APEX Semiconductors (USA) Co. Ltd., located in Sanford, NC, near the Research Triangle Park in Raleigh. The APEX Semiconductors USA R&D Team was started in 2001 as the R&D team of Static Control Components (SCC). The R&D Team’s first-to-market, quality products were the foundation that made SCC the leader in the chip aftermarket industry. While we were a part of the SCC R&D Team, we were granted many patents and awards for our innovative and industry-leading achievements by the imaging industry. When Ninestar acquired SCC in 2015, it created a multi-national R&D group of industry leaders. This also created a new dynamic that allowed around the clock engineering work and investigations. The joint R&D teams have been recognized by the company’s leaders for their close collaboration and successful project completions. After a corporate reorganization in 2020, SCC’s R&D Department is now APEX Semiconductors (USA) Co. Ltd., which is the US group in this multi-national R&D group, consisting of Apex Microelectronics and Geehy Semiconductors, and its main business is the continued research and development of microcontroller unit (MCU), System-on-chip (SoC) and printer aftermarket chips.