C114) news (YanYi) on February 21, according to Taiwan media reports, semiconductor materials companies such as Japan and Germany have expansion or expand r&d center in Taiwan.

China institute of Taiwan's workers maternity Yang Ruilin analysis, according to research by the international director level of semiconductor materials and chemicals gas purification high threshold, TSMC continue to adopt new technology, drive technology materials companies to expand produces and TSMC cooperation, expand their competitiveness.

Look from the global layout, over the past 20 years, semiconductor manufacturing to Asia including Taiwan, China and South Korea, Japan and Germany holds the key to semiconductor materials and chemicals, research and development is given priority to with local Japan and Germany.

Given the current shortage of the supply chain and regional manufacturing trends, Yang Ruilin pointed out that Japan, the European union and the United States to accelerate independent semiconductor manufacturing supply chain, and the key to give priority to with the Japanese semiconductor materials and chemical manufacturers, in order to close to the manufacturing including samsung advanced storage and TSMC advanced wafer foundry process, such as customers, gradually to South Korea and China Taiwan expansion or set up r&d center.

For the situation in Russia and Ukraine tight influence on semiconductor industry, Yang Ruilin said, Japan and Germany materials and chemicals manufacturer supply level of semiconductor laser and etching gas, such as raw materials mainly from Ukraine and Russia, Ukraine, the situation changes must continue to observe, it also accelerate the Japanese and German semiconductor materials in geopolitical crisis, layout production and research and development center to Taiwan and South Korea, to spread the risk.

It is understood that the Japanese materials manufacturers ADEKA on February 17th announced through subsidiary ADEKA precision chemical Taiwan, in the construction of new machinery and equipment for producing advanced logic semiconductor materials and plant, related investment amount of 2.5 billion yen (nt $600 million), start in August this year, estimates began operating in April 2024.

Sumitomo Bakelite (Sumitomo Bakelite) corporation announced in early November last year, will invest 3.3 billion yen (nt $800 million), in Taiwan, a subsidiary of Sumitomo JFP existing premises kaohsiung big Lao area to build the new factory, forecast start in March of this year, in mid - 2023 to start producing.

Germany's Merck group (Merck) announced in mid-december last year, in the next five to seven years will invest about nt $17 billion in Taiwan, expand the semiconductor industry. Merck is bernanke kaohsiung park this year for more than 15 hectares of new production center, it will be the Merck the world's first large-scale production and application of semiconductor materials research and development center.

Semiconductor and electronic packaging materials business Heraeus Germany's technology Group (Heraeus Group) also announced in late December last year, will be located in north Taiwan hsinchu and yuan science and technology park innovation laboratory.

American Internet lattice (Entegris) announced in early December of last year to expand investment in south park in kaohsiung advanced technology factory, the scale of investment in the next three years will increase to $500 million (nt $14 billion), and will amplify hsinchu Taiwan technology research and development center (TTC).