# Yageo to build NT$10 billion MLCC plant in Kaohsiung

Yageo Corp plans to invest NT$10 billion over three years to build a plant in Kaohsiung's Dafa Industrial Park for high-end multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) and other passive components used in vehicles. The investment will boost MLCC capacity by 20% to 60 billion units per month by end of 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-11-08
- Where: Kaohsiung, Dafa Industrial Park, TWN
- Value: $325.7M (10.0B TWD)
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 60 billion units per month by end of 2019, 70 billion by 2020
- Products: multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC), passive components
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md), [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Yageo Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/21631.md)

## Sources

- [taipeitimes.com](https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/11/09/2003703876), 2018-11-08: "Yageo said the investment would boost its MLCC capacity by 20 percent to 60 billion units a month by the end of next year."

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