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The Chemours Company has been recognized by Semiconductor Review Magazine as “Top 10 Semiconductor Manufacturing Solutions Companies in Europe - 2023” based on our proprietary methodology, reflecting its position in the industry. This profile has been developed by the Semiconductor Review research and editorial team based on insights from an interview with Gerardo Familiar, President, Advanced Performance Materials.
The Chemours Company
Creating a Better World through the Power of Chemistry
Gerardo Familiar, President, Advanced Performance MaterialsChemours is a global chemistry company that responsibly manufactures fluoropolymers and other chemistries critical to semiconductor manufacturing and furthering the development of advanced technology. It proactively sets ambitious sustainability goals and works to deliver against them by applying the right investment, creativity, and energy of its team.
Customers of Chemours are businesses that convert fluoropolymer and fluoroelastomer resins into useable sub-assemblies like valves, fittings, tubing, tank linings, o-rings, vacuum systems, and coatings. These products are integrated into semiconductor fab infrastructure, chemical distribution systems, specialized tools, and other semiconductor manufacturing-related equipment (SMRE). All semiconductor manufacturing facilities, regardless of end market, depend on the critical performance of Chemours fluoropolymers to produce high-volume, high-yield semiconductor chips.
Our fluoropolymers are key components of the semiconductor manufacturing process. From bulk chemical delivery systems to critical components inside advanced tools, they ensure system reliability and help avoid contamination
Providing Solutions for Throughout the Fab
Chemours offers a wide array of world-class materials and expert technical support that enable the fabrication of semiconductors with products including Teflon™ PFA, FEP, and PTFE, Viton™ fluoroelastomers, Krytox™ high-performance lubricants and vacuum pump oils, Nafion™ ion exchange membranes, and Opteon™ and Vertrel™ specialty fluids.
Chemours’ high-purity PFA is inert, highly stable, and insoluble with broad chemical and temperature resistance features, making it an ideal material for semiconductor fabs and manufacturing equipment. It can be used to produce intricate and dimensionally complex fluid handling components, as well as ultra-high purity tubing used in the transport of critical process chemistries. The resistance of PFA to extreme conditions enables incredibly long service life in harsh environments. This ensures a safe working environment, increased fab reliability, and the highyield manufacture of semiconductor chips.
Components made from Teflon™ PTFE have exceptional resistance to high temperatures, chemical reactions, corrosion, and stress cracking.
With superior chemical compatibility and oxidation resistance, PTFE is ideal for chemical filtration in semiconductor fabrication processes that include etching, cleaning, photoresist, strong corrosive, and oxidative solvents.
Teflon™ FEP is known for superior electrical properties combined with excellent chemical resistance and high service temperatures. It provides outstanding low-temperature toughness and unique flame resistance, making it an ideal material for highly reliable cabling insulation inside critical tools, as well as across the fabs connected network or equipment and instrumentation.
Available in powder and liquid forms, Teflon™ industrial coatings offer nearly limitless versatility and function for a multitude of applications throughout the fab. Used within tools for critical wafer handling applications as well as in fab exhaust systems, Chemours’ industrial coatings provide the necessary corrosion and flame resistance to metal substrates that otherwise would not survive the harsh environments of the chip-making process, ensuring the peak equipment operation and safety.
Safeguarding Semiconductor Manufacturing Systems
Chemours also offers a portfolio of FKM products that provide broad chemical and temperature resistance, used in applications where seal integrity is critical for system performance. Viton™ fluoroelastomers have a reputation for withstanding high temperatures and extremely corrosive conditions. From hoses that can resist synthetic oils and corrosive fumes to gaskets and seals that keep critical systems working in harsh environments, it is trusted throughout the semiconductor industry.
Krytox™ high-performance greases excel in environments where hydrocarbon, silicone, and chlorofluorocarbon greases fall short, and they also outperform conventional vacuum pump oils, mitigating safety concerns, waste disposal issues, and maintenance challenges.
