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Sumitomo Bakelite to expand semiconductor encapsulant capacity in Suzhou

Sumitomo Bakelite (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.Suzhou, JiangsuPublished
InvestmentNot disclosed
PhasePlanned
Start—
CompletionMar 2031
To completion
Today
20272028202920302031

About 53 months to scheduled completion.

Sumitomo Bakelite will add a building and production lines for MUF encapsulants and granular encapsulants at Suzhou Sumitomo Bakelite's site in Suzhou, China, within the factory completed in 2024. Production is planned to start in FY2030. MUF encapsulant capacity is expected to roughly double and granular encapsulant capacity to roughly triple group-wide, supporting demand from advanced semiconductors used in generative AI and communications satellites.

Project facts

Owner
Sumitomo Bakelite (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Listing
4203 Tokyo
Facility
Factory/Plant
Sector
Materials & chemicals
Location
Suzhou, Jiangsu (overseas)
Investment
Not disclosed
Scale / capacity
MUF and granular encapsulant capacity increase (group-wide, shared with Singapore expansion)
Completion
Mar 2031
Announced
Oct 9, 2026
Themes
AI-infrastructure, 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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