Moses Lake Industries

What Moses Lake Industries does

Moses Lake Industries (MLI) is a U.S.-based specialty chemical manufacturer founded in 1984 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan's Tama Chemicals, headquartered in Moses Lake, Washington. The company develops and produces ultra-high-purity semiconductor chemistries — principally TMAH (tetramethylammonium hydroxide) aqueous solutions, copper plating additives and electrolytes for damascene, IC substrate, and advanced packaging (TSV/RDL/bump/grain engineering) applications, and ultra-pure analytical reagents — supplied to leading global semiconductor manufacturers. MLI operates a patented, chlorine-free TMAH process in a sealed, fully integrated facility tied to its parent company's TMAC refinery, delivering guaranteed metallic impurity levels below 1000 ppt and analytical reagents down to less than 10 ppt.

Name

Moses Lake Industries

Legal name

Moses Lake Industries, Inc.

Website

https://mlindustries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Moses Lake Industries is a U.S. specialty chemical manufacturer, founded 1984 and owned by Japan's Tama Chemicals, that supplies ultra-high-purity TMAH, copper plating additives, and analytical reagents to leading global semiconductor manufacturers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Semiconductor Specialty Chemicals

NAICS

Chemical Manufacturing (325)

SIC

Miscellaneous Chemical Products (2890), Industrial Organic Chemicals (2860)

akta.pro primary industry

Electroplating & Metallization Chemicals (Cu/Ni/Au plating, additives) (IMAEAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Electronic & High-Purity Specialty Chemicals (IMAEABAD), Purification, Filtration & Packaging for High-Purity Chemicals (PFA/UPW compatibility, subfab delivery) (IMAEAKAO)

Keywords

• Semiconductor specialty chemicals
• Copper plating additives
• TMAH aqueous solutions
• Advanced packaging materials
• Ultra-pure analytical reagents

Headquarters

HQ city

Moses Lake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Semiconductor Chemical Product Sales: MLI develops and manufactures high-purity semiconductor chemistries sold directly to leading chip manufacturers worldwide. Revenue is generated through the sale of specialty chemical products including TMAH, copper plating additives, electrolytes, and analytical reagents. The company has grown significantly since 1984, nearly tripling annual sales in the last decade, and benefits from the reshoring of semiconductor manufacturing in the United States.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Moses Lake Industries develops and manufactures high-purity specialty chemistries used by global semiconductor chip manufacturers. Its product portfolio spans copper plating additives and electrolytes (for IC substrate, damascene, and advanced packaging applications such as TSV, RDL, bump, and grain engineering), ultra-pure TMAH (tetramethylammonium hydroxide) aqueous solutions produced via a patented chlorine-free process, and analytical reagents with impurity levels as low as <10 ppt. The company also provides localized technical support, R&D services, and custom formulation for chip manufacturers.

Product overview

Moses Lake Industries offers a portfolio of high-purity semiconductor chemistries serving the semiconductor industry. The product portfolio includes Advanced Packaging solutions (copper TSV, RDL, bump, and grain engineering), IC Substrate (copper plating additives and electrolytes), Damascene (additives for copper and cobalt plating), TMAH Aqueous Solutions (ultra-pure photoresist developer and etching chemicals), and Analytical Reagents (trace metal analysis reagents). These products work together as integrated chemical solutions for semiconductor manufacturing, from wafer processing through advanced packaging applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Advanced Packaging

Quantifiable outcome

• Metallic impurity levels guaranteed at <1000 ppt for TMAH through sealed manufacturing process
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• US-JOINT ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024US-JOINT is a first-of-its-kind consortium led by Resonac Corporation, uniting 12 Japanese and U.S. materials and equipment manufacturers to accelerate next-generation semiconductor packaging technologies. MLI joined the consortium in July 2024 and contributes its specialty materials expertise, including copper electroplating technologies, to concept validation and co-development activities at the Silicon Valley R&D center. The center aims to compress proof-of-concept timelines from six months to as little as one month.
• PolycarbinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMLI partnered with Polycarbin, a leader in sustainable plastics solutions, to implement a closed-loop recycling system that diverts key plastic materials from the waste stream. Polycarbin professionally processes flexible plastics, rigid plastics, single-use laboratory plastics, and disposable PPE collected from MLI's operations and repurposes them into new, high-quality laboratory products. Using Polycarbin's Carbin Counter™ ISO-compliant platform, MLI quantifies Scope 3 emissions reductions for sustainability reporting.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Sumitomo Chemical: Sumitomo Chemical supplies photoresists, high-purity chemicals, and electronic materials to the semiconductor industry, including TMAH-based developers and specialty chemistries. Overlaps with MLI's TMAH and electronic chemicals portfolio as a broad Japanese chemicals supplier.
• Resonac (formerly Showa Denko / Hitachi Chemical): Resonac is the leader of the US-JOINT Consortium in which MLI participates and a major Japanese materials supplier serving semiconductor packaging, including advanced packaging materials. Operates across multiple semiconductor material categories beyond copper plating, and is a sister-member rather than head-to-head competitor in copper plating additives.
• DuPont Electronics & Industrial: DuPont's Electronics & Industrial segment supplies plating chemistries, photoresists, and advanced packaging materials to semiconductor manufacturers. Overlaps with MLI on copper plating and packaging materials, but operates as a broad materials supplier across multiple semiconductor adjacencies.

Direct peers

• Merck KGaA (Performance Materials / Electronics): Merck's Electronics business (formerly Versum, integrating JSR electronic materials) supplies specialty chemistries, plating additives, and advanced packaging materials to semiconductor fabs. Direct competitor across copper damascene additives and advanced packaging chemistries.
• Entegris: Entegris is a leading US-based supplier of advanced materials and fluid handling solutions to semiconductor fabs, including high-purity chemistries and CMP consumables. Direct competitor to MLI in supplying ultra-high-purity wet chemistries and process materials to leading-edge fabs.
• Fujifilm Electronic Materials: Fujifilm's Electronic Materials division supplies photoresists, developers (including TMAH-based), and plating chemistries to the semiconductor industry. Direct competitor in TMAH and copper plating additives, with overlapping customers among top global chipmakers.
• Atotech (Element Solutions): Atotech, now within Element Solutions, is a global leader in specialty plating chemistries for electronics including IC substrates and semiconductor packaging. Direct competitor to MLI in copper plating additive formulations for advanced packaging and IC substrate applications.
• Element Solutions (Enthone / MacDermid Electronics): Element Solutions, through Enthone/MacDermid Electronics Solutions, supplies proprietary plating chemistries (copper, nickel, gold) and electronic materials for IC substrate and semiconductor packaging. Direct competitor to MLI's copper plating additive portfolio.
• JCU Corporation: JCU is a Japanese specialty chemical supplier focused on plating additives, particularly for the electronics and semiconductor industries including IC substrates and advanced packaging. Direct competitor to MLI's copper plating additive systems serving similar East Asian fab customers.

Regional players

• Shanghai Sinyang Semiconductor Materials: Sinyang is a China-based supplier of wet chemicals, plating additives, and electronic-grade chemistries used in semiconductor manufacturing. Regional competitor in the Chinese market where MLI also operates a manufacturing facility, targeting the same domestic Chinese fab customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/MLIGlobal
• Facebookfacebook.com/100063967331024
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/moses-lake-industries

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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