Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd / DuPont Company

11/01/1997

Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd. and DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE, plan to establish a new global joint venture in high performance liquid polyimide materials for microelectronic applications. Polyimides are used for stress buffer and dielectric layers in ICs. The joint venture, HD MicroSystems, will combine the two companies` polyimide coating businesses, R&D, manufacturing, quality assurance, sales, and technical service. The venture will be owned and funded equally by DuPont and Hitachi. A wholly-owned subsidiary based in Japan will serve Pacific Rim countries. HD MicroSystems management will be located in the US and Japan, with a global workforce serving Japan and Asia/Pacific, the Americas, and Europe.