R&D facilityMaterials & chemicals

ADEKA launches new Semiconductor Innovation Center in Kuki

ADEKA CorporationKuki, SaitamaPublished Aug 21, 2026

Investment¥12B

PhaseCompleted

StartApr 2024

CompletionApr 2026

Construction

Today

20252026

Completed.

ADEKA has begun full-scale operations at its new Semiconductor Innovation Center within the ADEKA Technology Center Kuki in Saitama. The facility consolidates and expands semiconductor-materials research, with cleanrooms and evaluation equipment for advanced front-end and back-end semiconductor materials.

Project facts

Owner: ADEKA Corporation
Listing: 4401 Tokyo
Facility: R&D facility
Sector: Materials & chemicals
Location: Kuki, Saitama, Japan
Investment: ¥12B — total
Scale / capacity: 11,545 sqm total floor area; cleanroom exceeding 850 sqm
Contractor: Obayashi Corporation
Construction start: Apr 2024
Completion: Apr 2026
Announced: Jul 2, 2026
Themes: semiconductor-supply-chain

Figures and schedules are as announced by the company or the public body concerned; plans can change. Amounts that were not disclosed are recorded as not disclosed, never estimated.

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