The country’s chip tool components sector is crowded with dozens of small players, which lack the scale to demand better prices
Prices are rising across Japan, but not for the components of chipmaking gear. Tokyo Electron supplier Marumae is seeking out deals to change that.
Many Japanese makers of vacuum parts found in chip tools have yet to reap gains from an artificial intelligence boom that is spurring billions of dollars of spending on Nvidia chips and other hardware, according to Marumae president Toshikazu Maeda.
That is because such manufacturers are fighting with dozens of other companies in Japan that specialise in creating airtight spaces inside bigger machines – a niche but essential area worth less than ¥100 billion (US$680 million) in domestic sales.
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