# DENSO to build new plant at Fukushima site for powertrain components

DENSO announced it will invest about $135 million to build an additional plant at its DENSO Fukushima location in Tamura, Japan, to manufacture fuel pumps and injectors. Construction starts August 2017, production begins October 2018, and employment will increase to about 600 by 2023.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-05-19
- Where: Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $135.0M
- Jobs: 294
- Starts operating: Oct 2018
- Status: announced
- Products: fuel pumps, injectors for gasoline engine fuel systems
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [DENSO](https://endata.com/companies/2901.md)

## Sources

- [denso.com](https://www.denso.com/global/en/news/newsroom/2017/20170519-g01/), 2017-05-19: "DENSO Corporation today announced that it will build an additional plant at its DENSO Fukushima location in Tamura city, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, to diversity its manufacturing lineup to include powertrain components."

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