Japan Material tackles chip crunch by starting its own staffing agency

Maintenance service provider lures technicians with perks aplenty

20210623 Japan Materials technician

Japan Material, which provides maintenance services to semiconductor makers, will start providing technicians themselves as the industry scrambles to fill shortages.

KOSUKE TSUNODA, Nikkei staff writer

NAGOYA -- As chipmakers struggle to secure staffers to keep pace with soaring demand, maintenance service provider Japan Material has launched its own staffing agency so that clients can tap experts trained in the gamut of support operations.

Based in Japan's Mie Prefecture, Japan Material provides chipmakers a wide range of services, from managing gas supply equipment and air conditioning to supplying chemicals and water. It stations hundreds of support staffers full-time at Kioxia and other companies' factories.

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