Engineered Materials

Engineered Powders Division

We use specialist “powder control technology” to provide a range of high performance metal powders. One of our key strengths is our extensive range of products for various different purposes, including cerium oxide abrasives used for polishing glass in products such as LCD panels and hard disks, extrapure tantalum oxide used in SAW filter, and metal powders (copper, silver) for use in electronic equipment and battery materials. We also develop, manufacture and sell powders in line with our customers’ needs, in terms of particle size and shape.

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Main products（Rare Metals）

• Tantalumu and Niobium Oxides and Carbides（1．TSS, TEP, NSS (oxides, white powders) 2．TaC, TaNbC, NbC (carbides, blackish brown powders)）

  

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  Separation and purification techniques using solvent extraction equipment are used to extract tantalum and niobium, to produce high purity oxide products. Tantalum and niobium carbide are produced by carbonizing oxides.

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• Cerium Oxide Abrasives（MIREK®）

  

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  This abrasive is based on cerium oxide, and is available in various particle sizes for rough polishing to finishing work. It is used in leading edge industries to polish glass substrates for hard disks and LCD panels.

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Main products（Engineered Powders）

• Passstran®（Tin oxide (SnO2), Zinc oxide (ZnO)）

  

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  We manufacture a range of conductive powders with outstanding optical properties, including transparency and concealment.

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• Ultra-fine powders for electronic materials（These copper and silver powders were developed using our exclusive wet reaction process and atomizing process. ）

  

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  These copper and silver powders were developed using our exclusive wet reaction process and atomizing process.

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  HIKOSHIMA SMELTING CO., LTD.(Japanese)
• Solder powder（Solder powder, fine solder powder）

  

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  This solder powder is made using a centrifugal spraying system that produces spherical fine powder with little oxidation.

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• Powder metallurgy（These powders are manufactured by leveraging the atomizing process.）

  

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  These powders are manufactured by leveraging the atomizing process.

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  Mitsui Kinzoku Die-Casting Technology Co., Ltd.(Japanese)

Main products（Battery Materials）

• Hydrogen storage (absorbing) alloy (MH alloy)

  

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  We manufacture and sell hydrogen storage alloy for nickel hydride batteries using high purity materials and advanced process control to satisfy the high quality requirements of automotive use.

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• Lithium Mangansese Oxide (LMO)

  

  Main products（Battery Materials）

  IoT / ElectronicsMobilityEnergy

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  We manufacture and sell Lithium Manganese Oxide (LMO) and Nickel-Lithium (NCM) for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries primarily used for environmentally friendly Electric Vehicles (EV) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV).

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Copper Foil Division

Any electronic equipment including PCs and mobile phones, has mounted electronic circuit board placing the very small parts such as IC chips with detailed wiring., Electrolytic copper foil is essential printed wiring board material for this board. From general-purpose products to newly developed products which enable the formation of ultra-fine circuit, we are always leading the market in product development capabilities and a wide assortment. Various business location, development, production, processing and logistics, we have deployed in each region of the country, including Asia, North America.

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Main products

• Copper foil with carrier film（MicroThin™（MTSD-H、MT-EX））

  

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  Our MicroThin® copper foil is an extremely thin copper foil of 2 to 5-μm-thickness with carrier film. In Modified Semi Additive Process (MSAP), this foil can be used as base copper to produce ultra-high-precision circuit boards. It is the global standard for ultra-thin copper foils.

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• Resin-coated copper foil

  

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  This is a composite material that has a layer of semi-hardened resin applied on a copper foil. Unlike other materials that contain glass cloth, this product is excellent for designing slim substrates and creating vias in circuits. It is used as the outer layer for motherboards in several hundred million mobile phones every year.

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• Material of capacitors embedded in PWBs (FaradFlex®)

  

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  This product, when used as voltage and ground planes, offers uniform power distribution and suppresses noises.

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• Electro-deposited copper foil for printed wiring boards (PWBs)（3EC-III (Global standard foil), VLP Series and HTE Series）

  

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  IoT / ElectronicsMobilityEnergy

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  This product is available in a variety of foil and surface treatment options, such as a low profile copper foil, a copper foil with super fine nodules, for use in various applications.

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PVD Materials Division

The Company as a comprehensive metal manufacturer, all the material in the motif, large, TV high definition progresses, various sizes in applications to demonstrate use of thin film such as a portable, shape, offers a sputtering target of composition.

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Main products

• Sputtering Targets（1. ITO 2. IGZO 3. Targets for transparent conductive films (ZnO alloy, SnO2 alloy, etc.) 4.Various other targets）

  

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  We manufacture and sell a range of sputtering targets, in compositions such as indium tin oxide (ITO) for depositing transparent conductor films on LCD panels, organic EL panels and touch panels, indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) for transparent oxide semiconductors, and various other compositions for purposes such as thin-film solar cells. 

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Ceramics Division

Furnaces are essential for manufacturing ceramics for electronic components which have been in increasingly high demand in recent years. Mitsui Kinzoku manufactures the refractory bricks used to line these furnaces, as well as kiln tools and bricks used for nonferrous metal melting furnaces. We also manufacture Metalofilter(r), a world-class filter known for its highly efficient removal of impurities in molten aluminum. This filter contributes to the manufacture of aluminum beverage cans throughout the world.
Additionally, we are also working with high performance ceramics to make new developments and applications, and to exploit their use.

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Main products

• Allumina, Silicon Carbide (SiC) refractories（1. AS series (High alumina refractory) 2. MS series (Electro-melting mullite refractory) 3. NS series (Silicate bonded SiC refractory) 4. RS series (Silicon nitride bonded SiC refractory) 5. ZS series (Zirconia refractory) 6. MG series (Electro-melting magnesia refractory)）

  

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  Mitsui Kinzoku manufactures high-quality high-performance and energy-saving refractory materials made from select high-grade materials using proprietary technology and facilities.Read more

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• Fine ceramics（1. HC-SN (Silicon nitride fine ceramics) 2. HC-TB (Titanium dioxide fine ceramics) 3. HC-SC (Silicon impregnated silicon carbide fine ceramics) 4. HC-HA (High-grade alumina fine ceramics) 5. HC-ZR (Zirconia fine ceramics) 6. HC-AZ (Fine alumina-zirconia ceramics)）

  

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  These materials feature strength and thermal-shock-resistance, which lends them to use as large-size components such as heater tubes and rotors for dissolving aluminum, electro-ceramics kiln tools and structural materials.

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• METALOFILTER®, METALOCLEAN®

  

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  In the aluminum industry, customers demand products that are lighter, thinner, stronger, and easier to process. To meet this demand, Mitsui Kinzoku offers Metalofilter for removing inclusions in molten aluminum, and Metaloclean TS to remove hydrogen gas.

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Affiliated companies

Other affiliates companies of the Engineering Materials Sector, including overseas

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