Merck opens Korean chip materials plant to meet advanced memory demand

German science and technology company Merck opened a new semiconductor materials plant in South Korea on Thursday, expanding local production of molybdenum as chipmakers adopt the metal for increasingly advanced memory chips. The facility in Eumseong, North Chungcheong Province, will produce molybdenum dioxide dichloride, a chemical used to deposit ultrathin metal films during chip manufacturing. It will supply customers in Korea and elsewhere in Asia. Benjamin Hein, CEO of Merck's Electronics b

Source: The Korea Herald