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FPD/PCB NEWS～December 10
 

Ushio launches atmospheric pressure plasma irradiation unit, one of the smallest unit sizes in the industry


Ushio announced to launch "Lamina 5," an atmospheric pressure plasma irradiation unit, which achieves dramatic reduction in unit size by adopting a unique electrode structure.

Lamina 5 with an irradiation width of 550mm is now added to the existing Lamina 3A (irradiation width of 300mm) as part of the Lamina series, making it possible to handle large substrates such as the SEMI standard 510 × 515mm.

FPD/PCB NEWS～December 5
 

Fujifilm to Enhance its Production Capacity of CMP Slurries at the Kumamoto Site

FUJIFILM announced to enhance its production capacity of CMP slurries, advanced semiconductor materials, at its production site located in Kikuyo Town, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. This expansion aims to support the increasing demand for semiconductor materials in Asia, particularly due to the surge in AI semiconductor requirements. The new facilities are scheduled to start operation in January 2025.

Fujifilm Electronic Materials, the core company that leads Fujifilm's semiconductor materials business, is investing approximately 2 billion yen to enhance the production facilities for CMP slurries, including those for copper wiring, at Kumamoto site. This equipment investment will expand the CMP slurry production capacity at the Kumamoto site by approximately 30%.

FPD/PCB NEWS～Nobember 28
 

UBE Decides to Increase Production Capacity of High-purity Nitric Acid for Semiconductor

UBE Corporation announced to increase production capacity of high-purity nitric acid at the Ube Chemical Factory (Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture) in order to meet a further increase in demand in the future.

The new equipment construction plan comes after the expansion of the manufacturing equipment in early FY2024. The production capacity will increase further by about 30% compared to the current level.

FPD/PCB NEWS～Nobember 21
 

Nippon Soda and Kyulux sign capital and business alliance agreement to establishmass production system for OLED emitting materials

Nippon Soda and Kyulux have signed a capital and business alliance agreement to establish a massproduction system for Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent materials (TADF), a next-generation organic electroluminescent displays emitting material platform.

Going forward, Nippon Soda will take an equity stake in Kyulux and will engage in process development and capital investment toward establishing a mass production system. Kyulux will then provide technical support to Nippon Soda in building its mass production system, thereby realizing the world's first mass production and stable supply system for TADF.

FPD/PCB NEWS～Nobember 19
 

Sumitomo Electric Signs a Contract with DPS for International Resource Circulation through Recovery of Rare Metal from Wastewater during FPC Manufacturing

Sumitomo Electric Industries announced an agreement with DPS for the recovery of rare metals used in the manufacturing process of flexible printed circuits (FPCs).

Through the "Asia Business Creation Platform," DPS recently proposed a technology to our FPC manufacturing base in Vietnam for adsorbing and recovering Pd contained in wastewater at ultra-low concentrations with the application of its proprietary silica gel structure, DualPore. Following successful verification, Sumitomo Electric decided to adopt the technology.