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January 28, 2022

VIEWPOINT 2022: Andy Behr, Technology Manager, Panasonic Electronic Materials



VIEWPOINT 2022: Andy Behr, Technology Manager, Panasonic Electronic Materials
Andy Behr, Technology Manager, Panasonic Electronic Materials
Panasonic Electronic Materials is a principal supplier of key IC packaging materials like semiconductor encapsulants and organic substrates. The industry faced unprecedented challenges in 2021 because of chip shortages, raw material availability, logistics issues and pandemic uncertainty.

Our team worked diligently to meet customer demand and I would like to recognize their extraordinary efforts to exceed our customer expectations.

Heading into 2022, our business expects steady growth to meet pent-up demand across most industry sectors and we foresee robust growth in network infrastructure as 5G deployment continues.

We also anticipate significant opportunity in new materials that enable high-speed system development. For example, package-level thermal challenges from high speed/high density flip-chips are driving growth of our thermally conductive molded underfills.

Our new FC BGA substrates combine ultra-low CTE properties with a unique stress release polymer technology to decrease warpage and deliver increased board-level reliability for larger packages. Panasonic will continue leading-edge development of high-speed, low-loss, high-layer-count motherboard laminates -- the backbone of many communication systems.

Although the "new normal" of the post-pandemic world won't be the same as pre-pandemic environment, we are adapting to a changing environment and will continue delivering best-in-class packaging materials to customers in 2022 and beyond.

Andy Behr, , Technology Manager
Panasonic Electronic Materials
https://na.panasonic.com/us/
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