Renesas to make auto chips at alternative plant

Company to shift production to western Japan after fire at factory north of Tokyo

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Japanese chipmaker Renesas is looking for more alternative production sites to make up for lost output, and placing orders with overseas manufacturers. © Reuters

RYOSUKE EGUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Renesas Electronics is using a factory in Japan's western Ehime Prefecture to make automotive semiconductors after a fire at another of its plants, in Ibaraki Prefecture north of Tokyo, halted production there.

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