Hubei Sinophorus Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.: Corporate Profile and Electronic-Grade Phosphoric Acid Capacity Expansion Plan

Basic Corporate Overview

Hubei Sinophorus Electronic Materials Co., Ltd. is a joint venture co-established by Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group Co., Ltd. and Huaxing Holdings Limited. The company was incorporated in November 2008 with a registered capital of 138 million RMB. It is located at No. 66-3 Xiaoting Avenue, Xiaoting District, Yichang City, inside Yichang New Material Industrial Park of Xingfa Group.

Covering a land area of 250 mu, the company currently has 230 on-site employees. It enjoys supporting infrastructure and integrated raw material supply advantages supported by Xingfa Group’s industrial park cluster.

Core Business Scope

The company’s licensed business covers diversified manufacturing, wholesale and technical consulting services, which are divided into two core sectors:

1. Chemical manufacturing and circulation: Production and sales of chemical products and corresponding packaging containers; wholesale of silane and liquid ammonia; wholesale of electronic-grade chemicals including electronic-grade acids and cleaning agents.
2. Photovoltaic and metal supporting services: Wholesale of solar photovoltaic modules, cells, silicon wafers, silicon rods, silicon materials, silicon ingots and silicon powder, as well as metal products, mechanical equipment and spare parts; matched technical consultation and after-sales services.

Completed and Under-construction Production Lines by Zones

Sinophorus has deployed multi-batch electronic chemical production facilities in Zone A, C and D of Yichang New Material Industrial Park, with partial facilities completed and others pending construction or acceptance:

Zone A (South of National Highway 318)

• 30,000 tons per annum (tpa) phosphoric acid plant for both electronic-grade and food-grade products
• 20,000 tpa electronic-grade sulfuric acid plant, equipped with high-purity yellow phosphorus refining supporting facility

Zone C

• 20,000 tpa waste phosphoric acid recovery plant: 5,000 tpa unit completed, remaining capacity pending construction
• 50,000 tpa electronic-grade blended chemical plant: 30,000 tpa unit completed, remaining capacity pending construction
• 3,000 tpa electronic cleaning agent plant
• 100,000 tpa ultra-high-purity liquid sulfur trioxide plant
• 800 tpa electronic-grade blended chemicals R&D pilot production line

Zone D

• 40,000 tpa electronic-grade sulfuric acid plant
• 40,000 tpa electronic-grade hydrogen peroxide plant: 10,000 tpa section accepted, 30,000 tpa section completed and pending acceptance
• 30,000 tpa electronic-grade phosphoric acid plant
• 20,000 tpa electronic-grade ammonia water plant with by-product 10,000 tpa electronic-grade ammonia
• 100,000 sets per annum electronic-grade chemical packaging barrel plant
• 165 tpa electronic-grade silicon-based precursor plant

Operation Performance and Customer Layout of Existing Electronic-Grade Phosphoric Acid

Sinophorus’ existing 60,000 tpa electronic-grade phosphoric acid production line has maintained stable long-term operation after commissioning, with product quality reaching leading domestic standards. The material has been supplied in batches to mainstream 8-inch and 12-inch semiconductor fabs at home and abroad.

Mass supply customers include Xiamen Unitec Semiconductor, SK Hynix, SMIC, Huahong Grace, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor. Besides, its electronic-grade phosphoric acid has passed quality qualification tests by Yangtze Memory Technologies and Nanfang SMIC.

Market Demand Background for Capacity Expansion

Affected by Sino-US trade frictions, domestic integrated circuit manufacturers are accelerating the localization of upstream electronic chemical materials, driving explosive growth in domestic market demand for electronic-grade phosphoric acid.

Sinophorus has independently mastered core production and quality control technologies for electronic-grade phosphoric acid, with stable product consistency and expanding global sales channels. However, the current 60,000 tpa capacity cannot meet surging downstream semiconductor procurement demand, restricting revenue growth and market share expansion.

40,000 TPA Electronic-Grade Phosphoric Acid Capacity Expansion Project

To cope with fierce industrial competition, improve risk resistance and core competitiveness, Sinophorus plans to construct a new 40,000 tpa electronic-grade phosphoric acid plant and complete matched auxiliary facilities in Industrial Park Zone D.

The project aims to fully leverage Xingfa Group’s local phosphorus resource reserves, carry out deep phosphorus resource processing, lift product added value, boost corporate operating benefits, and further consolidate the company’s leading position in China’s electronic-grade wet chemical industry.

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