WPG Holdings is a distributor (agency/distribution) of semi-conductor components and parts, but not involved in the manufacturing and sales of end products. However, as a part of the Green Value Chain, in response to Clean tech’s growth demand and operating revenue from related applications, WPG Holdings collaborates the business partners in the upstream and downstream sectors of the supply chain to focus on the R&D, expenditure and promotion of Clean tech’s applications.

Meanwhile, it establishes the WPGDADATONG solution technology sharing platform, seeks the platform information transparency, strives for users’ participation in and use of clean technology solutions, creates business opportunities for each other and expands corporate profits.

WPG Holdings upholds the spirit of serving industry partners and strives to become an intermediary promoter for connecting link between the preceding and the following for the Cleantech and collaborate with partners in the industry to maintain its leading position, and plans and promotes the following three strategic directions.

Promoter of WPGDADATONG Platform Cleantech Application Solutions

WPG Holdings has invested in talent for Cleantech-related applications. It has hired a total of 130 development engineers (RD & FAE). In terms of investment in hardware facilities, it builds a total of 10 electric and electronics laboratories occupying an area of 100 pings, including new energy high-voltage laboratories, environmental simulation laboratories, EMI Chamber, radio isolation laboratories and network communication laboratories, etc. In terms of investment in the WPGDADATONG website, 5 workers are trained to optimize the front-office and back-office interfaces. They can display, expose and share the same in order to link the offline needs and quickly access the Cleantech application solutions, so as to effectively reduce the additional carbon footprint arising from the physical connection.

WPG Holdings developed and also updated a total of 137 Cleantech-related solutions, covering the development of new energy, battery manufacturing or distribution, automated technology manufacturing or distribution, smart measurement device manufacturing or distribution, traditional pollution control development and distribution, and improved technology and system development or distribution, i.e. 67% of the 209 solutions available in 2023.

Among the 137 solutions, the development of energy conversion and LED lighting market has become the mainstream, and the products were mature, and customers were concentrated. Although the Company’s solutions continue to be implemented, and the lighting components cover LED driver IC, LED module, LED chip, Photo LED, and Lighting sensor, the number of customers did not increase but even decrease. As a result, the sales of WPG Holdings’ LED spare parts reduced by 30% from 2022, about 1.38% of the total operating revenue.

The energy conversion/energy storage market is larger and more mature relatively. In 2023, WPG Holdings’ energy conversion and energy storage components included the IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) (IGBT), power supply management, solar chips, and Type III semiconductors. The sales amount was equivalent to that in 2022, about 2.15% of the total operating revenue.

Provide Systematic Solutions

WPG Holdings continues to collaborate with suppliers like Intel (Intel IoT Aggregator Program) to focus on the development of energy-saving and carbon-reducing technologies and low-carbon applications. With approximately 90 partners involved, the initiative offers 25 smart energy-saving solutions across eight categories in the Internet of Things (IoT), including smart healthcare, intelligent transportation and oil/natural gas energy systems, smart cities, smart retail, smart manufacturing, AIoT, and edge computing. By integrating resources from manufacturers and customers, this collaboration aims to enhance the implementation and accelerate the deployment of clean technologies.

• Continued Promotion of Electric Vehicle Solutions

• Combining External Technology

WPG Holdings also invested NT$75 million in an external company, AutoSys (TW) Co., Ltd., to promote the development of electric vehicle products. Two major results were achieved in 2023:

1. Contribute to the ecosystem of the EV industry at the subsystem level

AutoSys (TW) Co., Ltd. focuses on the L1/L2 self-driving concept and uses the i.MX8 QM Plus, MTK2712 and SP6700 single chip distributed by WPG Holdings to complete the ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) to help drivers achieve safe driving and assistance system for automatic driving. The ADAS, by detecting the environment through sensing elements, transmits the information to MCU microcontroller for analysis, and execute the acceleration, braking, steering and other actions to facilitate the application of AVM 360-degree panoramic driving assistance system, DMS Driving Monitoring System, LDWS Lane Departure Warning System, BSD Blind Spot Detection System, FCWS Forward Collision Warning System, etc. The system has started mass production since January 2023. Until the end of June, 1,168 kits have been shipped. The end users included the famous local car maker, Luxgen URX.

2.Focus on exerting the competitive strengths and create value for partners through collaboration

iMX8 QM Plus platform integrating AVM+ADAS+DMS all-in-one solutions was demonstrated in Computex Taipei May. 2023 together with NXP Semiconductors N.V. -Advanced Vehicle System. In 2H of 2023, the development of i.MX93 and i.MX95 single-chip products was continued. Meanwhile, WPH Holdings supported the hardware, and the Advanced Vehicle System was responsible for the software algorithm. NXP Taiwan has included the advanced vehicle system as an NXP partner program. On July 31, 2023, the name list of partners was created on the NXP official website, and the registration was completed online:

Proactively Implement the Solutions Using Key Components of Electric Vehicles Made by the Original Manufacturers

In 2023, WPG Holdings has developed 52 electric vehicle application solutions, accounting for 25% of the total solutions. Among the other things, there were a total of 25 solutions, the most, for the car body electronics including sensing components, such as lidar, millimeter-wave radar, ultra-sonic radar and photography lens, etc., followed by SiC and GaN high-efficiency automotive power supply technology based on Type 3 semiconductor, and development of battery management system, fast vehicle charger, motor power system and charging piles, etc., for a total of 16 solutions. The other 11 solutions cover vehicle body safety, in-vehicle central control and cabin communications. The sales value of the green spare parts for said solutions grew by 8% from the same period of 2022, accounting for approximately 0.5% of the total operating revenue.

Cleantech Development Results

Cleantech-related solutions cover the applications under 9 major categories. Among the other things, WPG Holdings developed and also updated a total of 137 Cleantech-related solutions, covering the development of new energy, battery manufacturing or distribution, automated technology manufacturing or distribution, smart measurement device manufacturing or distribution,traditional pollution control development and distribution, and improved technology and system development or distribution, under 7 categories, i.e. 67% of the 209 solutions available in 2023, with the operating revenue growing by 40% from the same period of 2022. Among them, green components accounted for 4.02% of the total turnover of WPG Holdings, including 1.38% from LED lighting, 2.15% from energy conversion, and 0.5% from electric vehicle applications.

WPG Holdings looks ahead to the future development of clean technology, continuing to delve into and expand the field of clean technology. The company also aims to differentiate revenue or growth rate proportions based on application areas (such as automotive) or product categories (such as power and lighting), using revenue growth rates within a three-year timeframe as the target direction. This strategy is in response to global climate change and trends in energy scarcity. Cleantech goal: Set the operating revenue growth rate within 3 years, subject to the application field or product category.

The clean technology-related solutions cover the following application categories, including:

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