# YDK to build semiconductor equipment plant in Miyagi, Japan

YDK will invest 2 billion yen to build a new factory in Miyagi Prefecture, doubling production capacity for semiconductor manufacturing equipment by fiscal 2020. Operations are set to begin in July 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-01-31
- Where: Miyagi Prefecture, Ōyama Town, Japan
- Value: $18.0M (2.00B JPY)
- Starts operating: Jul 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: double current production capacity
- Products: semiconductor manufacturing equipment
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [YDK](https://endata.com/companies/29759.md)

## Sources

- [nikkei.com](https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGKKZO26377940R30C18A1L01000/), 2018-01-31: "半導体製造装置の生産能力を2020年度をメドに2倍に引き上げる。20億円を投じて宮城県大和町に新工場を建設し、7月から操業を始める。"

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