According to Taiwanese media quoted Nikkei, due to strong orders from Taiwanese customers such as TSMC, it is reported that Mitsubishi Chemical will build a new factory in Taiwan, China, to produce cleaning products for semiconductor manufacturing, thereby increasing overall production capacity. 50%.

The Nikkei News reported on the 17th that due to strong orders from Taiwanese manufacturers such as TSMC, Mitsubishi Chemical decided to build a new factory in Taiwan in 2021 to produce high-performance chemicals for 5G semiconductors. The investment is estimated to be more than a dozen. Billion yen, the overall production capacity will increase by 50% compared to the current one.

According to reports, the new plant of Mitsubishi Chemical will be built in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is reported that TSMC and other manufacturers are the main customers of Mitsubishi Chemical.

The report pointed out that due to uncertain factors such as the Sino-US trade war, other Japanese materials companies are also increasing their production capacity in Taiwan. Among them, Hitachi Chemical invested 7.5 billion yen to build a new high-performance laminate material plant for PCBs in Taiwan that started production in May; Mitsui Chemicals invested 5 billion yen to produce tape products required for semiconductor processes. The new Kaohsiung factory of "ICROS Tape" was opened in January.