TOKYO, Japan - Resonac Corporation (President and CEO: Hidehito Takahashi, hereinafter "Resonac") announced that HORIBA Advanced Techno, Co., Ltd. (President: Kentaro Nishikata, hereinafter "HORIBA Advanced Techno") joined the Co-Creative Evaluation Platform "JOINT3," led by Resonac, in May 2026. With this addition, the total number of participating companies in JOINT3 has reached 28. By incorporating the advanced technologies of HORIBA Advanced Techno, JOINT3 will further accelerate research and development of panel-level organic interposers.
HORIBA Advanced Techno has contributed to the advancement of semiconductor manufacturing processes through its strengths in water and liquid measurement technologies, which are essential to the semiconductor industry. As further performance improvements in semiconductors require innovation in next-generation semiconductor packaging technologies, many technical challenges remain. By leveraging the diverse core technologies in analysis, measurement, and control possessed by the HORIBA Group, the company aims to contribute to research and development and help address technical challenges within JOINT3.
Through JOINT3, Resonac will continue to promote technological research and development for next-generation semiconductor packaging, including panel-level organic interposers, thereby contributing to further advances in semiconductors and the development of the semiconductor industry.
[About JOINT3]
JOINT3 is a co-creative evaluation platform in which global semiconductor materials, equipment, and design tools companies collaborate to promote the development of materials, equipment, and design tools optimized for panel-level organic interposers, using a prototype production line. At "APLIC (Advanced Panel Level Interposer Center)," the activity hub for JOINT3 to be established by Resonac, verification will be conducted in an environment close to actual device structures, accelerating technological development by participating companies.
[About the HORIBA Group and HORIBA Advanced Techno]
The HORIBA Group is a leading company of analytical and measurement systems, operating globally with 47 group companies across 29 countries and regions. The Group provides advanced solutions in three megatrend fields essential to society: Energy & Environment, Bio & Healthcare, and Materials & Semiconductor. In semiconductor manufacturing processes, HORIBA technologies play important roles in areas such as gas flow control and chemical concentration monitoring. HORIBA Advanced Techno, which is responsible for the Group's water and liquid measurement business, supports the circulation of water resources from water purification to wastewater and sewage from various perspectives. Through technologies that accurately measure chemical solutions, the company contributes to a wide range of fields, from cutting-edge semiconductor manufacturing processes to pharmaceutical research.
HORIBA Advanced Techno official website: https://www.horiba.com/jpn/water-liquid/
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Resonac Holdings Corp is a Japan-based comprehensive chemical company. The Company has four business segments. The Semiconductor and Electronic Materials segment provides semiconductor front-end process materials, including high-purity gases and functional chemicals, semiconductor back-end process materials, including epoxy encapsulants and die bonding materials, and device solutions, including hard disks and others. The Mobility segment provides automotive parts, including plastic molded products and friction materials, and lithium-ion battery materials, including aluminum laminate films, conductive additives for positive and negative electrodes. The Innovation Materials segment provides functional chemicals, functional resins, coating materials, ceramics, and aluminum functional components. The Chemical segment provides petrochemicals, chemicals, basic chemicals, graphite electrodes and others, including olefins, organic chemical, industrial gases, liquefied ammonia and others.
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