31 Jan 2014
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Showa Denko (SDK)
has increased the production capacity for
high-purity ammonia
(a specialty gas for semiconduction production)
at its manufacturing subsidiary in
Zhejiang province, China,
from 1,000 to 2,000 t/y.
The expanded facility started operation this month.
High-purity ammonia is used for
nitride film deposition
in the manufacturing processes of
liquid crystal display (LCD) and
light-emitting diodes (LED).
While LEDs are used for
general lighting and backlight for LCDs.
The LED market in China
is growing for such new applications as
landscape lighting and large screens,
in addition to general lighting, Thus,
SDK has strengthened its supply system to meet
the growing demand for high-purity ammonia in East Asia
where electronics production sites were integrated.
Production sites and capacity
SDK's high-purity ammonia production sites
and their capacities, as of January 31, 2014
1. Japan :
SDK's Kawasaki plant
(Kawasaki City)
1,500 t/y
2. Taiwan :
Taiwan Showa Chemicals Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
(Tainan City)
2,500 t/y
3. China :
Zhejiang Quzhou Juhua Showa Electronic Chemical
Materials Co., Ltd. (Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province)
2,000 t/y
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