ROHM Semiconductor

The company
ROHM is a Japanese semiconductor and electronic components manufacturer whose company mission is “Quality is our Top priority at all times”. With around 21,000 employees all over the world, ROHM is a global company listed on the Tokyo stock exchange. Lapis Semiconductor (former OKI Semiconductor), SiCrystal AG, Kionix and AGLED are companies of the ROHM Group.

Products and target markets
ROHM provides a large portfolio of high quality products to help customers achieving their goals in designing and implementing various applications.
The product palette consists of Power Management & Motor Driver ICs, LEDs and LED Driver for Lighting & Automotive, Audio & Video ICs, general purpose ICs, Sensor ICs & optical Sensors, SiC Power devices, MCU, Transistors, Diodes, Resistors, Printheads & CIS as well as special designs. ROHM’s products are deployed in a broad range of target applications such as automotive, industrial, consumer, computer & office equipment, home appliances, white goods, medical as well as communication systems.

Research & development
At ROHM’s R&D technology bases worldwide more than 3,000 engineers are engaged in the development of products and production technologies, such as Next-Generation Semiconductors, Composite Devices, Nano-Bionics, New Material Devices, Display Devices, Photonics, Solid State Lighting, Advanced Compound Semiconductors, and other technologies.

In-house production
The Company runs state-of-the art manufacturing plants in Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and China. To ensure product quality and reliability, the majority of ROHM’s manufacturing equipment for the back-end process is developed in-house and in use globally, enabling the Company to manufacture and supply high-quality products worldwide. For the assembly process, ROHM has enhanced its production system in anticipation of future market growth, enabling the company to respond quickly to growth in demand.

Services
While developing products that improve the efficiency and performance of electronic devices, ROHM offers its customers all options and scopes of a “one-stop-shop” which means that customers are not only able to purchase components but also subsystems and complete solutions.

Customer proximity
To reinforce its technical support and quality assurance systems for customers and enable the Company to respond quickly and precisely to all customer needs, ROHM has established its network of sales, design and quality assurance (QA) centers throughout the world. Since 2008, OKI Semiconductor, now Lapis Semiconductor is part of the ROHM Semiconductor Group. ROHM in Europe serves the EMEA region with approx. 170 people in the headquarters and design center, located in Willich, Germany and sales locations all over Europe. More than 100 distributors in about 30 countries complete ROHM’s customer service network.

Quality Standards
"Quality First" is the foundation of everything that ROHM practices in order to provide high quality products in large volumes to the global market. Quality is no longer limited to the performance of finished products, but includes cost, delivery, service and environment as well. Significant attention is paid to every manufacturing process, from the development of new products and new manufacturing systems to the purchase of raw materials. ROHM believes that quality represents the customer's level of satisfaction in all these areas. ROHM is ISO9001, ISO/TS16949, ISO/IEC17025, ISO13485 and ISO14001 certified.