# Mecaro to build new factory in Pyeongtaek, South Korea

Mecaro Co., Ltd. has signed a construction contract for a new factory in Pyeongtaek, with an investment of 15 billion KRW. The factory will be built on a 9,159 m² site with a total floor area of 10,236 m², and is scheduled for completion in December 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-02-22
- Where: Pyeongtaek, South Korea
- Value: $13.3M (15.0B KRW)
- Starts operating: Dec 2019
- Status: under construction
- Products: heater blocks for semiconductor manufacturing
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Mecaro](https://endata.com/companies/7179.md)

## Sources

- [mk.co.kr](https://www.mk.co.kr/news/stock/8700362), 2019-02-22: "기존 히터블록 생산공장은 생산 포화 상태로, 글로벌 반도체 기업의 시설 투자에 따라 추가 수요를 대비하기 위해 신공장 건설을 추진하게 됐다"
- [newspim.com](https://www.newspim.com/news/view/20190222000476), 2019-02-22: "메카로는 경기도 평택 신공장 건설을 위한 시공 계약을 체결했다고 22일 공시를 통해 밝혔다."
- [thelec.kr](https://www.thelec.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=884), 2019-02-22: "메카로가 평택에 공장을 신축하기 위해 시공 계약을 체결했다고 22일 공시했다."
- [etnews.com](https://www.etnews.com/20190224000043), 2019-02-24: "이번 신공장에는 150억원을 투자한다"

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