Denka Co. Ltd. (TYO:4061) could be said to have a favorable hand given how economic trends are aligning with the company’s areas of business. CEO and President Manabu Yamamoto recently...
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Interview: Renesas CEO Bunsei Kure Talks Upswing in Battle With Overseas Competitors
Renesas Electronics Corp. (TYO:6723) is pulling no punches in its battle with the overseas competition. Amid favorable market conditions for the company to establish its superiority, company CEO and president...
JNC Filter Plans to Launch New Filter for Semiconductor and LiB Production
JNC Filter Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of JNC Corp., is looking to target the semiconductor industry with its development of a new liquid filter. The product is able to remove...
Business in High-Purity Silicon for Semiconductors Keeps Booming
High-purity silicon for use in semiconductors is a thriving business. Demand for the material is rising across the board, from advanced semiconductors to IoT devices and advanced automotive electronics. This...
Toray Raises RFID Tag Potential with Printable CNTs
Toray Industries Inc. (TYO:3402) has achieved the highest electron mobility in the world for a printable semiconductor by combining semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with the company’s own semiconducting polymers....
Silicon Wafer Shipments up for Fourth Straight Year, Setting New Record
Business is thriving in the industry for silicon wafers, which are a core component in semiconductors. SEMI, a U.S.-based industry group for the semiconductor supply chain, announced on Feb. 7...
Japanese Manufacturers Keep Benefiting from Lively Semiconductor Materials Business
Semiconductor materials are a healthy business to be in. To illustrate the sector’s energy, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) are investing trillions of yen...
Kanto Chemical Looks to Become Taiwan’s Largest Supplier of Electronics Industry Chemicals
Kanto Chemical Co. Inc. is getting ready to make enhancements to one of its Taiwanese production bases for electronics industry chemical products. With the boom being witnessed in the local...
Chemical Industry Leader Outlooks for 2018 – Part 4: Semiconductors
The Chemical Daily recently had the opportunity to hear from chemical company executives regarding their outlooks for 2018. Continuing on from discussions on the global economy, petrochemicals, and electric vehicles,...
Sumitomo Chemical Set to Boost Photoresist Production
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005) plans to increase its production of photoresist, a light-sensitive resin used in semiconductor production, at its Osaka Works plant within fiscal 2017. The company will...
Mitsubishi Electric to Enter New Markets, Sees Opportunities in India
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (TYO:6503) will accelerate its efforts to develop businesses in new areas for the company, such as electric vehicles (EVs) and power semiconductor technologies for renewable energy. As...
Showa Denko Develops Heat-Resistant Aluminum Compound for Power Semiconductor Substrates
Showa Denko KK (TYO:4004) has developed a heat-resistant aluminum compound to be used in substrate material for power semiconductors. Compared to conventional aluminum materials, the product is 40 percent more...
Showa Denko’s Morikawa Discusses Company’s Future
Showa Denko KK (TYO:4004), also known as SDK, posted an operating income of 19.7 billion yen ($175 million) for the first quarter of calendar 2017. This marks a seven-fold increase...
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical to Build New US Plants, Double Ultrapure Hydrogen Peroxide Output
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc. (TYO:4182) announced on July 13 that it will establish two new U.S. plants for the production of ultrapure hydrogen peroxide, a chemical used for cleaning...
In Good Shape: Japanese Semiconductor Packaging Makers Ride Strong Market Demand
The major suppliers of semiconductor packaging materials are anticipating strong sales again this year. Demand for these materials is growing, as the semiconductor market is expanding with the Internet of...
JSR Targets Increased Earnings in Three Growth Fields With New Business Plan
JSR Corp. (TYO:4185) has launched its new medium-term business plan JSR20i9, which covers the three-year period through fiscal 2019. The plan sets goals of achieving net sales of 460 billion...
Kurabo Industries Promotes Heat-Resistant Polyester Film as New Core Product
Kurabo Industries Ltd. (TYO:3106) will soon begin a full-scale rollout of a heat-resistant biaxially stretched film made from special polyester. The film is less prone to shrink when exposed to...
Prospect of Toshiba Memory Going Overseas Sends Japanese Chemical Industry Into Stir
Shock waves have been sent throughout the Japanese chemical industry with the heightened likelihood of a foreign acquisition of Toshiba Corp.’s (TYO:6502) semiconductor memory arm, Toshiba Memory Corp. Toshiba is...
HighChem Launches New Service for Business Transfers Between Japan and China
HighChem Co. Ltd. is establishing a new business model to help Japanese and Chinese businesses work together. When Japanese companies transfer technology or projects to Chinese enterprises, the transfer of...
Tokyo Tech Develops World’s Hardest Man-Made Transparent Ceramic
At the Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Institute of Innovative Research, a team spearheaded by Associate Professor Norimasa Nishiyama and Director Fumihiro Wakai from the Laboratory for Materials and Structures has...
