Exploring new businesses
centered around FPDs
Tsuyoshi Maruta
Executive Officer,
General Manager,
Information & Electronics Div. I
Products & Services
| Sales Department I |
We focus on display-related businesses, conducting R&D and expanding applications for LED encapsulants and heat dissipation plastics.
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| Sales Department II |
We focus on displays, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and semiconductor domains such as mask blanks.
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| Sales Department III |
We provide materials and products for power semiconductor wafers, edge AI chips, various semiconductor products, IP for semiconductors, and multi-layer ceramic capacitors. We also plan M&As and explore investment opportunities in promising start-ups.
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Topics
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LED encapsulant business - from product development, manufacturing, and inspection to customer support
Since LED encapsulant manufacturing and sales business was acquired from Henkel Japan Ltd., Information & Electronics Division I has been responsible for IK-brand product development, manufacturing, quality control, and customer service, all under one roof.
In 2017, Inabata Optech Co., Ltd. was founded as a 100% subsidiary for product development and quality control. New products are being developed with a focus on encapsulant resins and adhesives for opto semiconductors.
Inabata’s encapsulant materials have been well-received for LED full-color display applications.Encapsulant resin for LEDs, opto semiconductors- Products
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- Die attached adhesives
(One component type @frozen) - Epoxy liquid encapsulant for DIP, SMD and Display (Two component type @RT)
- Light Diffuser agents
- Visible light cutting resins for IR sensors
- Die attached adhesives
Mold release agents (silicone type)- Usage
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- LED molds
- Engineering plastics molds
- Molds
- Other external release agents
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Semiconductor business
The division is strengthening sales of driver IC chips for LCD panels. Furthermore, it focuses on the substrate business for power semiconductors and actively expanding sales of substrates for 5G applications in the Chinese market. Going forward, the division aims to expand the chip and wafer business.
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Aggressive business expansion into the automotive field
The division has started handling light control films attached to sunroofs, etc. It has also started providing OLED lights and decorative films for automotive interiors.
The Information & Electronics Division I is strengthening its businesses related to displays—mainly LCDs and organic LEDs (OLEDs), semiconductors, and plastic for LED encapsulants.
Our major strengths are our capability to propose ideas that leverage our global network based on our highly specialized knowledge, in addition to building processing and distribution networks for supply of competitive materials and other products.
Keeping business with existing clients at our core, we seek to expand in Europe, the United States, and Southeast Asia by strengthening relations with business partners in Japan and abroad.