[STI and Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering & Technology joint technology development]

A domestic company succeeded in localizing synthetic quartz glass materials that Japan has monopolized and mass-producing them.

It is expected that the import substitution effect of the semiconductor and display quartz glass markets will be great.

STI (CEO Seo Tae-il) announced on 19th Feb 2020 that it has developed synthetic quartz glass materials and succeeded in mass production

through industry-academic-research technology development projects in collaboration with the Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering & Technology (Director Yoo Kwang-soo).

STI developed manufacturing technology and production equipment for synthetic quartz glass materials

by applying optical preform fiber manufacturing equipment, technology, and special construction methods with the Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering & Technology.

In particular, it is possible to control the physical properties of synthetic quartz glass by developing a gas mixer.

It is expected that it will be possible to manufacture in the shape of glass plates or tubes in the future.

The developed synthetic quartz glass material can be applied to various industries such as national defense

and aerospace as well as materials for process parts such as EUV semiconductor photomasks, process jigs, and substrates.

"Since the domestic market for quartz glass for semiconductors and displays reached 1.16 trillion won in 2018,

this localization will have a huge import substitution effect", said Lee Ga-Hyung, head of STI Research Institute.

Reference

Etnews

https://www.etnews.com/20200219000077