Furuya Metal
A Japanese platinum-group metals company that makes sputtering targets of ruthenium, iridium and platinum, including ruthenium targets for next-generation interconnects, as well as catalysts.
フルヤ金属・Process chemicals, gases and targets・Last updated: October 27, 2026
Overview
Furuya Metal works with platinum-group metals such as ruthenium, iridium and platinum. It refines, processes and recycles these metals.
For semiconductors it supplies sputtering targets of these metals. Ruthenium is studied as a wiring material for the narrowest interconnects in future logic chips.
Business: Platinum-group metal sputtering targets and catalysts
Why it matters
- As copper lines become narrower their resistance rises sharply, and ruthenium is one of the metals proposed to replace copper in the finest lines.
- Platinum-group metals are scarce, so recycling scrap from targets is part of the business.
Main products
- •Ruthenium sputtering targets
- •Iridium and platinum targets
- •Catalysts
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