Inside Henkel's Korean factory making adhesives for AI chips

What happened: Henkel produces semiconductor adhesives at its Songdo, Incheon plant, its only Korean factory making them, and plans a new technical center to expand R&D in Seoul's Gasan Digital Complex. Key numbers: Plant completed 2022 after about 35 million euros ($39.2 million) investment; 10,144 square meters; capacity up to 250 metric tons a year; more than Why it matters: Henkel expects the Songdo plant's role to grow with the global AI market and Korea's semiconductor industry, and says customers want adhesives that flow more readily and form thinner bonding layers as chips shrink.

Henkel produces semiconductor adhesives at its Songdo, Incheon plant, its only Korean factory making them, and plans a new technical center to expand R&D in Seoul's Gasan Digital Complex.

Henkel expects the Songdo plant's role to grow with the global AI market and Korea's semiconductor industry, and says customers want adhesives that flow more readily and form thinner bonding layers as chips shrink.