Japan fund buys Onsemi plant to make EV semiconductors

Mercuria eyes buying more Japanese fabs, could rejuvenate industry domestically

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An Onsemi plant based in Niigata will begin production of EV semiconductors in December. (Source photos by Ryosuke Eguchi and Onsemi)

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- A Japanese fund backed by the Development Bank of Japan and trading house Itochu will buy a semiconductor plant in Japan owned by American manufacturer ON Semiconductor, known as Onsemi, Nikkei has learned.

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