# Titanium Industry to build cosmetics raw material factory in Ube, Japan

Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. will construct the 'Ube Development Center ST-6 Plant' in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, to produce ultrafine titanium dioxide particles for cosmetics. The investment is 35 billion yen, with construction starting in July 2020 and completion in September 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-08-21
- Where: Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, Japan
- Value: $330.0M (35.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: Sep 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 600 tons per year (ultrafine titanium dioxide)
- Products: ultrafine titanium dioxide particles
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Titanium Industry](https://endata.com/companies/41476.md)

## Sources

- [en.lnews.jp](https://en.lnews.jp/2019/08/l0821408.html), 2019-08-21: "The company will invest 35 billion yen to construct a building with a total floor area of 4500 square meters, increasing its production capacity for ultrafine titanium dioxide, for which demand is expected to grow in the cosmetics industry."

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