Congratulations to our colleagues in Japan on this exciting news that further enhances FUJIFILM Electronic Materials' role in helping enable global semiconductor innovations. #semiconductors #cmpslurries #electronicmaterials
We are pleased to announce that we will invest approximately 2 billion yen to enhance the production facilities for CMP slurries, advanced semiconductor materials, at our production site in Kikuyo Town, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. CMP slurry is a proprietary formulation containing an abrasive that uniformly planarizes a semiconductor surface, which contains a mixture of wires and insulation films of varying hardness. CMP slurries are expected to have a high annual growth rate of 13%(*1), and Fujifilm holds the world’s top market share in CMP slurries for copper wiring (*2), which are essential in the manufacturing process of advanced semiconductors. This investment 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 operations in January 2025, and will expand the CMP slurry production capacity at the Kumamoto site by approximately 30%. Driven by high-speed, high-capacity communications through 5G/6G, the expansion of autonomous driving and the spread of AI and the metaverse, demand for semiconductors is expected to increase and their performance is projected to advance as well. We are committed to solving customers’ issues and contribute to the development of the semiconductor industry by providing one-stop solutions that leverage our global supply structure and advanced R&D capabilities. *1 Electronic Materials Forecasting Report 2023 by the U.S. research company “Linx” *2 “Current Status and Future Prospects of the Semiconductor Materials Market in 2024” by “Fuji Keizai” Learn more >> https://lnkd.in/g6mqSN9P *Photo1: The production site located in Kikuyo Town, Kumamoto Prefecture *Photo2: The building for introducing CMP slurry production facilities