Closure of 3M chip coolant plant could upset semiconductor sector: analysts

  • Bad the chemicals couldn’t be brought under appropriate emission limits… but oh dear is an 80% disappearance of market supply of an important feedstock going to hurt the already suffering supply chains of the semiconductor industry

  • Is this a play to drive up chip prices so that EU firms can be profitable? Or just short sighted, poorly timed bureaucratic stupidity? Generally I opt for stupidity, but...