Krytox™ lubricants represent a class of chemically inert, exceptionally durable oils and greases. These versatile lubricants find widespread utility in semiconductor manufacturing, serving a multitude of functions, from ensuring the smooth operation of vacuum pumps to lubricating critical components in robotics systems. They are compatible with oxygen and other reactive chemicals and resistant to water washout.
Krytox™ lubricants have earned recognition from leading vacuum pump manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for consistently meeting or surpassing essential performance criteria. They provide the essential protection and safety measures required in the semiconductor and advanced electronics industries.
Unveiling the Speciality Performance of Fluorinated Materials
As an amorphous fluoropolymer, Teflon™ AF has different properties. With an extremely low refractive index, it can function as a clear coating for optical devices, performing well in aggressive chemical environments with disparate temperatures and light waves (UV-IR).
Applications in this category include lens covers for optical devices, fiber optics, optical cladding, optoelectronic devices, UV cells and windows, passivation and protective coatings, and anti-reflective coatings for optical devices. Other uses are passivation layers and encapsulation for hybrid/sandwich integrated circuit packaging.
“Our products are instrumental in shaping a better future for our world, impacting both our daily lives and the global economy,” says Familiar. “We place science first and are driven by our commitment to responsible manufacturing.”
Chemours Nafion™ ion-exchange materials consist of reinforced perfluorosulfonic acid films and dispersions commonly used for electrochemical deposition or metal plating in advanced wafer-level packaging processes. These materials provide excellent ion permeability as well as the necessary thermal, mechanical, and chemical stability needed to withstand the corrosive chemicals and pressure differentials found in electroplating systems.
Chemours realizes that performance is critical to prevent contamination of silicon chips. Opteon™ and Vertrel™ are used to clean the front opening universal pods (FOUPs) that hold silicon wafers in controlled environments. Superior and reliable cleaning of FOUPs and flip chips has made Opteon™ and Vertrel™ the solvents of choice in the semiconductor industry. They are also used as heat transfer fluids in power semiconductors or IGBT modules in high-speed trains and elevator drives. Opteon™ and Vertrel™ provide consistent and reliable performance in these applications and act as superior cleaning and heat-transfer solutions for industries like Micro and Nano Electromechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS).
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Our products are instrumental in shaping a better future for our world, impacting both our daily lives and the global economy
Pioneering Sustainability in Semiconductor Manufacturing
Chemours is committed to responsibly manufacturing its critical chemistry, and in 2018, announced a bold goal to eliminate at least 99 percent of fluorinated organic chemical (FOC) process emissions by 2030. As of its latest sustainability report, the company had exceeded the halfway point to its goal, achieving a 53% global reduction of FOC emissions against a 2018 baseline. Chemours continues to advance its abatement programs to meet its goal, including deploying state-of-the-art emissions control technology.
In addition to reducing emissions, Chemours supports circularity principles in developing sustainable solutions, promoting recycling and reuse, and fostering collaboration with customers and stakeholders. The company engages in collaborations and partnerships to drive circularity across industries to help enable a more sustainable future. Through its collaboration with customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders, Chemours aspires to develop comprehensive solutions that advance resource efficiency and waste reduction.
“At Chemours, we’re investing in technologies to reduce our own carbon footprint as we pursue a path to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. At the same time, we’re also working to be good stewards of our natural resources through water stewardship, waste reduction, and biodiversity enhancement,” says Familiar.
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The Chemours Company
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Gerardo Familiar, President, Advanced Performance Materials
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Chemours is a global chemistry company committed to creating a through the power of its chemistry. Through its commitment to Responsible Manufacturing, Chemours reduces emissions, conserves water, enhances biodiversity, and minimizes and disposes of waste properly while providing fluoropolymers and other chemistry critical to semiconductor manufacturing and furthering advanced technology development.
The Chemours Company News
The Chemours Company Announces Changes to its Board of Directors
Chemours Names Denise Dignam Permanent CEO
US specialty chemicals and materials company Chemours has appointed Denise Dignam as the company’s permanent CEO and president, as well as a member of the board of directors, effective immediately.
Dignam has been interim CEO since the end of February, when former CEO Mark Newman was placed on administrative leave following an internal investigation.
