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Written by Mike Buetow   
Friday, 01 June 2012 15:17

TAIPEI -- Copper-clad laminate supplier Elite Material Co. plans to invest about NT$1.2 billion ($40 million) in a new fabrication plant in China, the company confirmed.

The plant is expected to have a capacity of 300,000 units per month when it comes online in 2014.

Elite currently has three CCL plants, one in Taiwan and two in China, and a monthly capacity of 2.3 million units. The company is one of the world's largest suppliers of halogen-free laminates (see table) according to research firm Prismark Partners, and was the world's ninth largest CCL supplier in 2010 with $426 million in sales.

 

Top Halogen-Free Laminates Suppliers, 2010

Supplier

Output Value

Market Share

Panasonic

$267

21.5%

Nan Ya Plastic Corp.

$247

19.9%

Elite Material Co., Ltd.

$222

17.9%

ITEQ

$135

10.9%

Doosan

$95

7.6%

In $millions. Source: Prismark


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