Another investment in lithography? Huawei Hubble acquires stake in Xuzhou Bokang

Qichacha shows that on August 10, Xuzhou Bokang Information Chemicals Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Xuzhou Bokang") underwent a number of changes. Among them, Shenzhen Hubble Technology Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership) was added as an investor, and the registered capital increased from "76,009,499 yuan" to "84,454,999 yuan".

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According to official information from Xuzhou Bokang, Xuzhou Bokang was established in 2010 and is a material enterprise under the Bokang Group. It is a national high-tech enterprise that focuses on the research and development, production and operation of mid-to-high-end photoresists, photoresist monomers and photoresist resins. It is currently the only company in China that produces mid-to-high-end photoresist monomer materials on a large scale. The company undertakes national 02 special projects, national industrial revitalization and technological transformation projects. At the same time, in order to expand production capacity and extend the industrial chain, the company has relocated and transformed its technology, and built a new project with an annual output of 1,100 tons of photoresist materials and 10,000 tons of electronic-grade solvents.

It is reported that Xuzhou Bokang is engaged in the production technology of medium and high-end photoresist monomers, which is advanced in China. Five of its products have been recognized as municipal high-tech products. Especially in the production of 193nm photoresist monomers, it has completely independent intellectual property rights. Its product line covers 193nm/248nm photoresist monomers, 193nm/248nm photoresists, G-line/I-line photoresists, electron beam photoresists and other products. At present, it has successfully developed more than 40 medium and high-end photoresist product series, including a variety of electron beam photoresists, ArF dry photoresists, KrF positive and negative photoresists, I-line positive and negative photoresists and GHI ultra-thick negative photoresists, which are used in multiple links of IC integrated circuit manufacturing.

In addition, Xuzhou Bokang has been establishing a school-enterprise alliance with the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is currently carrying out multi-level cooperation with relevant universities and scientific research institutions such as the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Chemistry, and Fudan University, and is actively committed to the development of my country's photolithography materials industry, making further contributions to the research and development of the country's photoresist monomer technology.

It is worth mentioning that on June 4 this year, Hubble Technology Investment Co., Ltd. added a new investment company - Beijing Keyi Hongyuan Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Keyi Hongyuan"). Keyi Hongyuan was jointly established in July 2016 by Yizhuang Guotou, the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Guoke Keyi. It is one of the few companies in China that has the ability to independently research and commercialize high-end excimer laser technology. It is also the industrialization carrier of the results of the national 02 major project "Immersion exposure light source development and small batch product production capacity construction".