# Murata to invest 140 billion yen in new production building in Wuxi, China

Murata Manufacturing will construct a new production building at its Wuxi Murata Electronics subsidiary in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China, to increase multilayer ceramic capacitor capacity. Investment is approximately 140 billion yen.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-08-09
- Where: Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China
- Value: $1.26B (140.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: Dec 2019
- Status: announced
- Products: multilayer ceramic capacitors
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Murata Manufacturing](https://endata.com/companies/2219.md)
- [Wuxi Murata Electronics](https://endata.com/companies/33671.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [en.lnews.jp](https://en.lnews.jp/2018/11/k1109302.html), 2018-08-09: "The construction of the new production building aims to increase production capacity to meet the growing demand for multilayer ceramic capacitors."

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