# Harima Chemicals Group to build new resist resin plant and research building in Kakogawa, Japan

Harima Chemicals Group will construct a new resist resin factory and a new research building at its Kakogawa manufacturing site to boost semiconductor resist resin production capacity and R&D. Construction starts June 2026, completion June 2027, with mass production starting June 2028.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2026-05-18
- Where: Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
- Starts operating: Jun 2028
- Status: announced
- Capacity: approximately double current capacity in first year of operation
- Products: semiconductor resist resin
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Harima Chemicals Group](https://endata.com/companies/73412.md)

## Sources

- [zyao22.gifu-np.co.jp](https://zyao22.gifu-np.co.jp/pressrelease/53525), 2026-05-18: "新工場「レジスト樹脂工場」の建設により、半導体レジスト用樹脂の製造能力は稼働初年度に現在の約２倍となります。"
- [harima.co.jp](https://www.harima.co.jp/en/newsroom/2026/0529100000.html), 2026-05-29: "Construction of the new plant will approximately double semiconductor resist resin production capacity in its first year of operation."

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