南亞 Approves Glass-Fiber Plant With 100 Million-Meter Annual Capacity

南亞 approved an investment of NT$11.53 billion (New Taiwan dollars) to build a fifth glass-fiber cloth factory at its Changbin site in Changhua County, Taiwan. The planned facility is designed to produce 100 million meters a year, or about 8 million to 9 million meters per month.

Production will focus on thin and ultrathin glass-fiber cloth for high-end copper-clad laminates and printed circuit boards. The board approval adds planned capacity for those materials.

南亞 also approved an NT$800 million capital increase for its subsidiary 台灣必成 to build a factory and expand production of specialty glass-fiber yarn, known as T yarn. Glass-fiber yarn is woven into cloth, and its specifications affect the cloth’s electrical and mechanical properties.