Hitachi Chemicals to Spend 2 Billion Yen to Build Semiconductor Grinding Fluid Plant in Taiwan

Hitachi Chemical issued a press release on the 20th, announcing that in order to cope with the increased demand for semiconductors in Taiwan and other Asian markets, coupled with considerations based on decentralized risks, the company will invest approximately 2 billion yen in the construction of semiconductors in Tainan, Taiwan. Process for Chemical Mechanical Slurry (CMP Slurry) Plant. Hitachi Chemicals stated that it will establish a manufacturing/sales subsidiary “Taiwan Hitachi Chemical Materials Co., Ltd.” in Tainan City in the first half of 2012 and begin construction of a new plant, which is expected to be launched in April 2013. Production.

Hitachi Chemicals said that the company currently uses CMP Slurry, a shallow trench isolation (STI) manufactured by the Yamazaki Corporation in Japan, and has the highest market share in the world. After the above-mentioned Taiwan plant was completed in volume and production, Hitachi Chemicals Co., Ltd. The phase-to-stage expansion of STI with CMP Slurry production capacity aims to increase its production capacity by 50% compared with the current year for 2015.