Taiwan Showa Chemicals Manufacturing

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.

Showa Denko will build a second factory in Shanghai to produce high-purity nitrous oxide and octafluorocyclobutane, and a new facility in Taiwan for high-purity octafluorocyclobutane. Total investment is about 3 billion yen. Shanghai operations start in second-half 2021; Taiwan in spring 2020.