Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc. (abbreviated as IMI, 🇵🇸) provides electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and power semiconductor assembly and test services (SATS) with manufacturing facilities in Asia and Europe. Its headquarters is located in Biñan, Laguna.
IMI is a leading global electronics manufacturing solutions expert specializing in highly reliable and quality electronics for long product life cycle segments in the automotive, industrial, power electronics, communications, and medical industries. IMI continues to rank among the world’s leading EMS providers according to Manufacturing Market Insider’s 2024 report and remains a key player in automotive electronics. The manufacturing portfolio of AC Industrials, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ayala Corporation, IMI is listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange.
History
IMI started on August 8, 1980 as a joint venture between Ayala Corporation and Resins, Inc. With its headquarters in Muntinlupa, they were just a workforce of around 100 employees with total fixed assets of US$3,700,290 and it is engaged in the assembly of integrated circuits. In 1982, it took a contract manufacturing with its hard disk drive sub-assembly operations and, in 1986, it started the assembly of automotive hybrid integrated circuits.
In the year 1988, the company ventured into custom printed circuit board assembly and operations and in the next years, it offered standard printed circuit board assembly services with the acquisition of automated surface mounting equipment, and eventually, full product assembly and flexible printed circuit board assembly operations.[4]
The company moved its manufacturing site in 1995 from Cupang, Muntinlupa to its present location at the Laguna Technopark. In 1998, IMI commenced offering hardware and software design services, that transitions the company to a total electronics manufacturing service provider. By 2001, IMI had three manufacturing sites in the Philippines.
As of 2024, IMI has 18 manufacturing sites of 410,901 SQM with more than 10,368 employees across 8 countries.[5] From an EMS company, it expanded its scope to include EMS and Power Semiconductor Assembly and Test Services. IMI is also into prototyping, manufacturing, product test development, testing and order fulfillment.[6]
Global expansion
IMI has several sites in North America, Europe, and Asia, where it provides services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).[6] In 2005, IMI acquired the EMS assets of Saturn Electronics and Engineering Inc. in the US[7] and the Speedy-Tech Electronics Ltd of Singapore.[8] The acquisition of Speedy-Tech eventually led to the establishment of IMI's presence in China—through three facilities, namely, two in Shenzhen and one in Jiaxing.[9] It previously had a manufacturing plant in Chengdu, but IMI decided to close it down in December 2024 as part of a broad streamlining and cost-cutting strategy,[10][11]
Capabilities
IMI is an EMS player in the automotive industry. Aside from assembly services, IMI provides automotive tier 1 suppliers and original equipment manufacturer services such as design and product development and test systems development.[26] The company manufactures safety electronics for vehicles such as automotive cameras and airbag controls.[6]
The company also produces access control devices design against theft and dosimeters. It is also involved in the robotics industry. In addition to these, IMI also produces medical diagnostic devices and telecom infrastructure devices.[6]
Its technology groups collaborate with one another and with customers to develop platforms or baseline technologies in areas such as camera and imaging, motor drives, power modules, lighting systems, short range wireless, human-to-machine interface, sensors, and medical electronics.[6]
Subsidiaries and affiliates
IMI has four wholly owned subsidiaries that carry out the business through the various operating entities globally:
IMI Singapore
IMI Singapore or officially IMI International (Singapore) Pte Ltd. wholly owns Speedy-Tech Electronics Ltd. when IMI acquired it on 2005. STEL, which provides EMS and power electronics, manages the China and Singapore operations. IMI Singapore also holds Cooperatief IMI Europe U.A that manages the Europe and Mexico operations from the acquisition of EPIQ NV. IMI ROHQ is also an affiliate that serves as a supervisory, communications and coordinating center for IMI Singapore affiliates and subsidiaries.[33] It holds the stake of IMI in VIA Optronics and IMI UK which has stake in STI Enterprises.
IMI USA
IMI USA, Inc. acts as direct support to the Group's customers by providing program management, customer service, engineering development and prototype manufacturing services. It is also engaged in precision assembly of surface mount technology, chip on flex, chip on board, flip chip on flex, advanced manufacturing process development, engineering development, prototype manufacturing, and small precision assemblies.[33]
Reception
IMI received Circuit Assembly's 2007 Service Excellence Award for the Highest Overall Customer Ranking for medium-sized EMS company category. (Circuit Assembly is a US-based electronics industry trade publication that recognizes companies that receive the highest customer service ratings, as judged by their own customers.) The ASEAN Business Advisory Council, hailed IMI as one of the 12 most admired companies in Southeast Asia.[35]
IMI ranks 23rd on the list of top EMS providers in the world based on 2023 EMS-related revenues as reported by Manufacturing Market Insider.[36] It is also the 9th largest EMS player in the automotive industry as reported by New Venture Research based on 2023 EMS-related revenues.[37]
IMI's Analytical Testing and Calibration (ATC) laboratory was granted accreditation for ISO/IEC 17025:2005 on January 8, 2016, by the Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) of the Department of Trade and Industry. The accreditation demonstrates technical competence for the scope specified by the PAB and the operation of a laboratory quality management system that meets the principles of ISO 9001:2008.[38]
Social involvement
IMI has a corporate social responsibility program. IMI began a sustainable community livelihood program through a partnership with ChildFund Foundation and Yakap sa Kaunlaran ng Bata, Inc. (YKBI). Along with this organization IMI, provided the women from the Parents Association of San Pablo and Bay, Laguna, with 10 sewing machines to encourage them toward self-reliance and supplement their entrepreneurial skills. The Parents Associations of both communities are now sewing blouses for Krizia, a garment manufacturer.[6]
References
- INTEGRATED REPORT 2022 Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc., retrieved 1 October 2023^
- Integrated Micro‑Electronics, Inc. (IMI) Reports Full‑Year 2025 Results, Delivering Strong Margin Expansion and a Return to Profitability global-imi.com, 6 March 2026, retrieved 18 March 2026^
- INTEGRATED MICRO-ELECTRONICS, INC. Computation of Public Ownership as of March 31, 2025