IBIDEN Co., Ltd. · Ogaki, Gifu Japan ·(Tokyo: 40620)

Ibiden's ken is high-tech materials. The company focuses on plastic packaging that protects semiconductor chips (from dirt and electric shocks), and from the manufacture of printed circuit boards used in myriad electronic devices. Ibiden's ceramic division makes an array of inorganic chemicals, including fine ceramics used in industrial insulators and other products, as well as specialized ceramic components for the production of semiconductors and automobile parts. The company's housing division manufactures copper-leaf and melamine laminates and precut building materials. Ibiden was established in 1912. To read the full description, subscribe now.