Mitsui Chemicals to acquire the photomask pellicles business of Asahi Kasei for for $58m.

Mitsui Chemicals, a Japanese chemicals company, agreed to acquire the photomask pellicles business of Asahi Kasei, a comprehensive chemicals business, for $58m. "It is aiming with creating and growing a “unique” ICT Solutions business to grow products that will let it create and grow operations here into our third pillar of earnings under the business portfolio transformation. This will see the pellicle business in particular positioned as a key product lineup on the ICT materials front, as well as a business to focus on further going forward. Hopes then are to offer highly competitive new products and solutions that contribute to innovation in the semiconductor production process, allowing Mitsui Chemicals to serve as the number one manufacturer of cutting-edge pellicles," Mitsui Chemicals.