Sumitomo Chemical Baytown greenfield plant
Baytown, TX. Materials.
Sumitomo Chemical, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan
Baytown ultra-high-purity isopropyl alcohol plant
Greenfield plant making ultra-high-purity isopropyl alcohol for advanced logic and memory chips; CHIPS PMT up to $52.1M, not finalized as of Aug 2026.
- Investment
- not stated
- Jobs
- 43
- Announced
- Sep 1, 2022
- Target
- not stated
- Type
- Materials
- Process or product
- Ultra-high-purity isopropyl alcohol
- Wafer size
- not stated
- CHIPS Act funding
- $52.1M (preliminary terms)
Timeline
- Funding
Commerce signed a non-binding PMT for up to $52.1 million in CHIPS funding for Sumika's Baytown plant.
NIST - Announced
Sumitomo Chemical announced a new Texas subsidiary, Sumika Semiconductor Materials Texas, with US$130 million in total capital.
Indian Chemical News
Sources (9)
- CHIPS Program Office Awards (listing, page last updated 2026-08-06) NIST CHIPS for America, Aug 6, 2026
- Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities Funded by the CHIPS Act: Project Status and Considerations for Congress (R49031) Congressional Research Service, Jul 14, 2026
- NIST news archive: Department of Commerce Announces Preliminary Terms with Analog Devices, Coherent Corp., IntelliEPI and Sumika (item dated 2025-01-16) NIST, Jan 16, 2025
- Commerce announces preliminary terms with Analog Devices, Coherent, IntelliEPI and Sumika U.S. Department of Commerce, Jan 16, 2025
- CHIPS award page: Sumika (Texas), preliminary memorandum of terms NIST CHIPS for America, Jan 15, 2025
- Sumika CHIPS for America Baytown Economic Development Foundation, Jan 15, 2025
- Sumitomo Chemical to establish a new subsidiary in US to manufacture semiconductor process chemicals Indian Chemical News, Sep 1, 2022
- CHIPS for America: Texas awards and proposed investments (state page) NIST CHIPS for America
- CHIPS for America: The CHIPS Program Office Vision for Success: Two Years Later (appendix of awards and proposed investments) NIST CHIPS for America
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