BASF plans R&D centre for electronic materials in Korea

BASF is planning to set up its new Electronic Materials Research and Development (R&D) Centre Asia Pacific in partnership with Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Suwon, South Korea. Located within the SKKU campus around 30 km from Seoul, the facility will serve as an integrated hub for electronic materials research in the region. The new R&D Centre is scheduled to open in 2014.
 
“Korea is at the cutting edge of the electronics industry and of electronic materials research. By setting up our new Electronic Materials R&D Center Asia Pacific at Sungkyunkwan University, we will be able to combine BASF’s international expertise in electronic materials with the latest advances from top research scientists. This in turn will translate into fast, market-driven innovations for our customers,” said Dr Lothar Laupichler, Senior Vice President Electronics Materials at BASF.
 
As part of BASF’s global R&D network, the new R&D centre will focus on researching specialty and process chemicals, inorganic materials and formulations for high-performance applications for semiconductors, displays, organic electronics, LEDs and photovoltaics, offering a wide range of innovative solutions for the electronics value chains. Starting from2014, around 40 scientific and technical professionals will work at the new R&D facilities. The labs will be located in a building at the Natural Science Campus of SKKU.
 
BASF is a leading supplier of electronic materials, offering a specialised portfolio of high purity and quality process chemicals as well as dedicated solutions for a range of applications for the electronics industry.