Expanding into the Global Market on the Strength of World-class Connector Materials
Growing primarily on the strength of its high-value-added copper alloys, Dowa Metaltech Co., Ltd., has set the standard for automotive connector materials. The company will continue to employ its world-class connector materials to expand its business in global markets.
Business Strategies
| Metal-processing business | Convert to high-value-added products through accelerated capital investments, move into top slot in market for automotive connector materials |
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| Plating business | Become No. 1 in electro-plating by enhancing the capability to comply with diverse specifications |
Introduction to Principal Businesses
Metal-processing business
Dowa Power Device Co., Ltd.
Dowa Hightech Co., Ltd.
The backbone of Dowa Metaltech’s metal-processing business is its line of high-value-added copper alloys. Notably, the company’s high-performance connector materials (which it has licensed to Olin Corporation of the U.S.) set the standard for automotive connector materials.
The advanced reflow plating developed by the company is highly regarded for its superior heat resistance and solderability.
Users of Dowa Metaltech’s products are expanding overseas. The establishment of Dowa Advanced Materials Shanghai Co., Ltd., marks the establishment of a global supply organization extending across Asia to Europe and the U.S.
The company is also the world’s top producer of metal and ceramic substrates for inverters used in industrial machinery.
Dowa Metaltech’s copper-clad aluminum nitride substrates and aluminum-clad aluminum nitride substrates (Alumic ) are used in hybrid cars for their high strength, excellent electrical isolation, and superior electrical properties.
Plating business
Dowa Metaltech is expanding its electro-plating business, and is performing plating of connectors and switches for customers in a wide range of industries, from automobiles to mobile telephones and consumer electronics.
One strong feature of Dowa Metaltech’s plating business is its capability to comply with diverse specifications.
<Dowa Metaltech conducts various types of plating>
Precious metal plating: Gold, silver, palladium
Alloy plating: Palladium-nickel
Other: Tin (reflow) and nickel
<Dowa Metaltech supplies an array of materials>
Various copper alloy and stainless materials
Can meet needs for strip and pressed materials
Can supply various thicknesses (0.04 to 2.5mm)
Width of materials (silver: max. 250mm, gold: max. 150mm)
<Uses various selective plating technologies to perform multicolor and multiplayer plating>
Selective plating: Stripes, spots, fluid levels, etc.
Building on the expertise in analysis and assessment technology and the development capabilities developed in the course of its semiconductor and other electronic materials operations, Dowa Metaltech is striving to meet its customers’ next-generation needs through the development of highly abrasion and heat resistant high-performance plating film, and continuous processing technology for difficult-to-plate materials.
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