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The world talks about TSMC, NVIDIA, and multi-billion-dollar EUV machines. But no chip can exist without another pile of "snacks" almost nobody sees — photoresist, polishing slurry, specialty gases, and metal sheets purified to nine-nines — fed onto the wafer drop by drop across hundreds of steps. Together they're a market of just ~$67 billion — a fraction of the chip value they create — yet some have only 2–3 makers on Earth, and almost all of them are in Japan. This is the truest chokepoint of the chip era.

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Phichem's controlling shareholder and concert parties cash out about 200 million yuan by reducing 5.68 million shares and terminate the reduction plan early

Phichem announced on September 30 that its board of directors had received a notification letter from the controlling shareholder Phichem Holdings and its concert party Zhang Yanxia. As of the disclosure date, the two had cumulatively reduced their holdings in the company by 5,680,075 shares and decided to terminate this share reduction plan ahead of schedule. Shares not yet sold under the plan will no longer be reduced within the remaining period. Based on the average reduction price disclosed in the announcement, the shareholders cashed out approximately 200 million yuan in total from this reduction. The company had pre-disclosed the reduction plan on June 10, 2026. Phichem Holdings and Zhang Yanxia originally planned to reduce their combined holdings by no more than 5,669,464 shares within three months starting 15 trading days after the pre-disclosure announcement, through block trades or centralized bidding, representing no more than 1.00 percent of total share capital. Because the registration of shares vested under the first归属 period of the 2025 restricted stock incentive plan was completed in June 2026, total share capital increased from 566,946,450 shares to 570,033,250 shares, and the planned reduction amount was correspondingly adjusted to no more than 5,700,332 shares, with the proportion of total share capital unchanged. On the same day, the board also received a notification letter from Phichem Holdings and its concert parties Zhang Justin Jicheng, Zhang Alan Jian, Zhang Yanxia, and Xia Shifeng stating that their equity change had reached 1 percent. From May 20, 2025 to September 29, 2026, the combined shareholding ratio of the above shareholders decreased from 22.00 percent to 20.79 percent. Phichem is mainly engaged in the research, development, production, and sales of electronic chemical materials. Its 2026 semi-annual report showed that during the reporting period it achieved total operating revenue of 1.722 billion yuan, up 17.79 percent year on year; net profit attributable to the parent company was 267 million yuan, up 23.20 percent year on year; non-GAAP net profit was 260 million yuan, up 47.19 percent year on year; and net cash flow from operating activities was 478 million yuan, up 101.81 percent year on year.
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300398.CS · Capital · Negative Controlling shareholder and concert parties sold 5.68 million shares for about 200 million yuan, reducing their stake from 22.00% to 20.79%.
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Thermoplastic Polyimide Market to Reach USD 0.86 Billion by 2032, MarketsandMarkets Says

The global Thermoplastic Polyimide market is projected to grow from USD 0.56 billion in 2026 to USD 0.86 billion by 2032, registering a CAGR of 7.4% during 2026–2032, according to MarketsandMarkets. Asia Pacific accounted for 35% of the global market in 2025 and is projected to register the highest CAGR of 8.3% during 2026–2032, supported by advanced-material manufacturing in Japan, China, South Korea, India, and Malaysia. Within the market, resin held the largest share by form and is projected to remain the leading form through 2032, while unfilled thermoplastic polyimide held the largest share by product type. Electrical & Electronics accounted for the largest share by end-use industry and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 8.3% through 2032, driven by demand for miniaturized, high-performance components and advanced semiconductor manufacturing. Key players cited include Mitsui Chemicals, SABIC, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical, Solver Polyimide, Huntsman, Jiangsu Junhua HPP, Changzhou Sunchem New Material, Wanhua Chemical, Arakawa Chemical Industries, Arkema, Evonik, and Kingfa Sci. & Tech.
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