PRESS RELEASE
July 1, 2022

“JFC Materials” Starts Operations as a New Production
Base for the Japan Fine Ceramics Group
Yokohama, Japan- JGC Holdings Corporation announces that Japan Fine Ceramics Co.,Ltd. (“JFC”), a functional material manufacturer in the JGC Group, closed a business
transfer today based on an agreement signed with Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.
(“SDMC”), in December of last year concerning the transfer of SDMC’s ceramics businessand started doing business as JFC Materials Co., Ltd. (“JFC Materials”), a wholly owned
subsidiary of JFC.
For the time being, the sales activities of JFC Materials will be handled by JFC. Thecompany will dedicate itself to manufacturing by streamlining production and installing newequipment in order to contribute to the improvement of the JFC Group’s production
capacity and the enhancement of its business performance.

SDMC’s ceramics business has been providing high-density silicon carbide (SiC)
ceramics, alumina ceramics, and zirconia-toughened alumina ceramics for applications
such as automobiles, semiconductors, and industrial equipment. Thanks to their respective
properties, these ceramics have been adopted in components including cooling water
pump seals for automotive engines and precise positioning components for equipmentused in the semiconductor manufacturing process.
In addition to continuing the manufacture and sale of these products, JFC Materials will
expand its product lineup of ceramics for semiconductor manufacturing equipment by
combining its material technologies for silicon carbide and oxide ceramics, manufacturing
technologies for large-scale components, and mass-production technologies for sealcomponents with the manufacturing technologies for non-oxide ceramics such as siliconcarbide and silicon nitride (Si3N4) as well as precision processing technologies in which
JFC excels. JFC Materials will also aim to expand its lineup of cooling seal components forelectric-vehicle power modules and other mass-produced components in the market for
power semiconductors, which achieve power-saving for electric vehicles, high-speed rail,and industrial equipment.
Through the business transfer, the JFC Group’s production capacity of ceramics forsemiconductor manufacturing equipment and other structural (engineering) ceramics will beexpanded to about twice its capacity prior to the transfer.

One of the key strategies in “BSP2025,” the JGC Group’s medium-term business planfor the five years from FY2021 to FY2025, is “expansion of manufacturing business forhigh-performance functional materials” such as catalysts, fine chemicals, and fineceramics. Going forward, the Group will continue to proactively work toward the expansionof manufacturing business for high-performance functional materials, including ceramics forsemiconductors.

<Outline of JFC Materials Co., Ltd.>
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Name

JFC Materials Co., Ltd.

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Address of Head Office1380-1 Tarazaki, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Pref., Japan(3)

NameandTitle

of Hiroshi Tanaka, Representative Director andRepresentativePresident(4)Lines of Business

Manufacture and processing of ceramics(5)

Date of Establishment

February 28, 2022

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Main Shareholders andShareholding Ratio
Number of Employees

Japan Fine Ceramics Co., Ltd., 100%56 (as of July 1, 2022)

Contact：
Akihiro Yamagami
Corporate Communication GroupJGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
E-mail：yamagami.akihiro@jgc.com