November 22, 2023
Nagase & Co., Ltd.
Selected as Coordinating Company for Transportation of Materials for Rapidus Corporation
Supporting a Stable Production System with a Network of Suppliers, Specialized Knowledge ofChemicals, and Knowhow for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods

Nagase & Co., Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President and CEO: Hiroyuki
Ueshima) was selected as one of the businesses to arrange transportation of semiconductor materials
from Honshu to Hokkaido for the IIM (Innovative Integration for Manufacturing) semiconductor plant being
built in Chitose, Hokkaido by Rapidus Corporation (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO:Atsuyoshi Koike), which aims to manufacture advanced semiconductors domestically in Japan.
Eight major Japanese companies* invested in Rapidus, which aims to domesticate the manufacture ofadvanced 2-nm (nanometer) semiconductors vital to next-generation industries such as automated drivingand AI. As a coordinator for the transportation of key materials necessary to the manufacture ofsemiconductors, Nagase will consolidate the materials delivered by each supplier at several terminals
throughout the country, determine the appropriate transportation method for each material, and arrange
the logistics for their delivery to a warehouse near the IIM plant. Nagase was selected due to factors
including being a chemicals trading firm with a network including approximately 300 suppliers related to
semiconductor manufacturer, its accumulated specialized knowledge in chemicals as a chemical trading
firm founded over 190 years ago, and its proposal of an environmentally-friendly transportation scheme
including solutions for safely transporting dangerous goods.

Arrangements with suppliers and selecting
transportation methods

Supplier

TerminalWarehouse

IIM plant*Coordination of material transportation
As part of the semiconductor manufacturing process, flammable dangerous goods such as solutions
and high-pressure gases are used for lithography and etching. However, the transportation of these goods
through the Seikan Tunnel is prohibited under Japan Rail’s freight regulations, and so marinetransportation is vital in addition to overland transportation via trucks and trains. Senko Nagase Logistics
Co., Ltd. (Amagasaki, Hyogo) is a NAGASE Group company with ample experience in the transportationof dangerous goods, and, together with the operators of commercial ships that are part of Nagase’snetwork as a trading firm, will support Rapidus in its goal of domesticating the manufacture of advancedsemiconductors.

After Nagase began importing semiconductor materials in 1960 as the sole distributor for the Eastman
Kodak Company, its business grew when video film development technology was applied tophotolithography for manufacturing semiconductors, before expanding into businesses such as sellingchemical solutions. Starting in 1974, the Nagase Microelectronics Seminar was established to improve
Japan’s semiconductor technology not just at the company level, but for the industry as a whole, improving
the relations between semiconductor-related businesses, engineers, and researchers (the 44th Nagase
Microelectronics Seminar was held in November 2023). Today, NAGASE handles a wide variety ofmaterials both in Japan and worldwide, and uses its unparalleled network in the complicatedsemiconductor supply chain to contribute to Japan’s semiconductor industry moving to the next stage,
through value that can only be provided by NAGASE.
*Kioxia Corporation, Sony Group Corporation, SoftBank Corp., Denso Corporation, Toyota Motor
Corporation, NEC Corporation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, and MUFG Bank, Ltd.
◆Inquiries
Nagase & Co., Ltd.

https://www.nagase.co.jp/<Business Inquiries>
Advanced Functional Materials Department
Mail: rapidus_pj@nagase.co.jp<Media Inquiries>
Branding Office, Global Communications Department
Tel: 03-3665-3640