Mitsubishi Electric slows capacity upgrade for power semiconductor plant

New building opens in Japan, but most additions await better EV market

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Mitsubishi Electric's new building at its SiC power semiconductor production facility in Kumamoto prefecture. (Photo by Shotaro Mori)

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TOKYO -- Japan's Mitsubishi Electric held a ceremony Wednesday to mark the completion of a new building at a plant where it makes energy-efficient power semiconductors using silicon carbide (SiC), but said it will delay plans to add further production capacity there.

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