Jun 29 2010
Dow Electronic Materials announced a plan to increase its production capacity of TrimethylGallium (TMG) to fulfill the electronics market’s TMG demand. The plan involves the addition of the TMG capacity at the facilities in the U.S. to meet the short-term demand.
Dow Electronic Materials will be setting up a new production plant in Korea, which will commence operation in the beginning of 2011. The multi-phase plan is expected to generate a total TMG capacity of 60 metric tons each year.
The Korean metalorganic precursor plant of Dow will be sited in Cheonan. Dow Electronic Materials anticipates expanding the plant for producing additional metalorganic materials other than TMG. At present, Dow Electronic Materials produces metalorganic precursors and TMG in North Andover, MA. The material packaging is done in Taoyuan, Taiwan and North Andover, MA.
Dow Electronic Materials’ Growth Technologies Global General Manager, Dr. James Fahey, stated that the TMG’s demand is driven by the development in LCD televisions’ LED backlighting and LEDs’ future in the lighting market. Fahey added that the LED lighting market is growing fast, especially in Taiwan, Korea and Asia-Pacific countries.