# Shin-Etsu Chemical to build plant for 5G resin in Niigata

Shin-Etsu Chemical will invest about 3 billion yen to build a factory in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, to mass-produce bismaleimide resin for 5G applications, with production starting in 2021.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-12-01
- Where: Niigata Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $29.0M (3.00B JPY)
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 80 tons
- Products: bismaleimide resin for 5G
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [zh.cn.nikkei.com](https://zh.cn.nikkei.com/industry/manufacturing/42936-2020-12-01-08-33-18.html), 2020-12-01: "信越化學計劃投資約30億日元在新潟縣建設工廠，力爭2021年投産。"

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