The TANIOBIS site in Goslar will in future benefit from a new test and production facility. In addition, TANIOBIS is also expanding its capacities and its possibilities for developing new products. “Together with JX Advanced Metals, we recognize significant growth potential in the fields of atomic layer deposition (ALD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for the next generation of semiconductors.” explains Kazuhiko Iida, Chairman of the TANIOBIS Group. “By expanding our capacities in Goslar, we want to strengthen our market position, and respond flexibly to increasing requirements. We see great potential in the chloride sector in particular – both for JX and for TANIOBIS.” Optimization of the Laufenburg chloride plant fulfills a business continuity option, and both plant locations will enable the company to promptly meet peaks in demand.

High-purity grades: growing demand calls for adaptation

The main focus of the existing production facilities at TANIOBIS’ Laufenburg site is on tantalum and niobium chloride in all grades as well as standard grades from the tungsten- and molybdenum-based portfolio. Plans are underway for optimizations here in future. “It was clear to us early on that the demand for high-purity grades would expand steadily to include other elements. That’s why – alongside the optimization of the Laufenburg facilities – we also needed to build a new test and production plant at our Goslar site,” explains Dr. Ole Brettschneider, Head of Business Development at TANIOBIS.

Expanding the portfolio in Goslar: high-performance materials for generative AI

The new chloride plant in Goslar enables the development of innovative AMPERTEC® chloride compounds as well as optimization of existing products. Microprocessors and memory chips for applications in the field generative AI (artificial intelligence) require constant improvements in their speed and energy efficiency. In the latest chip generations, chip developers are trying to achieve ultra-fine conductor paths by means of deposition processes based on high-purity molybdenum and tungsten chlorides, the production of which TANIOBIS is developing and testing at its plant in Goslar.

Operation of the Goslar plant is initially focused on the development of special products in the tungsten and molybdenum portfolio and also includes optimizations of existing product grades and processes as well as customer-driven new developments. Later on, it should also be possible to cover peaks in demand for standard grades, for which the necessary qualification processes must begin at an early stage.

In its testing operations, TANIOBIS develops and tests new processes for its customers’ development needs.