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2023
- December
- Won a contract to relocate and install CSOT display equipment
- July
- Launched new safety product businesses, including automatic fire extinguishing systems for small spaces
- February
- Relocated to the Jichuk office
2022
- December
- Completed the Jichuk office building in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do
- January
- Entered the automated logistics business (Kumho Tire Vietnam)
2021
- September
- Liquidated Inde (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd.
- June
- Entered the cosmetics automated inspection equipment business (LG Household & Health Care partner)
Developed production-ready 8.6G ICP dry etchers and supplied them to Greater China (HKC)
2020
- December
- Obtained a patent for a 10.5G inductively coupled plasma processing system
Completed development of production-ready 10.5G ICP dry etchers - September
- Received S-grade certification for work innovation from the Korea Labor and Employment Service
- August
- Won the full order for 8.6G large-area dry etchers (HKC Changsha)
- June
- Established INVENIA (Shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd.
2019
- November
- Won an order for 10.5G large-area dry etchers (CSOT)
- October
- Completed the merger by absorption of subsidiary INVENIA V Co., Ltd.
- September
- Won the full order for 8.6G large-area dry etchers (HKC Mianyang)
Awarded a government project to localize 10.5G ICP dry etchers (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy) - July
- Certified to ISO 9001:2015 for quality management systems
- March
- Appointed Dongbeum Koo as CEO
2018
- December
- Largest shareholders changed from Cha-Joon Koo to Dongbeum Koo and Dong-jin Koo
- April
- Established the Paju factory (INVENIA Q)
- March
- Appointed Ho-young Jung as CEO
2017
- December
- Received the USD 100 Million Export Tower Award on the 54th Trade Day (Korea International Trade Association)
- November
- Received the Grand Prize at the 2017 Gyeonggi Work-Life Balance Excellence Competition
- October
- Certified as an outstanding company for employee invention compensation (Korean Intellectual Property Office)
2016
- December
- Selected as an outstanding workplace innovation company in 2016 (Ministry of Employment and Labor)
- October
- Received the Bronze Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit on the 7th Display Day (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
- March
- Won Korea's first order for 10.5G large-area dry etchers (BOE)
- February
- Expanded the overseas market for dry etchers (HKC)
Changed the company name from LIG INVENIA Co., Ltd. to INVENIA Co., Ltd.
2015
- December
- Completed the merger by absorption of subsidiary ADP System Co., Ltd.
- March
- Appointed Dong-chan Shin as CEO
Changed the company name from LIG ADP Co., Ltd. to LIG INVENIA Co., Ltd.
2014
- December
- Received the USD 70 Million Export Tower Award on the 51st Trade Day (Korea International Trade Association)
- July
- Certified as an innovative SME (INNO-BIZ) by the Small and Medium Business Administration
- February
- Established a Chinese subsidiary, ADP (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.
- January
- Commercialized flexible OLED in-line encapsulation equipment for smartwatches
2013
- December
- Expanded the dry etcher customer base in Greater China (CSOT)
- July
- Obtained a patent for a substrate bonding system
- May
- Largest shareholder changed from Bon-yeop Koo to Cha-Joon Koo
Won the world's first order for LG Display 8G WOLED panel manufacturing equipment
2012
- November
- Obtained a patent for a panel bonding system for touch panels and display panels
- January
- Established subsidiary ADP System Co., Ltd.
2011
- December
- Received the USD 30 Million Export Tower Award on the 48th Trade Day (Korea International Trade Association)
Dry etcher selected as a next-generation World-Class Product (Ministry of Knowledge Economy) - November
- Commercialized medium-size direct bonder in-line vacuum bonding equipment for tablets
2010
- July
- Expanded the office building
- March
- Changed the company name from ADP Engineering Co., Ltd. to LIG ADP Co., Ltd.
- February
- Entered the overseas dry etcher market (BOE)
- January
- Entered the overseas dry etcher market (AUO)
2009
- May
- Received the Iron Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit on the 44th Invention Day
- April
- Joined the LIG Group
2008
- October
- Acquired a printer business and began development (industrial inkjet UV printing)
- September
- Developed 8G dry etchers and supplied them to a Korean customer (LGD)
- June
- Signed a technology licensing agreement with LG Electronics' Production Engineering Research Institute
- May
- Received the Prime Minister's Award on the 43rd Invention Day
2007
- July
- Selected for a government project on templates for molten solder bump manufacturing
- March
- Received a commendation as an exemplary taxpayer (National Tax Service)
- February
- Obtained a patent for flat-panel display manufacturing equipment
2006
- December
- Obtained a patent for a plasma processing system
- November
- Obtained a patent for flat-panel display manufacturing equipment
- May
- Selected as a KDB Global Star (Korea Development Bank)
- February
- Recognized as a parts and materials specialist (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy)
Obtained a patent for a plasma shielding system
2005
- December
- Obtained a patent for a transfer chamber in flat-panel display manufacturing equipment with substrate positioning means
- October
- Obtained a patent for a vacuum processing system with an external pin support
- June
- Completed the office building and consolidated business sites
- March
- Renewed venture business designation (new technology development company)
- February
- Listed on the KOSDAQ market
2004
- November
- Passed the preliminary review for KOSDAQ registration
- September
- Dry etcher selected for a parts and materials localization project (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy)
Selected as a recipient of the Supplier Investment Fund (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy) - July
- Selected as a participating organization in nanodevices and materials at the National Nanotechnology Integration Center (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy)
- June
- Selected as an INNO-BIZ company
- April
- Won an order for TFT AOI pattern inspection equipment from BOE OT in China
2003
- December
- Certified to ISO 9001:2000
- November
- Won an order for 6G equipment from a Korean panel manufacturer
- July
- Selected as a superior technology company by the Korea Technology Credit Guarantee Fund
- March
- Renewed venture business designation (new technology development company)
2002
- November
- Designated as a company eligible for alternative military service (professional research personnel)
- October
- Supplied Korea's first 5G dry etcher to a Korean panel manufacturer
- March
- Signed a technology transfer agreement with a Japanese vacuum bonding equipment manufacturer
2001
- July
- Signed a development and sales agreement for 5G dry etchers with a panel manufacturer
Established an in-house technology research institute - March
- Designated as a venture business
- January
- Incorporated the company