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TOKYO, Feb 4, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - Showa Denko (SDK) (TOKYO:4004) has increased its capacity for supplying high-purity nitrous oxide (N2O), a specialty gas for semiconductor production, by cooperating with Dooam Industrial (Dooam), of South Korea. Dooam is headquartered in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, and led by President Park Yup. Having jointly constructed a purification facility within the premises of Dooam's plant near Seoul, the two companies will start full-scale operation of the new facility in March.
 | | Showa Denko Completes High-Purity N2O Base in South Korea |
High-purity N2O is used for deposition of an insulating oxide film in the process of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for producing semiconductors. For this application, demand for high-purity N2O in Asia is expected to grow at an annual rate of 10% or more. In recent years, demand is also growing for use as a source of oxygen for oxide film in the process of producing displays. SDK has therefore strengthened its high-purity N2O supply system to meet the growing demand.
With the addition of the newly completed 600t/y facility in South Korea to the existing 1,200t/y plant at Kawasaki, Japan, the Showa Denko Group's high-purity N2O supply capacity has increased to 1,800t/y in total.
Under its medium-term consolidated business plan "PEGASUS Phase II," SDK classifies its business in semiconductor-processing specialty gases, including high-purity ammonia, in the category of "Growth" business. SDK will aim to further expand the business on the world market, centering on Asia.
About Showa Denko
Showa Denko K.K. ('SDK'; TSE: 4004, US: SHWDF) is a major manufacturer and marketer of chemical products serving a wide range of fields ranging from heavy industry to the electronic and computer industries. SDK makes petrochemicals (ethylene, propylene), aluminum products (ingots, rods), electronic equipment (hard disks for computers) and inorganic materials (ceramics, carbons). The company has overseas operations and a joint venture with Netherlands-based Montell and Nippon Petrochemicals to make and market polypropylenes. In March 2001, SDK merged with Showa Denko Aluminum Corporation to strengthen the high-value-added fabricated aluminum products operations, and is today developing next-generation optical communications-use wafers. For more information, please visit www.sdk.co.jp .
Contact:
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK)
Public Relations Office
Phone: 81-3-5470-3235
Topic: Construction of Facility
Source: Showa Denko K.K.
Sectors: Chemicals, Spec.Chem
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