# Shin-Etsu Chemical to invest ¥14B to expand photomask blank capacity by 30%

Shin-Etsu Chemical will invest about 140 billion yen to increase photomask blank production capacity by 30%, with new facilities at Takefu Plant and expanded equipment at Naoetsu Plant.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-10-11
- Where: Takefu Plant, Fukui Prefecture; Naoetsu Plant, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $124.0M (14.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: Apr 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 30% increase in photomask blank capacity
- Products: photomask blanks (ArF and general ArF)
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Shin-Etsu Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/25085.md)

## Sources

- [moneydj.com](https://www.moneydj.com/kmdj/news/newsviewer.aspx?a=%7B5781455d-31fe-4dba-9ec3-9cf366f6186d%7D), 2018-10-12: "信越化学は、光罩基板事業に積極投資を行い、約140億日円を投じて光罩基板の生産能力を現行比で3割増強することを決めた。"
- [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-09642-buscon12), 2018-10-22: "Shin-Etsu Chemical will spend $125 million to expand photomask blank output at its Takefu and Naoetsu sites in Japan."

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