Fujifilm announced a strategic investment in a new production facility in Kumamoto Japan to support the fast-growing semiconductor industry, the site is capable of manufacturing leading-edge CMP slurries.
FUJIFILM Corporation has announced that it will invest approximately ¥2 billion ($13.93 million/ €13.9 million) installing a production facility capable of manufacturing semiconductor materials in Kumamoto supporting the growth of the electronic materials business.
FUJIFILM Electronic Materials Co., Ltd., the core company that leads Fujifilm’s electronic materials business, is going to introduce a “state of the art” facility for producing CMP slurries, key materials used in semiconductor manufacturing, to FUJIFILM Kyushu Co., Ltd., Fujifilm’s production subsidiary based in Kumamoto Prefecture.
This facility will be Fujifilm’s first CMP slurries production facility in Japan and will be operational in January 2024.
CMP slurries are employed to polish and planarize complex layers of integrated circuits to customer specific requirements. Fujifilm has outperformed the CMP market growth rate of 10% through technology, quality and supply chain commitments.
Fujifilm said it is going to invest in Japan to strengthen the company’s production capacity of CMP slurries currently in the United States, Taiwan and South Korea and achieve local production of CMP slurries. The company added it will ensure a stable supply from four production sites.
Fujifilm also aims to enable advanced semiconductor processes by offering total CMP solutions comprised of slurries and cleaners.
