Asahi Kasei's Photosensitive Polyimide Receives 2024 TSMC Excellent Performance Award

TSMC presents the Excellent Performance Award to suppliers who significantly contribute to its technology leadership and advanced semiconductor processes. At the event, TSMC chairman & CEO Dr. C.C. Wei expressed gratitude to suppliers. He acknowledged their timely delivery of high-quality services that drive continuous improvement in the supply chain and related industries.

Pimel™ is widely used in semiconductor applications such as buffer coatings, passivation layers for bumping, and dielectric layers for re-distribution bumping. As semiconductor technology advances, the demand for materials like Pimel™ continues to grow. These applications are crucial for supporting the development of more complex and compact semiconductor devices.

Nobuko Uetake, lead executive officer of Asahi Kasei and senior general manager of its Digital Solutions Administration, commented, 'It is a great honor for Asahi Kasei to receive this award. Pimel™ photosensitive dielectric is a mainstay of our Digital Solutions, which is one of Asahi Kasei's '10 Growth Gears' (GG10) businesses to drive our next phase of growth. We are proud to be able to develop Pimel™ products that meet customer requirements by leveraging our technological capability and quality assurance system built up over many years. With a new plant for Pimel™ scheduled to start operation this fiscal year, we look forward to providing swift and reliable supply of products that support advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes.'

Source: Asahi Kasei