SEOUL – DuPont has announced a collaboration with Korean PCB manufacturer YMT to better address local customer needs.

Under the collaboration, DuPont's circuit imaging material expertise will be combined with YMT's local network. YMT has also invested in establishing a dry film slitting facility in Ansan, Korea, and expects operations to begin in October.

"We are excited by growing our relationship with DuPont," said Peter Baek, chief business officer and vice president, YMT. "By aligning more fully with DuPont, we can leverage our strength in technical service and logistics to meet the varied needs of our customers as the industry continues to grow. We are confident that our collaboration will create long-term value for our customers."

"YMT is one of the leading companies in the global chemical material industry with strong technology development capability. We are pleased to work with YMT to advance the electronic industry and build a more connected value chain to serve our customers in Korea," said Yuan Yuan Zhou, Global Business Director, Metallization & Imaging, DuPont. "We believe the win-win strategy will reinforce our circuit imaging market in Korea while YMT will expand its current product offerings by adding Riston dry films."