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GE Toshiba Silicones Opens New Technology Center in Japan
August 23, 2004 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Oyama-cho, Shizuoka, Japan — GE Toshiba Silicones has opened a new electronic materials technology center here.
The Global Electronic Materials Technology Center (GEMTC) will serve as GE Silicones' global, strategic development base for advanced electronic materials. The official opening ceremony at the center took place June 10, 2004, in Oyama-cho, Shizuoka, Japan.
The new center was established by renovating the company's application development center, which previously provided application support for a broad range of markets, mainly serving Japan-based customers. With GE Silicones' increasing global focus on electronics technologies, the center has been upgraded with new state-of-the-art equipment to serve the growing global electronics industry, covering the U.S. and Europe as well as various countries in Asia. Additional investment for this renovation is approximately US $3 million.
The new center will employ 20 scientists, with plans to add more technologists from the U.S. and Europe in the future.
A powerful trend affecting electronic materials is the rapid and steady increase in thermal management. As devices get smaller and circuits run faster with more functionality circuit boards are exposed to higher heat loads. Silicones can get the heat out quickly and efficiently.
GE Advanced Materials — Silicones and GE Toshiba Silicones provide thermal-interface products that transfer heat from the chip; gels and elastomers for encapsulating and potting semiconductors; adhesives and sealants that attach components and seal out contaminants; and conformal coatings that protect the PCB itself. For more information, visit www.getos.co.jp.