We are pleased to inform you that the capital investment plan of IBIDEN Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Ogaki City, Gifu Prefecture; President: Takeshi Aoki) for manufacture of high-performance FC-BGA substrates for semiconductors at the Ono Plant in Ibi-gun, Gifu Prefecture has been certified by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry as a "Supply Securing Plan" based on the Economic Security Promotion Act. Based on this, subsidies will be granted for capital investment plans at the Ono Plant.

The server market for data centers is expected to expand thanks to the progress of digitization, such as the spread of ICT, as well as the evolution of AI and the improvement of the level of autonomous driving. In addition to semiconductor front-end processes (IC chips), the importance and added value of the back-end processes (FC-BGA substrates) are also increasing. Our company will build a mass production system for high-performance FC-BGA substrates at our Ono plant, which will be the largest of our plants in Japan, and contribute to the development of semiconductor-related industries and the realization of a digital society.

Our president, Takeshi Aoki, commented on the certification as follows:
"We appreciate the support from the Japanese government. High-performance FC-BGA substrates are indispensable for high-performance semiconductors, for which demand is expected to increase as we move toward the realization of a digital society. By stably producing high-performance FC-BGA substrates in Japan for state-of-the-art logic semiconductors, which are also a strategic material, IBIDEN will contribute to the global development of the semiconductor industry and to economic security at the same time. "

Summary of the Supply Security Plan
Name of business operator: IBIDEN Co., Ltd.
Subsidy (subsidy rate less than 1/3): 40.5 billion yen (maximum)
Facility: Ono Plant
Major produced product: High-performance FC-BGA substrates

[Contact]

Takehiro Mizutani, Ayaka Hiratsuka
Public Relations & ESG Group

Strategic Corporate Planning Division

Tel: +81-584-81-2591