United Microelectronics Corporation shares rise 1.02% premarket after RIBER receives an order for a research system in Asia.

United Microelectronics Corporation rose 1.02% in premarket trading. The company's stock price increase may be attributed to the recent news that RIBER, a global market leader in molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) equipment for the semiconductor industry, has received an order for a research system in Asia. This order is for a Compact 21 DZ research system from Academia Sinica, Research Center for Critical Issues based in Taiwan, which plans to deploy the new equipment in several research projects focusing on the study of III-V-based structures for quantum photonic applications.