Articles from AGC Inc.

AGC (AGC Inc., Headquarters: Tokyo; President: Yoshinori Hirai)(TOKYO:5201), a world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals and other high-tech materials, proudly announces the launch of surfactant and fluorinated polymerization solvent free grades in its fluoroelastomer “AFLAS™ FFKM” series; the SF grades (the “Products”). The newly developed Products are manufactured entirely without the use of any surfactants*1 or fluorinated polymerization solvents*2. The Products offer high performance equivalent to that of conventional products, while meeting the growing market demand for fluoroelastomers that do not use surfactants or fluorinated polymerization solvents during the manufacturing process. This has been achieved through AGC’s innovative, proprietary polymer manufacturing technology (Surfactant-Free & Fluoro Solvent-Free Technology, hereafter the “Technology”). Initially, this Technology will be applied to the high-temperature-resistant type of FFKM fluoroelastomers and new grades will be added to the “AFLAS™ FFKM” series for semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Commercial availability of this new grade begins this month. We are planning to extend the Technology to other types of FFKM fluoroelastomers and will progressively introduce those new types of Products as part of “AFLAS™ FFKM” series.

AGC (AGC Inc., President: Yoshinori Hirai) (TOKYO:5201), a world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals, and other high-tech materials, has launched the "METEORWAVE® ELL Series of Multilayer Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Materials," which achieves one of the industry's highest levels*1 of low transmission loss and high thermal resistance for high-speed communication applications. The METEORWAVE® ELL Series will contribute to higher capacity, higher transfer rates, and lower power consumption of data communication, as the volume of data communication is projected to grow dramatically in the future owing to advances in IoT, DX, and generative AI.

AGC, the provider of a wide range of solutions from automotive and display glass to the cutting-edge materials essential for next-generation mobility, will exhibit at CES2023, the world's leading technology trade show, being held in Las Vegas during January 3-8, 2023. The 3rd and 4th will be reserved for media and pre-show keynotes; the fair will be open to the public from the 5th. The company will exhibit 17 of its products, including several brand new releases.