# Moriroku Holdings to build functional medical film factory in Higashikagawa

Moriroku Holdings announced it will construct a new factory for its subsidiary Shikoku Kako in Higashikagawa City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, with an investment of 30 billion yen, to manufacture functional medical films and increase capacity by 36%.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-03-15
- Where: Higashikagawa City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $270.0M (30.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: Jul 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 36% increase
- Products: functional medical films
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Moriroku Holdings](https://endata.com/companies/30778.md)
- [Shikoku Kako](https://endata.com/companies/30779.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [en.lnews.jp](https://en.lnews.jp/2018/03/k031514.html), 2018-03-15: "Moriroku Holdings announced on March 15th that it will construct a new factory (head office second factory) for its subsidiary, Shikoku Kako."

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