Kyocera to spend $470m on chip materials plant in Japan

Manufacturer chooses Nagasaki for its first new domestic factory in 20 years

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Kyocera's planned factory, shown in this artist's depiction, will make materials for chipmaking machines. (Image courtesy of Kyocera)

EISAKU NITTA and TOSHIYA WAKASUGI, Nikkei staff writers

KYOTO, Japan -- Kyocera will invest 62 billion yen ($470 million) on a new plant for semiconductor-related components, the Japanese electronics manufacturer said Wednesday, building its first domestic production facility in two decades.

Kyocera breaks ground on the plant later this fiscal year in Isahaya, a city in Nagasaki prefecture. The 62 billion yen is earmarked for a six-year period through March 2029.

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