Front row from left: Dr. Patrick YU, Division Director of ISTI; Mr. James Gwo, Deputy Director; Vice President and General Director Jeff LIN; Senior Vice President Stephen SU; TAIYO YUDEN's Operating Officer and Laboratory Manager of R&D Laboratory Shoichiro HIRAKUNI; General Manager Kenichi SHIMO.
To enhance technological cooperation and talent exchange between Taiwan and Japan, TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. visited Taiwan on August 1, 2024 to sign a Master Collaboration Agreement (MCA) with ITRI. The signing representatives included ITRI's Deputy Director and Director of International Affairs and Science, Mr. Jeff Lin, and TAIYO YUDEN's Operating Officer and Laboratory Manager of Research and Development Laboratory, Mr. Shoichiro Hirakuni. The ceremony was witnessed by ITRI’s Senior Vice President, Mr. Stephen Su.
The primary objective of this agreement is to initiate organizational collaboration between ITRI and TAIYO YUDEN, focusing on interdisciplinary technological cooperation, talent exchange, and the co-creation of open laboratory spaces. Additionally, the event scheduled meetings for technical exchanges in consultant services, 3D packaging, embedded capacitors, and microporous processing, aiming to foster collaboration between TAIYO YUDEN and ITRI's Institutes of International Affairs and Science, Photonics, Machinery, and Material Chemistry.