Tokuyama Corporation has announced that it has decided to establish the Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology with the aim of finding practical application for such advanced materials as silicon nitride.

 

The Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology will serve as a base for the development and commercialization of products that contribute to the protection of the global environment and further application of ICT. For the foreseeable future, the center will focus on the commercialization of silicon nitride for power semiconductor modules used in environmentally friendly automobiles and renewable energy power generation equipment.

 

Tokuyama has succeeded in the industrialization of high-purity silicon nitride powder using its proprietary synthetic technology. The company has also applied unique technologies to develop an energy-efficient, safe, and low-cost environmentally friendly manufacturing process for plate-shaped ceramics using this high-purity silicon nitride powder as a raw material. The center will begin demonstration tests  for the mass production of these technologies from fiscal 2021.

 

Tokuyama is a leading company of aluminum nitride, a major heat dissipation material. Leveraging the technologies and abundant experience that the company has cultivated to date, Tokuyama will contribute   to the development of an environmentally friendly and sustainable society by promoting the use of silicon nitride materials that are both quality and cost.

 

Comprising mainly manufacturing equipment, an amount of approximately 3 billion yen will be invested in the Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology over two-year period. Construction is scheduled to begin in July 2020. Plans are in place for trial operations to begin around April 2021, and demonstration tests to commence in the summer of 2021 on a progressive basis.