Showa Denko Materials

Certina Holding AG has completed the acquisition of ISOLITE GmbH from Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd. The transaction was signed on August 9, 2022, and closed on January 16, 2023.

Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd. will invest approximately 20 billion yen ($139.6 million) to expand production capacity and evaluation functions for CMP slurries. The expansion includes a new plant and additional equipment at Yamazaki Works, Katsuta site, and a subsidiary in Taiwan, increasing capacity by about 20%.

Showa Denko Materials will build a new CMP slurry factory at its subsidiary SDMKR in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, as part of a total investment of approximately 20 billion yen. The factory is scheduled to start operation in October 2021.

Showa Denko Materials will invest approximately 20 billion yen to expand production capacity for CMP slurries, laminate materials (prepreg), and photosensitive solder resists at its subsidiary SDSMT in Tainan, Taiwan. The CMP slurry expansion starts January 2022, and mass production of prepregs and solder resists begins January 2023.