Dignam joined Chemours in 2015. She brings over 35 years of experience in the chemical industry where she has held senior roles in business and operations, sales and marketing, commercialization, and supply chain. Prior to her role as interim CEO of Chemours, she was president of the Titanium Technologies (TT) segment, and president of the Advanced Performance Materials (APM) segment.
Dignam has been interim CEO since the end of February, when former CEO Mark Newman was placed on administrative leave following an internal investigation.
Dignam joined Chemours in 2015. She brings over 35 years of experience in the chemical industry where she has held senior roles in business and operations, sales and marketing, commercialization, and supply chain. Prior to her role as interim CEO of Chemours, she was president of the Titanium Technologies (TT) segment, and president of the Advanced Performance Materials (APM) segment.
Chemours Opens State-of-the-Art Battery Innovation Center to Accelerate the Evolution of Electric Vehicle Batteries
The facility will enable more sustainable, cost-effective, and high-performing EV batteries
Chemours opens state-of-the-art Battery Innovation Center at its Chemours Discovery Hub in Newark, Del. (From left to right): Chemours President & CEO Denise Dignam, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (Del.), Chemours – Advanced Performance Materials President Gerardo Familiar. (Photo: Business Wire)
WILMINGTON - The Chemours Company (Chemours) (NYSE: CC), announced the opening of the Chemours Battery Innovation Center (CBIC), a first-in-its-class laboratory facility located at the Chemours Discovery Hub in Newark, Delaware. A multi-million-dollar investment, the CBIC supports the testing and scaling of next generation battery technologies, to enable more sustainable, cost-effective, energy-efficient, and high-performing batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs).
“Chemours has a rich history of using our unmatched knowledge of chemistry to develop innovations that help solve our customers' biggest challenges,” said Denise Dignam, President and Chief Executive Officer at Chemours. “The Chemours Battery Innovation Center is a state-of-the-art lab and investment in the long-term potential of improving the sustainability footprint and performance of hybrid and electric vehicle batteries. We are committed to supporting the electrification of the automotive industry through collaboration and putting our team’s deep technical expertise to work.”
“Delaware is on the cutting-edge of technology worldwide thanks in large part to investments like this, where Chemours has turned to the workforce around Newark to launch their state-of-the-art laboratory facility,” said Senator Chris Coons of Delaware. “I’m all charged up to see Delaware lead the way in battery innovations that will bring about a cleaner future.”
“Innovation is the Delaware way, and that’s exactly what we’re celebrating today,” said Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester, member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. “Through this new, state-of-the-art Battery Innovation Center, Chemours is helping propel us closer toward actualizing a clean energy future for all.”
The CBIC leverages Chemours’ application development expertise to drive innovation in partnership with customers to scale production of more sustainable, high-performance lithium-ion batteries (LiBs). The facility will serve as a technical support lab for partners and customers to collaborate with Chemours’ engineers to iterate, pilot, and adopt novel approaches to fabricating cost-effective LiBs.
“Electric vehicles are an essential part of the clean energy transition, and Chemours is dedicated to applying our advanced chemistry and material science knowledge to accelerate the electric future,” said Gerardo Familiar, President of Advanced Performance Materials at Chemours. “For example, our Teflon™ fluoropolymer binders are vital in developing solvent-free battery electrode manufacturing, which unlocks the path for more cost-effective and energy-efficient vehicles. Through the Chemours Battery Innovation Center, we can enable the adoption and scalability of this novel dry electrode coating technology to advance the capabilities of LiBs and the electric vehicle industry.”
The CBIC’s state-of-the-art equipment and data analytics capabilities enable predictive modeling to help EV manufacturers adopt this novel battery manufacturing technology to make better-performing EVs a reality.
