Eternal Technology

Eternal Technology Corporation, a Taiwan-based manufacturer of dry film photoresist materials, has celebrated the Grand Opening of its new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Chesterfield County.

The new 65,000(+) square foot building is located at 1800 Touchstone Road in the Appomattox Industrial Center, which is located in one of the county’s Enterprise Zones. The company qualified for numerous state and local incentives that are administered through the Enterprise Zone Program, including rebates of the machinery and tools taxes, waiver of building inspection and site development fees, and state job grants and tax credit programs.

Secretary of Commerce and Trade Barry DuVal made keynote remarks at the ceremony, along with Deputy Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Dr. Lyushun Shen.

Eternal Technology Corporation has been hailed as the first major Taiwanese manufacturer to locate in the Commonwealth and represents a welcome addition to the state’s growing high-tech electronics manufacturing sector.

The company is a subsidiary of Eternal Chemical Company Ltd. and is based in Kaohsuing, Taiwan. This plant in Chesterfield County is their first U.S. manufacturing facility. Eternal Technology produces photoresist films that enable printed circuit board manufacturers to produce extremely fine circuit patterns on copper-clad laminated plates through a photo-imaging process.

At the ceremony, Eternal Technology’s President Dr. Ying Kao announced that the facility is planning to add another production line and support facilities. Kao said, “The new Chesterfield facility is operating better and more efficiently than was expected, and we are pleased with the development of the new operation here in Chesterfield.”

The second coating line will add a minimum of ten new jobs. This expansion will bring their Chesterfield investment up to $30 million.