# DENSO to build new plant at DENSO Iwate for instrument cluster production

DENSO Corporation will invest approximately $88 million to build an additional plant at its DENSO Iwate facility in Kanegasaki-cho, Japan, to expand production to include instrument clusters. Construction starts October 2017, completion October 2018, production begins May 2019, and employment will increase to about 1,000 by 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-03-29
- Where: Kanegasaki-cho, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $88.0M
- Jobs: 1,000
- Starts operating: May 2019
- Status: announced
- Products: instrument clusters, semiconductor sensors, semiconductor wafers
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [DENSO](https://endata.com/companies/2901.md)
- [DENSO Iwate Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/23161.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [jcnnewswire.com](https://www.jcnnewswire.com/pressrelease/35642/3/), 2017-03-29: "DENSO Corporation today announced that it will build an additional plant to expand production to include instrument clusters at the DENSO Iwate plant in Kanegasaki-cho, Iwate Prefecture."

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