Mitsui Chemicals to take over chip linchpin JSR for $12 billion
The deal would further a government-backed effort to consolidate Japan's fragmented semiconductor-materials industry.
The deal would further a government-backed effort to consolidate Japan's fragmented semiconductor-materials industry.
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