Mitsui Chemicals to Double Taiwan Output of Chipmaking Material
(Nikkei Asia) Mitsui Chemicals will spend nearly $91.5 million to ramp up production in Taiwan of a special tape used in semiconductor manufacturing as demand grows from the spread of smartphones and the Internet of Things.
Mitsui Chemicals will update its factory in the city of Kaohsiung to bring new equipment online in 2023. Annual capacity there for the tape, used on silicon wafers to protect against damage or contamination during the back-grinding process, will double to 7.6 million sq. meters.
Mitsui Chemicals also makes the tape in the Japanese city of Nagoya and says it is the world s top producer, commanding a roughly 40% share of the global market.
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