Photoresist
Light-sensitive polymer critical to lithography and the single sharpest semiconductor chokepoint. Four Japanese firms (JSR, Tokyo Ohka, Shin-Etsu, Fujifilm) control ~87-91% of global supply, rising toward ~91% for advanced EUV grades [V1]. India has effectively zero domestic capa
Mineral / MaterialSemiconductors
Proprietary scores
Strategic profile
Industrial importance3/5
Initial score derived from current Atlas ecosystem coverage.
Strategic importance3/5
Initial score derived from relationship breadth and entity type.
Import dependency4/5
Foreign-origin entity in the current Atlas.
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Mapped relationships
- Owns / ControlsTokyo Ohka Kogyo- Part of the ~87-91% Japanese photoresist oligopoly.
- Owns / ControlsJSR Corporation- Part of the ~87-91% Japanese photoresist oligopoly.
- Owns / ControlsShin-Etsu Chemical- Part of the ~87-91% Japanese photoresist oligopoly.
- Owns / ControlsFujifilm- Part of the ~87-91% Japanese photoresist oligopoly.
- part ofSemiconductor Chemicals (opportunity stream)- Photoresist sits in the chemicals stream; the sharpest chokepoint.
- Owns / ControlsFujifilm Electronic Materials- Part of the Japanese photoresist oligopoly (~87-91 percent combined).
- supportsSemicon 2.0- Semicon 2.0 second pillar extends incentives to the materials and chemicals layer, including photoresist.