# Kyocera breaks ground on new ceramic components plant in Kagoshima, Japan

Kyocera held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new manufacturing plant at its Kagoshima Kokubu site in Kirishima, Japan. The 5.6 billion yen ($50.4 million) expansion will produce fine ceramic structural components for semiconductor and LCD equipment, with operations starting in October 2018.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-11-28
- Where: Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan
- Value: $50.4M (5.60B JPY)
- Starts operating: Oct 2018
- Status: under construction
- Products: fine ceramic structural components
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [KYOCERA Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/14971.md)

## Sources

- [europe.kyocera.com](https://europe.kyocera.com/index/news/previous_news/news_archive_detail.L2NvcnBvcmF0ZS9uZXdzLzIwMTcvS1lPQ0VSQV9CcmVha3NfR3JvdW5kX29uX05ld19NYW51ZmFjdHVyaW5nX1BsYW50X2Zvcl9DZXJhbWljX1N0cnVjdHVyYWxfQ29tcG9uZW50c19pbl9LYWdvc2hpbWE~.html), 2017-11-28: "Kyocera anticipates rising demand for semiconductors and LCDs as Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications boost demand for high-speed, high-volume data processing."
- [roboticsandautomationnews.com](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2017/11/29/kyocera-breaks-ground-on-new-manufacturing-plant/15196/), 2017-11-29: "Kyocera has ceremonially broken ground on a new manufacturing plant for ceramic structural components in Kagoshima, Japan."

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