# Kyocera to build new plant in Kagoshima, Japan, for ceramic microelectronic packages

Kyocera Corporation announced it will construct a new manufacturing plant at its Kagoshima Sendai complex to increase production of ceramic microelectronic packages, with construction starting April 2018 and opening planned for August 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-03-29
- Where: Kagoshima, Satsumasendai, Japan
- Value: $52.4M
- Starts operating: Aug 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 25 percent increase in total production capacity for ceramic packages
- Products: ceramic microelectronic packages, SMD ceramic packages, CMOS image sensor packages
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [denmark.kyocera.com](https://denmark.kyocera.com/news/2018/03/29155203.html), 2018-03-29: "Kyocera Corporation announced today that it will construct a new manufacturing plant on the premises of its Kagoshima Sendai manufacturing complex to increase production of ceramic microelectronic packages."
- [ceramics.org](https://ceramics.org/ceramic-tech-today/kyocera-set-to-break-ground-on-new-52m-ceramic-microelectronic-manufacturing-plant/), 2018-04-02: "Kyocera Corporation just announced that it will invest $52.4 million to build a new manufacturing plant in Japan to boost production of ceramic microelectronic packages."

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