Japan's major semiconductor photoresist supplier, JSR, is set to expand into chip packaging and biotech materials with substantial capital support from the government-funded Japan...
The potential of advanced packaging technology to upgrade chip performance has attracted many Japanese equipment and material suppliers to allocate their resources in this highly...
Japan-based photoresist leader JSR announced that the Take Over Bid (TOB) for its shares, led by the Japanese government and the state-backed Japan Investment Corp (JIC), had been...
The state-backed Japan Investment Corporation (JIC) pushed back the expected start of its tender offer for JSR from December 2023 to late February 2024 due to an extended review period...
SK Group's KRW40 billion (US$31 million) acquisition of Kumho Petrochemical's electronic material business in 2020 is bearing fruit. SK Materials Performance (SKMP), the new subsidiary...
Longtime Japan watchers could be forgiven for getting a bad feeling upon learning that a government-backed fund is shelling out $6 billion to take control of a domestic technology...
While holding leading techniques, Japan-based semiconductor companies operate on a smaller scale than overseas competitors. The Japanese government is trying to expand the size of...
Japan's government unveiled a $6.3 billion deal to buy out and privatize JSR Corp., taking direct control of the world leader in chipmaking compounds at a time US-Chinese tensions...
South Korean semiconductor chemical materials maker Dongjin Semichem has announced plans to develop a new generation of high-NA EUV photoresists to meet the demand to result from...
China's Nanta Opto-electronic Material has successfully developed DUV ArF photoresists that can support production of 90-28nm chips, aiming to serve import-substitution demand for...
Japan-based semiconductor materials suppliers are facing sales declines in the second half of the year amid weakening demand for consumer applications, but many of them are still...
China-based Sinyang Semiconductor Materials has signed a three-year cooperation pact with Germany's chemical materials vendor Heraeus to jointly develop photoresist for use in producing...
Japan-based color photoresist maker JSR will hold a ceremony to mark the completion of its new R&D center built in the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) on February 16. Total...
JSR, a Japan-based producer of optical materials, has invested more than NT$10 million (US$328,000) to establish a technological service center in central Taiwan specifically to enhance...
