Europe Chemical Supply Chain – Impact of Fab Expansions
Risk of Supply Interruption Grows With an Increase in Imports San Diego, CA, May 17, 2022: TECHCET—the electronic materials advisory firm providing business and technology information— examined critical materials dependencies of Europe’s expanding chip-making industry. Six high purity chemicals were identified as having the highest risk of supply interruption by major Europe chip fabricators: liquid and gas hydrochloric acid (HCl), sulfuric acid (H2SO4), hydrofluoric acid (HF), ammonia hydroxide (NH4OH),…