Factbox: Companies respond to China's curbs on gallium and germanium exports

Following are responses from some companies to the announcement of curbs from Aug. 1 on Chinese gallium and germanium exports.

* A spokesperson for the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan said it was difficult to know whether the export restrictions would lead to shortages., the world’s top producer of high-purity gallium used in products such as wafers and LEDs, said it was investigating the situation.said the company "is currently not active in the semiconductor business, so we are not directly impacted by the export regulations.

* Nichia Corp, a leading maker of gallium nitride based semiconductor lasers used in products such as projectors, said "there is no impact at the current time. We are looking into this so don’t know about the future.", which uses gallium as a raw material in its compound semiconductor business, said the company is monitoring the situation closely and collecting information.

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