SUMCO

SUMCO is a major in the Materials segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain, headquartered in 東京都 港区, JP. Its key suppliers include Wacker Chemie, Tokuyama. Its key customers include TSMC, Samsung Electronics, Intel.

Second-largest silicon wafer producer, supplying all leading fabs.

Ticker
TSE: 3436
Headquarters
東京都 港区, JP
Founded
1999
Revenue
$2.1B (FY2025) · -15.7% YoY
Net income
$-74M
Operating margin
-2.7%
Market position
major
Value-chain segment
Silicon Wafers
Key products
300mm wafers, epitaxial wafers

About SUMCO

SUMCO, headquartered in Japan, operates in the Silicon Wafers segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain and is positioned as a market major there. Its key products include 300mm wafers, epitaxial wafers. wafergraph maps 2 tracked suppliers and 8 tracked customers for SUMCO across the value chain. It has a supply-chain criticality score of 69/100, with 242 companies downstream of it.

SUMCO Corporation is a Japanese semiconductor company, manufacturing silicon wafers for semiconductor manufacturers worldwide.

Role in the chain

SUMCO is a market major in Materials (Silicon Wafers), headquartered in Japan. Second-largest silicon wafer producer, supplying all leading fabs.

Diligence questions

  1. The dataset records 2 tracked suppliers for SUMCO. Which of those edges are researched (named in a filing or primary source) versus segment-inferred, and what happens if one of them stops shipping?
  2. The dataset names 8 tracked customers for SUMCO. How concentrated is demand among those names, and which of them have a documented second source in this graph?
  3. SUMCO is headquartered in Japan. What jurisdiction, export-control or logistics risk sits at that HQ, versus at the fabs or plants the filings actually name?
  4. SUMCO trades as TSE:3436. What does the latest reported period say about capacity and backlog versus the graph position above?
  5. Before treating any edge as a verified relationship, check the provenance labels on the company page and the method note at /methodology.

Full diligence pack for SUMCO

Key products

  • 300mm wafers
  • epitaxial wafers

Suppliers

Customers

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Compare with

Shin-Etsu Chemical · GlobalWafers · National Silicon Industry Group · Wacker Chemie · Siltronic · Wafer Works

Sources

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Cite as: wafergraph, “SUMCO — supply chain, financials & market position”, https://wafergraph.com/company/sumco (data as of 2026-09-05).

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