Tokyo Electron Receives Renewal of DX-certified Business Operator Status from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Tokyo Electron (TEL; Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Toshiki Kawai) has applied for and received renewal of its status as a DX-certified Business Operator from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry under the Ministry’s Digital Transformation (DX) Certification Program.^*1

TEL’s DX initiative has entered a new phase where all employees are committed to transforming their work through DX. This important initiative will empower all employees to leverage digital technologies and become more data-driven in their work to sustainably enhance our corporate value.

Following an announcement of a DX vision to accelerate the company-wide pursuit of DX in 2021, TEL has launched and completed hundreds of development projects at Group companies, and a new Business Innovation DX initiative has been introduced. In addition to ongoing programs in materials informatics (MI), process informatics (PI), production technology innovation, and knowledge management, there is a need to create new high-value-added DX solutions that make full use of AI and advanced digital technologies. A prime example is digital twin^*2technology, which enables accurate forecasting and the search for optimal conditions. The use of these digital solutions in product development is gaining momentum, improving system designs and process recipes while aiding decision making.

Sadao Sasaki, Senior Executive Vice President, Representative Director, and Corporate Officer at TEL who is the project leader of the Business Innovation & DX Promotion Project commented as follows:

“We are very honored by the renewal of our DX-certified Business Operator status as it recognizes our ongoing DX promotion initiative. One of the reasons we are pursuing this initiative is the continued growth of our market. With massively compute-intensive applications such as AI, autonomous driving, and virtual reality serving as technology drivers, the semiconductor market is expected to be nearly $1 trillion by around 2030. In this environment, TEL must pursue business innovation through DX to continue to grow with the industry.”

“Advances in semiconductors have rapidly accelerated the progress of digital technologies, making it imperative for companies to master new applications and respond flexibly and quickly to changes. Throughout our 63-year history, TEL has accumulated a vast amount of technological information, and our installed base of equipment is growing by 4,000 to 6,000 units per year,^*3 each generating extensive real-time data. Leveraging all this information is critical to creating value that will lead to greater semiconductor innovation. We plan to integrate the control of various information and implement data-driven corporate management, thereby increasing our profits and maintaining a healthy work-life balance to sustainably increase our corporate value,” Sasaki added.

Please stay tuned for our accelerated DX business innovation initiatives.

The DX Certification Program:
The DX Certification Program is a national initiative to certify companies that are ready to digitally transform their business (i.e., DX-ready) in line with the guidelines established by the government.

Digital twin:
A technology that uses a combination of applications to create a virtual representation of a physical object or system.

As of the end of March 2025