The South Korean government is ready to support localization of core semiconductor manufacturing equipment which has been solely relied on imports , the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said December 7 . The government will aid small and medium companies to manufacture the equipment while urging the nation ’ s leading semiconductor makers -- Samsung Electronics and Hynix -- to purchase the equipment made by domestic firms . The project is part of the ministry ’ s projects developing technologies to commercialize semiconductor equipment where 58 . 5 billion won ( 36 billion won by the government , 22 . 5 billion won from the private sector ) will be injected over the course of three years from December 2009 to November 2012 . The project ’ s aims set by the ministry are to lay a connection between an investment plan and an appliance development of companies with demand , and to promote localization of core semiconductor chip manufacturing appliances through liaising joint technology research and purchase confirmation between small and medium companies and large conglomerates . Eugene Technology , DMS and K . C . Tech will deliver appliances to both Samsung Electronics and Hynix , while SNU Precision and Kookjie Electric Korea will be suppliers of Samsung and APTC . And Jusung Engineering will have a deal with Hynix . Not legally binding purchase confirmation is enforced only when manufactured appliance satisfies required performances and conditions . [ Ye - sol Yi / edited by Jae - yoon Jung ] [ ⓒ Maeil Business Newspaper & mk . co . kr , All rights reserved ]