Chip Supply Chains Risk Being Next Casualty of War
The question is whether companies have enough stockpiles on hand to ride out the blockade.
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Photographer: Christian Charisius/picture alliance/Getty
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Mention propylene glycol methyl ether acetate (PGMEA) as a casualty of the Iran war, and few will know what you’re talking about. More visible commodities like oil and, to a lesser extent, inputs for fertilizer have dominated the headlines. But PGMEA, a special kind of paint based in the oil derivative naphtha, also known as photoresist, is harder to find since the Middle East conflict erupted two months ago.