Chemours opens state-of-the-art Battery Innovation Center at its Chemours Discovery Hub in Newark, Del. (From left to right): Chemours President & CEO Denise Dignam, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (Del.), Chemours – Advanced Performance Materials President Gerardo Familiar. (Photo: Business Wire)
WILMINGTON - The Chemours Company (Chemours) (NYSE: CC), announced the opening of the Chemours Battery Innovation Center (CBIC), a first-in-its-class laboratory facility located at the Chemours Discovery Hub in Newark, Delaware. A multi-million-dollar investment, the CBIC supports the testing and scaling of next generation battery technologies, to enable more sustainable, cost-effective, energy-efficient, and high-performing batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs).
“Chemours has a rich history of using our unmatched knowledge of chemistry to develop innovations that help solve our customers' biggest challenges,” said Denise Dignam, President and Chief Executive Officer at Chemours. “The Chemours Battery Innovation Center is a state-of-the-art lab and investment in the long-term potential of improving the sustainability footprint and performance of hybrid and electric vehicle batteries. We are committed to supporting the electrification of the automotive industry through collaboration and putting our team’s deep technical expertise to work.”
“Delaware is on the cutting-edge of technology worldwide thanks in large part to investments like this, where Chemours has turned to the workforce around Newark to launch their state-of-the-art laboratory facility,” said Senator Chris Coons of Delaware. “I’m all charged up to see Delaware lead the way in battery innovations that will bring about a cleaner future.”
“Innovation is the Delaware way, and that’s exactly what we’re celebrating today,” said Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester, member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. “Through this new, state-of-the-art Battery Innovation Center, Chemours is helping propel us closer toward actualizing a clean energy future for all.”
The CBIC leverages Chemours’ application development expertise to drive innovation in partnership with customers to scale production of more sustainable, high-performance lithium-ion batteries (LiBs). The facility will serve as a technical support lab for partners and customers to collaborate with Chemours’ engineers to iterate, pilot, and adopt novel approaches to fabricating cost-effective LiBs.
“Electric vehicles are an essential part of the clean energy transition, and Chemours is dedicated to applying our advanced chemistry and material science knowledge to accelerate the electric future,” said Gerardo Familiar, President of Advanced Performance Materials at Chemours. “For example, our Teflon™ fluoropolymer binders are vital in developing solvent-free battery electrode manufacturing, which unlocks the path for more cost-effective and energy-efficient vehicles. Through the Chemours Battery Innovation Center, we can enable the adoption and scalability of this novel dry electrode coating technology to advance the capabilities of LiBs and the electric vehicle industry.”
The CBIC’s state-of-the-art equipment and data analytics capabilities enable predictive modeling to help EV manufacturers adopt this novel battery manufacturing technology to make better-performing EVs a reality.
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WILMINGTON - The Chemours Company (Chemours) (NYSE: CC), announces two changes to its Board of Directors.
On November 17, 2023, Board member, Curtis J. Crawford, Ph.D. retired from the Board effective November 22, 2023. Also, effective November 22, 2023, Alister Cowan BA, CA, has been appointed to serve as a director.
“On behalf of our entire Board I want to thank Curt for his dedication, leadership, valuable insights, and service to the stakeholders of Chemours since its founding as an independent company. We benefited from his distinguished career in business and his expertise and global recognition in corporate governance and boardroom leadership, and are better for it,” said Dawn Farrell, Board Chair. “We are pleased to welcome Alister and the wealth of expertise and financial acumen he brings to the Board from his years as a Chief Financial Officer in the energy sector.”
Alister Cowan currently serves as Executive Advisor at Suncor Energy Inc. He was previously the company’s Chief Financial Officer from 2014 to 2023. Prior to joining Suncor, Mr. Cowan served as Chief Financial Officer of Husky Energy Inc. from 2008 to 2014. Before joining Husky Energy, he held various positions with companies throughout Europe, New Zealand, and Canada. Mr. Cowan is a graduate of Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
“I would like to add my deep gratitude for Curt’s service to Chemours and especially for his support and thought partnership in driving long term stakeholder value in my capacity as CEO. I am delighted to have Alister joining our Board of Directors,” said Mark Newman, Chemours President and CEO. “His global perspective, background and knowledge will complement the diverse perspectives and broad experience of our directors as we work together to create a better world through the power of Chemours’ chemistries.”