Tokuyama to add aluminum nitride powder capacity with new Japanese plant

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tokuyama Corporation has decided to add a new aluminum nitride powder production facility at its Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology in Yanai City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The new plant will raise its production capacity by approximately 30% from current levels and will be its second aluminum nitride powder site after the Tokuyama Factory. Commercial operation is scheduled to begin in April 2028, under a business plan certified under Japan's Economic Security Promotion Act.

Why it matters

Added aluminum nitride powder supply addresses rising demand from semiconductor equipment components and thermally conductive materials, tied to AI-related chip investment, and may ease supply tightness for customers.

Key facts

Companies	Tokuyama Corporation
Chemicals	Aluminum nitride (AlN) powder
Capacity	Approximately 30% increase over current production level
Location	Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology, Yanai City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Timing	September 10, 2026, April 2028 (planned commercial operation start)
End uses	Semiconductor manufacturing equipment components, Heat-dissipation fillers for thermally conductive materials

Market context

Aluminum nitride powder is a ceramic material prized for combining electrical insulation with high thermal conductivity, which makes it useful as a filler in heat-dissipation materials and as a component in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, where heat must be removed quickly and reliably. Demand is shaped mainly by the electronics and semiconductor supply chain, including power devices, advanced packaging, and chip-making tools, and has been influenced by broader investment in data-center and AI-related hardware. Because aluminum nitride powder requires specialized synthesis and tight quality control, qualified suppliers are relatively few, so new capacity from an established producer can change availability and negotiating conditions for buyers over time. Additional output from a second site can also reduce reliance on a single factory, which matters for customers qualifying supply chains. Price effects depend on how quickly new volume reaches the market relative to demand growth.

Source: official release on tokuyama.co.jp. Summary and context written by Market Krystal.

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Tokuyama opens semiconductor-grade polysilicon crushing plant in Vietnam

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tokuyama Corporation held an opening ceremony on August 13, 2026, for a new semiconductor-grade polycrystalline silicon plant operated by its wholly owned subsidiary TOKUYAMA VIETNAM CO., LTD. (TVC) in the Phu My 3 Special Industrial Park in Ho Chi Minh City. The plant will serve as a key overseas base for crushing and cleaning polycrystalline silicon, with trial operations and quality verification to follow. TVC capital is 580,000 million Vietnamese Dong.

Why it matters

Adds a Vietnam-based source of semiconductor-grade polysilicon crushing and cleaning, supporting wafer makers' raw-material supply alongside Tokuyama's Japanese production sites.

Key facts

Companies	Tokuyama Corporation, TOKUYAMA VIETNAM CO., LTD.
Chemicals	semiconductor-grade polycrystalline silicon
Investment	Capital of 580,000 million Vietnamese Dong
Location	Phu My 3 Special Industrial Park, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Timing	2026-08-13 opening ceremony, 2024-08-08 establishment of TVC
End uses	silicon wafer raw materials for advanced semiconductors

Market context

Polycrystalline silicon is the feedstock from which single-crystal silicon ingots and wafers are grown, making it the foundation of nearly all semiconductor chips and solar cells. Semiconductor-grade material must meet very low levels of metallic and carbon impurities, so the crushing and cleaning steps that size and purify the material before it reaches wafer makers are specialized and tightly controlled. Demand for these processing services is driven by logic and memory chip production, power electronics, and the broader electronics supply chain, which has been expanding in Southeast Asia as manufacturers diversify their footprints. Adding downstream processing capacity closer to wafer producers can shorten logistics chains and give buyers an additional qualified source alongside established Japanese production. For buyers, the key questions are typically qualification timelines and quality consistency, which usually take time to verify after a new plant starts operating.

Source: official release on tokuyama.co.jp. Summary and context written by Market Krystal.

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Tokuyama opens semiconductor-grade polysilicon crushing plant in Vietnam

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