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Sumco Corp (Sumco) is a manufacturer and provider of high-quality silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry. The company’s product portfolio includes annealed wafers, polished wafers, silicon-on-insulator wafers, junction isolated wafers, and epitaxial wafers. Its products are used in various applications including smartphones, and personal computers in consumer electronics and automobile industries. The company operates through its offices located in Fukuoka, Osaka and Tokyo in Japan and manufacturing plants in Yamagata, Saga, Akita, Hokkaido in Japan. Its major overseas subsidiaries are located in the US, the UK, Indonesia, Taiwan, Singapore and its domestic subsidiaries are located in Chiba, Saga, Nagasaki and Miyazaki in Japan. Sumco is headquartered in Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Products and Services
| Products |
|---|
| Epitaxial Wafers (EW) |
| Polished Wafers (PW) |
| Annealed Wafers (AW) |
| XYZ |
| XYZ |
| XYZ |
History
History section provides information on new products, mergers, acquisitions, expansions, approvals, and many more key events.
| Year | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Contracts/Agreements | In December, the company along with Woodside Energy, JFE Steel Corporation, Sumitomo Osaka Cement, and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding to jointly control a business feasibility study for aggregating CO2 from the Setouchi and Shikoku regions. |
| 2023 | Contracts/Agreements | In April, the company entered into a partnership with Kuraray Co and PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited to open a manufacturing plant under the name of Kuraray GC Advanced Materials Co Ltd and Kuraray Advanced Chemicals (Thailand) Limited. |
| 2022 | Contracts/Agreements | In October, the company agreed to acquire Mitsubishi Polycrystalline Silicon America Corp and Semiconductor Polysilicon business from Mitsubishi Materials Corporation. |
Competitor Comparison
| Key Parameters | Sumco Corp | Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd | Sino-American Silicon Products Inc | Mimasu Semiconductor Industry Co Ltd | PV Crystalox Solar plc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Japan | Japan | Taiwan | Japan | United Kingdom |
| City | Minato Ku | Chiyoda-Ku | Hsinchu | Takasaki | Abingdon |
| State/Province | Tokyo | Tokyo | Taipei | Gunma | England |
| No. of Employees | 9,714 | 27,342 | 3,121 | 1,166 | 3 |
| Entity Type | Public | Public | Public | Private | Private |
Key Financial Charts
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Net Income Growth
Executives
| Name | Position | Board | Since | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayuki Hashimoto | Chief Executive Officer; Chairman | Executive Board | 2012 | - |
| Naruya Hirota | Director; Executive Vice President | Executive Board | 2026 | - |
| Shinichi Kubozoe | Director; Executive Vice President | Executive Board | - | - |
| Takeo Katoh | Senior Managing Executive Officer; Director | Executive Board | - | - |
| Ginji Yada | Managing Executive Officer; Director | Executive Board | 2026 | - |
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