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54 The PCB Magazine • September 2016 suppliers also supply high-end laminates based on non-epoxy resins, or non-epoxy resins com- pounded with epoxy. • Epoxy laminate, prepreg, and resin-coated foil suppliers, dielectric films, soldermask: – Nan Ya Plastic Corp. (Taiwan; vertically integrated) – Isola (USA/Germany) – Kingboard (China; vertically integrated) – Risho Kogyo (Japan) – Nikkan Industries (Japan) – Park Electrochemical Corp. (NELCO), USA – Taiwan Union Techn. Corp (TUC), Taiwan – Iteq (Taiwan) – Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Comp. (Japan) – Sengyi Sci. Tech (China; buying resin from Dow, Hexion, Huntsman) – Mitsui Chemicals (Japan; high Tg laminate) – Matsushita (Japan) – Hitachi Chemical (Japan) – S+S Technology Corp (Taiwan; licensed Driclad?) – Elite Mtl. Company, Ltd (Taiwan) – EIT (Endicott Interconnect Technologies), USA, captive – Taiwan Leader (Taiwan) • Epoxy resins, adhesives, molding compounds, underfills, glob tops: – CCP (Chang Chun Group; Taiwan), joint venture with Sumitomo Bakelite; epoxy resin, molding compounds – Schenectady International (USA); epoxies for electronics – Namics Techn. Inc. (Japan); underfill, glob top encapsulants, adhesives, die attach – Shin Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd (Japan) – Shin Etsu MicroSi Inc. (Japan); molding compounds – Ajinomoto (Japan); build-up dielectric film – Taiyo Ink (Japan); soldermask – Sumitomo Chemical (Japan); epoxy resin – Sumitomo Bakelite (Japan); adhesive films, molding compounds – Epoxies, Etc… (USA); epoxy formulator – Epotek (Epoxy Technology Inc.) (USA); epoxy adhesives, die attach – Lord Corp. (USA); resin formulator – Epolab Chemical Industries Inc. (Taiwan) – AI Technology, Inc. (USA), die attach, tapes, epoxy flex substrate. – Ablestik (National Starch & Chem., now Henkel), Germany; die attach adhesives, underfills – Loctite (Henkel), Germany; encapsulants, underfills, molding compounds – Delo (Germany); chip encapsulants – CVC Specialty Chemicals (USA); specialty epoxy resins, elastomer-modified epoxies DuPont supplies multi-functional phenols to CVC – Master Bond Inc. (USA); chip encapsulants Key Companies (laminate manufacturers) The following summary (Table 1) lists some of the best known CCL manufacturers. EPOXY: SUPPLY CHAIN AND USE IN ELECTRONICS Table 1.