【SMM Copper Flash News】Japan's Mitsui Kinzoku is expanding electrolytic copper foil production capacity due to strong demand for AI-related products

Published: Oct 1, 2025 15:22

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Mitsui Kinzoku announced that it currently produces electrolytic copper foil (VSP) for high-frequency substrates at its plants in Taiwan and Malaysia. Due to strong demand for AI-related products, the company will expand VSP production capacity at its plants in Taiwan and Malaysia, aiming to increase monthly capacity to 840 tons by the end of September 2026, a 35% increase compared to current levels. By August 2025, the combined monthly production capacity of the two facilities was 620 tons (560 tons in Taiwan and 60 tons in Malaysia).

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