Smoltek Nanotech Holding AB announced that after completed tests and evaluations, the company has now placed an order for a machine for future industrial manufacturing of carbon nanofibers to the company's ultra-thin CNF-MIM capacitors. The machine, which will be installed at a semiconductor foundry, constitutes a central part of the production process that Smoltek is now establishing to be able to manufacture the company's ultra-thin capacitors. Smoltek conducts business operations within development, industrialization and licensing of technology solutions, based on the company's patent protected carbon nanofiber technology.

The company's technology solutions for the Semiconductors business area are developed by the Group company Smoltek Semi. The focus is on industrializing and commercializing the company's ultra-thin CNF-MIM capacitors. By ordering an industrial carbon growth machine that is in line with the unique specifications - based on Smoltek's patent protected manufacturing process for growth of carbon nanofibers with very high precision - another important step has been taken in the work of creating a production process to be able to manufacture ultra-thin CNF-MIM capacitors in very high volumes.

The machine will be installed and qualified for mass production at a semiconductor foundry. In parallel with the industrialization of the CNF-MIM technology, Smoltek Semi is also working on the development of the first product, which the company believes will be decoupling capacitor for application processors for mobile phones. Smoltek Semi's ambition over time is also to expand and broaden the product family of CNF-MIM based capacitors.

Primary applications can be found in for example wearables, high performance computing (HPC) and 5G.