# Showa Denko to build second high-purity gases factory in Shanghai

Showa Denko decided to establish a second factory in Shanghai through its subsidiary SSE to produce high-purity nitrous oxide and octafluorocyclobutane gases for electronics, with operations starting in H2 2021.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-01-08
- Where: Shanghai, China
- Starts operating: Q3 2021
- Status: announced
- Products: high-purity nitrous oxide, high-purity octafluorocyclobutane
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Showa Denko Group](https://endata.com/companies/577.md)

## Sources

- [resonac.com](https://www.resonac.com/news/2020/01/08/1130.html), 2020-01-08: "Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) (TOKYO: 4004) has decided to establish its subsidiary’s second factory in Shanghai to produce high-purity gases for electronics."

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