Kobe Steel quietly makes top-tier niche semiconductor gear, keiretsu breadth on display
PAstynome · x · 2026-10-22
The author highlights that Kobe Steel (KOBELCO) makes top-notch niche semiconductor manufacturing equipment — another example of how Japanese keiretsus have fingers in barely related businesses. Per KOBELCO's site, its offerings span leadframe copper alloys, sputtering targets for oxide semiconductors, power-semiconductor leadframes and precision aluminum components across wafer production, circuit formation and packaging.
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