# BIEL Crystal to start operations at $260M Vietnam production base in Q3 2025

BIEL Crystal's new smart manufacturing base in Hai Duong, Vietnam, representing a total investment of $260 million, will commence operations in the third quarter of 2025, producing glass, sapphire components, camera modules, and automotive cover glass.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-07-10
- Where: An Phat 1 Industrial Park, Hai Duong Province, Vietnam, Vietnam
- Value: $260.0M
- Jobs: 14,000
- Starts operating: Q3 2025
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 130 million units of smart device glass & sapphire components, 120 million units of camera optical modules, 7.5 million units of automotive cover glass, 150 million units of plastic products per year
- Products: smart device glass & sapphire components, camera optical modules, automotive cover glass, plastic products
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md), [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [BIEL Crystal](https://endata.com/companies/85918.md)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/biel-crystal-to-commence-operation-at-vietnam-hai-duong-production-base-from-q3-302502179.html), 2025-07-10: "Installation of production line equipment has now commenced, with official operations set to begin in the third quarter."

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