1990~
1992
Incorporation of Seoul Semiconductor
1993
Established subsidiary research center of the company
2000
2001
Established Kwangmyeong Semiconductor Co., Ltd. in Tianjin, China
Signed a cooperation agreement with Nitride of Japan
2002
Established Seoul Biosys
Developed Side LED for mobile phones
Sales revenue exceeded 100 billion KRW
Listed of Seoul Semiconductor in stock market
Sales revenue of Seoul Semiconductor exceeded 100 billion KRW, expanded exports
2004
1st in the world to develop LED chip for AC
Mass production of Z-POWER LED
Domestic MS exceeded 70%
Ranked within the top 10 in the global LED ranking
2005
Merger through acquisition with SETi, the world's leading UVC company
1st to develop semiconductor light source for AC power (Acrich)
Developed 0.4mm LED for LCD backlighting
Patent war with the major players in the world
Peaked with more than 30 lawsuits in 5 countries in 2008
2006
Developed the world's longest-lasting 100,000-hour Lamp LED
1st to mass produce semiconductor lighting, Acrich, in the world
Seoul Biosys commenced mass production of DUV LED
Commenced mass production of the world's brightest, most light efficient single-chip 240lm LED
Selected as one of the top 200 mid-sized companies in Asia by Forbes
Selected as one of 100 fastest-growing companies in Asia by Business Week
2007
Launched the world's thinnest patented high luminance chip LED product with thickness of 0.17 mm
2008
Developed and launched the world's brightest 10W-class 900 lumen LED
2009
Mass production of TOP LED for TV
2010
2010
Acrich adopted by the Department of Energy (DOE) of the US government for future housing projects
Developed LED for automobile headlamps
2011
Seoul Semiconductor constructed a new factory in Ansan
2012
No. of domestic and overseas patents exceeded 10,000 and was selected the top patent power company in the global LED components industry by IEEE
Launch of ‘nPola’, an LED that is 10 times brighter than existing LEDs
2013
Achieved sales revenue of 1 trillion KRW
Professor Nakamura Shuji, who served as a technological advisor for Seoul Semiconductor for 10 years received the Nobel Prize in Physics
Launched the brightest (8.8 lm) 0.6 mm-class side-view LED in its class in the world
No. of countries exported to exceeded 60 countries worldwide
Launched Z5M1, the brightest high performance LED in the world
2014
Ranked within the top 5 in the global LED ranking
2015
Mass production of Wicop, a new concept LED that eliminated packaging process and component parts
2017
Completed construction of Seoul Semiconductor VINA in Ha Nam Province, Vietnam
Achieved the highest quarterly sale revenue in the company's history
2020
2020
Ranked within the top 4 in the global LED ranking
2021
Ranked within the top 3 in the global LED ranking
2022
No. of domestic and international patents exceeded 18,000