|  | SEH, 
                the largest manufacturer and the global market leader in the supply 
                of semiconductor grade silicon wafers to leading IC devices makers, 
                has to constantly develop and improve the characterization capabilities 
                on our product to meet the stringent quality and technology demands 
                by our customers.
 The Material Characterization group is entrusted with the mission 
                to continuously develop and improve our characterization capabilities 
                in order to understand the properties and behavior of the silicon 
                material so that we can produce a higher quality product at a 
                competitive cost to meet the internal and external customer's 
                satisfaction.
 
 Our mission is to provide characterization service and support 
                with high reliability and on time using the most sophisticated 
                instrument available in our company. In addition we also provide 
                consultancy service and support in solving problems related to 
                our product quality and customer's characterization needs. And 
                we aim to be the leaders in innovation to ensure total customer 
                satisfaction.
 
 To achieve the stated mission we have a team of dedicated engineers, 
                technicians and operators working as a team and equipped with 
                the leading edge semiconductor characterization tools and instruments 
                in carrying out our mission.
 
 The characterization support and services provided by the MCD 
                are as follows:
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