Elite Adding CCL Capacity
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.
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Top Halogen-Free Laminates Suppliers, 2010 |
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Supplier |
Output Value |
Market Share |
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Panasonic |
$267 |
21.5% |
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Nan Ya Plastic Corp. |
$247 |
19.9% |
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Elite Material Co., Ltd. |
$222 |
17.9% |
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ITEQ |
$135 |
10.9% |
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Doosan |
$95 |
7.6% |
In $millions. Source: Prismark
