South Korean subsidiary of US semiconductor equipment manufacturer Lam Research has been selected as parent company for the 2026 large and small company safety and health win-win cooperation programme overseen by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, according to DigitalToday.

Lam Research Korea will establish a consortium with five semiconductor equipment service partners to elevate workplace safety standards.

Under the programme structure, government authorities provide technical and financial support when a parent company employing 100 or more workers establishes a consortium with partners and local small and medium-sized firms to execute safety and health improvement initiatives.

Lam Research Korea assembled a consortium with five partners operating at semiconductor manufacturing facilities: U&I Net, Inspro, Aist, GT and B2B Engineering. The collaboration targets systematic activities identifying and preventing hazardous conditions and risk factors emerging during equipment transport, installation and inspection operations.

Lam Research Korea received recognition as a "representative excellent partner" in Samsung Electronics' 2025 win-win cooperation programme, and jointly received a "certificate of selection as an excellent company" from the labor minister in February 2026. The company noted operational expertise developed as a partner underpins its current parent company responsibilities.

Park Jun-hong, head of Lam Research Korea in South Korea, said: "Based on the successful experience we built as a partner company last year, it is very meaningful that this year we will realise the value of win-win cooperation as a parent company."

He stated the company would actively share Lam Research's accumulated safety expertise with domestic partners and, over the long term, build a safety and health cooperation ecosystem boosting overall competitiveness across South Korea's semiconductor equipment service industry.

Lam Research Korea plans to transfer global experience based on its environment, health and safety policy to consortium participants. Participating companies will establish a "large and small company safety and health win-win consultative body" pursuing activities including strengthening risk assessment execution, on-site safety inspections, and identifying plus improving near-miss incidents.

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