Japan's Disco to build $275m plant for chipmaking tool

Company seeks to capture steady demand for replacement parts

20240113N Disco Kure plant

A rendering of a new Hiroshima plant planned by Disco. (Disco)

NAMI MATSUURA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Chipmaking equipment maker Disco will build a plant in Hiroshima prefecture to manufacture a component used to process wafers, hoping to capture demand from customers stepping up production.

The new plant, in the city of Kure, will produce cut-off wheels used in the dicing, grinding and polishing processes, lifting the company's output capacity 14 times by 2035.  

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