Murata to mass-produce all-solid-state batteries in fall

KYOTO -- Murata Manufacturing will begin mass-producing all-solid-state batteries in the months ahead and supply the ultrasafe, next-generation power packs to makers of earphones and other wearables as it forgoes short-term profit and attempts to carve out a niche for itself in a cutthroat industry.

The Japanese electronic component maker will establish a production line for the batteries at its Yasu Division, in Shiga Prefecture.