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Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials’ CMP Technologies division has
opened a new Asia Technical Center (ATC) in Hsinchu, Taiwan to enable
CMP technology development and collaboration with Asia-based customers.
The center will also provide engineering and technical support
throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
The ATC houses an applications laboratory with 300mm CMP polishing
capabilities, state-of-the-art 300mm metrology cleanroom facilities
(class 10 and class 1000), andCMP Technologies’ Applications
Engineering and Technical Service Groups for the Asia-Pacific region.
The ATC also has capacity for expansion, and a further analytical lab
for slurry and pad product characterization is currently under
construction. The Hsinchu site is ISO 9001 and ISO 14000 certified, and
adheres to Six-Sigma principles for all operations.
“Taiwan is
the largest producer of semiconductor devices in the world, due to its
strong mix of logic and memory operations,” said Mario Stanghellini,
Executive Vice President and General Manager, Rohm and Haas Electronic
Materials, CMP Technologies, Asia. “The new ATC gives us a critical
ability, unmatched in the region, to work with these manufacturers to
develop and optimize CMP consumable sets and processes that directly
improve their bottom line.”
By Síle Mc Mahon