korean market creates continuous pressure for technological innovations, which generate demand for specialised solutions in the areas of precision engineering, nanotechnology, production automation and advanced metrology, which are segments in which Czech companies have strong, extensive expertise.
Not only global players, but also smaller companies offer opportunities
The Czech companies SVCS Process Innovation, TESCAN and UNITES Systems presented at the trade fair. Their representatives confirmed that Czech companies are able to compete even in markets with the highest level of technological advancement.“South Korea is truly the first league when it comes to research, develompment and production of semiconductors, so there is something to learn from it. At the same time, there is apparent interest in collaboration among small and medium-sized Korean companies. Trade fairs in Asia are not just about establishing contacts, but also about systematic brand building,” said Jaroslav Dolák, Managing Director of SVCS Process Innovation.
“Represented by global leaders such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, the Korean market offers significant potential for further technological collaboration in anvanced manufacturing of semiconductors. In comparison with South Korea, the Czech Republic has far smaller chip-production capacity. However, Czech companies, including TESCAN, are successfully asserting themselves in the segment of specialised instruments and technological solutions for the global semiconductor market,” doplnil Antonín Doupal, Product Sales Leader FIB-SEM at TESCAN, which has long had operations in Europe and is building on more than twenty years of cooperation with Korean research institutes and industrial partners.
The Czech exhibition at Semicon Korea provided not only a presentation of individual companies, but also an opportunity for presenting the Czech national semiconductor ecosystem. CzechInvest actively presented the Czech semiconductor strategy, investment environment and system of strategic investment incentives, as well as the country’s research capacities and industrial clusters.
At the same time, the agency provided Czech companies with direct support in finding partners and navigating the regulatory environment, while also facilitating contacts with Korean ministries, research institutes and industrial partners.
Michal Stroka recalled that the importance of such events and our participation in them is increasing in the context of European ambitions: “The European Union holds approximately a 10% share of the global semiconductor market, and the European Chips Act calls for doubling that share by 2029. The Czech Republic is entering into this strategy with a clearly defined focus, particularly in the areas of production equipment, control technology and specialised engineering solutions for the production of integrated circuits.”
Czech as a technology partner for global players
The Czech semiconductor chain is internationally respected particularly in the segment of chip-production equipment. The Czech Republic is the source of approximately one-third of the global supply of electron microscopes, which are crucial for chip quality control and advanced analysis of semiconductor materials. Czech companies also supply optical componets for lithographic systems, vacuum and high-temperature equipment and technologies for constructing clean rooms.
The Czech National Semiconductor Cluster associates more than forty active members across the entire value chain – from universities and institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences to large companies, specialised medium-sized enterprises and technology startups. In the Czech Republic, investments in the semiconductor sector are classified as strategic and are subject to a preferential investment-incentives scheme.
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