# Showa Denko to build high-purity C4F8 facility in Taiwan

Showa Denko's subsidiary Taiwan Showa Chemicals Manufacturing will establish a new facility to produce high-purity octafluorocyclobutane with annual capacity of 150 tons, starting operations in spring 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-01-08
- Where: Taiwan, TWN
- Starts operating: Q2 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 150 tonnes/year C4F8
- Products: high-purity octafluorocyclobutane
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Showa Denko Group](https://endata.com/companies/577.md)
- [Taiwan Showa Chemicals Manufacturing](https://endata.com/companies/44380.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [chemengonline.com](https://www.chemengonline.com/showa-denko-expands-high-purity-gas-production-with-new-facilities-in-shanghai-and-taiwan/?printmode=1), 2020-01-08: "SDK’s subsidiary Taiwan Showa Chemicals Manufacturing Co., Ltd. will establish a new facility to produce high-purity C4F8 with annual production capacity of 150 tons."

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