Draft:Universal Scientific Industrial

USI, Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., is an electronic design and manufacturing company established in 1976 in Nantou, Taiwan. It ranked 12th in the global electronic manufacturing services industry in 2023. Together with its subsidiary companies, Asteelflash and Hirschmann Car Communication, USI operates across four continents—Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa—through 30 production and service locations.

Services
USI specializes in providing a diversified range of electronic products and services under the D(MS)² acronym. This stands for:


 * Design
 * Manufacturing
 * Miniaturization
 * Industrial software and hardware Solutions
 * Material procurement, logistics, and maintenance Services

USI caters to various sectors in the global market, including wireless communications, cloud computing and storage, consumer electronics, industrial, medical, and automotive electronics.

History
Founded in 1976 in Nantou, Taiwan, USI initially entered the market with thick-film microelectronics technology in automotive electronic modules and controller fields, mainly producing automotive voltage regulators and resistors. In 1999, the company became one of the members of ASE Holdings.

In the last few decades, USI expanded its production facilities on six continents (Mexico, Scotland, Japan, China, and the United States). During this period, USI's manufacturing sphere was further extended to Point-of-Sale (POS) systems, video products, servers, and hand-held devices.

In 2012, USI was listed on the A-share main board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The company purchased a Polish subsidiary from Chung Hong Electronics in 2018 and set up a plant in Poland. In the end of 2020, the company acquired Asteelflash, the second-largest EMS company in Europe, and in the same year, USI decided to invest in a new plant in Haiphong, Vietnam.

In 2022, USI has exceeded USD 10 billion. In October 2023, the company completed the acquisition of Hirschmann Car Electronics, which is TE Connectivity's automotive wireless business, gradually realizing the business layout from modules to system solutions in the field of automotive electronics.

So far, USI has 30 service and production sites worldwide. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Poland plant expansion will be held in June 2023, and the plant is expected to start mass production in the first quarter of 2024

Key Products and Solutions
As a global provider of Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS), Joint Design Manufacturing (JDM), and Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) services, by providing brand customers with value-added design, manufacturing and related services, USI participates more in developing industry-wide application solutions and overall services. USI mainly focuses on five major areas: wireless communications, cloud and storage, industrial and medical, consumer electronics and automotive electronics:

Social and Environmental Responsibility
With a long-term commitment to social participation, USI has anchored sustainable and community development as its primary focus and has promoted various social activities through Investing in education, Conserving the Environment, and Promoting Culture and Arts.

Investing in education
USI has sponsored several educational rural revitalization programs, such as the Rural Digital Education Program and Hope for Pearls Project to help children in impoverished regions obtain resources for quality education and narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, helping students with excellent grades but cannot afford tuition to actualize their dream of finishing high school.

Conserving the Environment
USI has collaborated with Shanghai Roots and Shoots's "Million Tree Project" since 2013, which aims to combat desertification, protect ecosystems, and promote the restoration of local biodiversity by planting over 160,000 trees, conserving water and capturing CO2. In addition, "The USI Employee Forest" is an awareness-raising campaign initiated by USI since 2016, which organizes donated employees to plant trees. Participation in planting trees enables employees to understand the significant impact of climate change on the earth's ecosystems.

Promoting Culture & Arts
Cultivating the next generation in arts, culture, and sports to realize the potential of students in various fields is part of USI ESG principles. For example, Sponsored Cloud Gate Dance Theatre Annual Tour, Ming Hua Yuan Theatre Performance, Youth Go Competitions as well as the establishment of the "USI Formosa Team". Through sponsoring the "Twin Cities Cup" professional tournament, USI maintains the interaction, exchange, and growth among potential teens.

Global Reach
The global supply network of USI spans 4 continents, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa, which has 30 well-placed service centers around the globe.