ADEKA

ADEKA is constructing a new plant for organometallic compounds used in next-generation EUV lithography (High-NA EUV) at its Kashima Chemicals Plant in Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The plant will have space reserved for future expansion.

ADEKA announced a 2.3 billion yen investment to build a new building at its South Korea plant to more than double production capacity of high-dielectric (high-k) materials used in semiconductor DRAM. Construction starts in November 2022, with operation targeted by fiscal year 2024.

ADEKA is investing 2.7 billion yen to expand production capacity of photoacid generators for advanced photoresists at its Chiba plant. The expansion will more than double capacity, with commercial operation scheduled for fiscal year 2023.