Acter Group Co., Ltd. (will be abbreviated “Acter” in the after, stock code: 5536) was invited to attend the annual institutional investor conference held by IBF Securities Co., Ltd. Acter is the domestic supply leader of cleanrooms engineering, electromechanical engineering, high-tech manufacturing process equipment and water, gas, chemical supply system. Acter besides be the important cooperate partner of TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) in semiconductor industry, Acter’s service scope also includes the mainstream industries ; such as optoelectronic, green energy , biotechnology, etc. Mr. Liang’s (Chairman of the Board-Acter) opinion about TSMC’s surrounding supplier expansions should have low chance to slow down in short term; and China’s 14th five-years plan makes an all-out effort to develop the third generation semiconductor and brings enormous factory expansion business opportunities. According to the estimation from ISTI (Industry, Science and Technology International Strategy Center) ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institution), the output value of global chemical compound of semiconductore in 2020 would above USD 100 billion, occupy around 18.6% of semiconductor output value, and the output value would grow to USD 178 billion in 2025. In China, SMIC (Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation), Innoscience (Innoscience Technology Co., Ltd.), WillSemi (Will Semiconductor Co., Ltd.), Maxscend (Maxscend Microelectronics Company Ltd.), Tankeblue (Tankeblue Semiconductor Co., Ltd.), Synlight (Synlight Crystal Co., Ltd.), Global Power (Global Power Technology Co., Ltd.), Sanan (Sanan Optoelectronics Co.,Ltd. ) are proceeding expansions which express the China Enterprises have high expectation to the development of third generation semiconductor. Acter have acquired twoprojects of third generation semiconductor shows Acter’s industrial competitive power in China and future’s benefit would be great.

Acter is optimistic about the post-epidemic pushed the new wave of factory expansions and multiple industrial supply chain restructuring toward Taiwan and Southeast area. Base on Acter’s years operation core value of multi-industry, multi-regional and multi-type of engineering work, Acter shows the group’s vertical and horizontal resource integration, increases the market competitiveness, and expands the take order capacity. On a consolidated basis, revenue for the first three quarters of 2021 is NTD 14.051 billion, profit after tax attributable to parent company reached NTD 837 million, Earnings per share (EPS) is NTD 14.66. On a consolidated basis, revenue for the first eleven months of 2021 is NTD 18 billion which reached the history high and achieved the EPS profit leader of cleanrooms and electromechanical engineering industry. The uncompleted project amounts have a growth compare to the same period of last year and reached the history high. As the projects proceed and gradually recognize the revenue would have great a help for Acter’s future growth.

Acter has accumulated 42 years’ experience in cleanrooms and electromechanical engineering industry, effectively integrate cleanrooms, pure and waste water, firefighting, electromechanical engineering, civil engineering, engineering management and Acter’s subsidiary Novetech (Nova Technology Corp.) to be good at water, gas and chemical equipment supply in the high tech field. Acter provides EPCM (engineering procurement construction management) service, optimizes the factory and intelligence management to complete in one step for construction quality, construction risk, project management, etc. It’s helpful to control project period, optimize cost and expense benefit and Acter’s service scope includes technology, consumer, green energy, and biomedical industries. The industrial revenue proportions of semiconductor, electronic assembly, green energy optoelectronic, and other industry for the first three quarters of 2021 are 52%, 18%, 14% and 16%. More than this Acter has abundant aboard project performance, project teams located in China, Taiwan, and Southeast areas and committed to create differentiation in dimensions of industry, technique, region, and management which all help to establish group’s competitive advantage.

According to the S&P Global Ratings’ estimation, the multiple industries enlarged expansion plans to fulfill the market demand gap in the post-epidemic era which included semiconductor, high tech electronics, traditional industries, etc. In the condition of multiple industries enlarged expansion plans, global capital expenditure was estimated to have 13% yearly growth and have the chance to reach the history high. Acter is optimistic about the trend of the large scale industrial expansion investments such as semiconductor, assembly, advanced plant, biomedical, and cloud data center. It increases the business opportunity of large professional turnkey projects. The turnkey project suppliers which have better ability of construction flexibility, construction quality, accurately construction period, and have certain scale of aboard project performance would occupy higher competitive advantage in the business opportunity of global industrial expansion.

In the other hand, Acter continues deepen the engineer cultivation and talent reservation plan, enhances multiple fields of technique level and construction ability integration, to increase the integration ability and high construction quality reliability of large scale turnkey projects. Acter’s employees reached 1,584 for 3rd Q of 2021 and the employees’ average age is 35 years old. The regional employee proportions of Taiwan, China and Southeast Asia for 3rd Q of 2021 are 47%, 42%, and 11%. The group continues puts effort into expand human resource, enlarges the take order capacity, and pushes the group keeps a bright growth momentum.

Looking forward to future’s operation, Acter puts all effort to keep a steady growth, deepens the multi-industries, multi-regions, and multi-type of engineering work strategies, optimizes group’s vertical and horizontal resource integration, proceeds Acter’s china subsidiary (Acter Technology Integration Group Co., Ltd.) IPO (Initial Public Offerings) plan in China, accelerates China and international business, absorbs local professional talents, increases market reputation and company competitive power. Besides that, dealing with the global climate change and challenge of industrial transformation, and pay attention to the issues of global ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) and carbon neutrality, Acter as a driver of green engineering, continues develop all kinds of green technique, provides best environmental protection and energy saving service plan, uses professional technique help client reach carbon neutrality and sustainable environment, and furthermore arranges the group plans to master the new business opportunity and helps future to take one step further.

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ACTER GROUP CORPORATION LIMITED  Assistant Vice President  Miss Tsao  (04)2261-5288  ir@acter.com.tw