Tag Archives: chip manufacturing

Semiconductor industry demand drives Solvay’s major capacity increase for electronic grade hydrogen peroxide in China

(IN BRIEF) Solvay has doubled production capacity for electronic grade hydrogen peroxide at its Zhenjiang facility in China, responding to surging demand from the semiconductor industry. The ultra-pure material, used for cleaning and etching in chip manufacturing, requires precision down … Read the full press release

PwC Warns Climate-Driven Drought Threatens a Third of Global Chip Production by 2035

(IN BRIEF) PwC’s latest Protecting People & Prosperity report finds that 32 percent of semiconductor output will rely on copper sources exposed to severe drought by 2035, rising to 58 percent by 2050 without emissions cuts. As semiconductors underpin digital … Read the full press release

Global chip shortage: Bosch expands its semiconductor fabs and operations in Dresden, Reutlingen, and Penang

Bosch is responding to growing demand for chips. 300-millimeter wafer fab in Dresden to be expanded faster. 4,000 square meters of new clean-room space to be built in Reutlingen by the end of 2023. Bosch to create 150 jobs in … Read the full press release