# NGK Spark Plug to build new sensor factory in Thailand

NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. will build a new factory in Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate, Chonburi, Thailand, to produce zirconia oxygen sensors, temperature sensors and total air-fuel ratio sensors. The investment is approximately 12 billion yen, construction begins in November 2017 and completion is scheduled for end of September 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-06-26
- Where: Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate, Chonburi, Thailand, Thailand
- Value: $108.0M (12.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: 30 Sep 2018
- Status: announced
- Capacity: double production capacity for zirconia oxygen sensors; increase temperature sensor production capacity by approximately 2.5 times
- Products: zirconia oxygen sensors, temperature sensors, total air-fuel ratio sensors
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [NGK Spark Plug](https://endata.com/companies/25198.md)
- [NGK Spark Plugs Thailand](https://endata.com/companies/25199.md)

## Sources

- [en.lnews.jp](https://en.lnews.jp/2017/06/j062706.html), 2017-06-27: "NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. announced that NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. (NGK Thailand) will build a new factory in Thailand to meet the growing demand for various sensors for automobiles."

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