# Tokuyama to boost TMAH photoresist developer capacity by 50% in Shunan

Tokuyama Corporation will increase production capacity for tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) by 50% at its Tokuyama Factory in Shunan, Japan. Commercial operations at the new facilities are scheduled to start in April 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-07-31
- Where: Shunan, Yamaguchi, Japan, Japan
- Starts operating: Apr 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 50% increase in TMAH production capacity
- Products: tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH), photoresist developer
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Tokuyama Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/33403.md)

## Sources

- [tokuyama.co.jp](https://www.tokuyama.co.jp/eng/news/2018/2018073101.html), 2018-07-31: "Tokuyama will lift its production capacity for TMAH by 50%."
- [nikkei.com](https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLRSP489045_Z20C18A8000000/), 2018-08-29: "今回の増強により、高純度窒化アルミニウム粉末の生産能力は40%増強されることとなります。"

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