# Sony to build new image sensor factory in Nagasaki, Japan

Sony will invest in a new factory in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, to produce semiconductor image sensors for smartphone cameras, capitalizing on 5G demand. The investment is $900 million.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-10-29
- Where: Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $900.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: semiconductor image sensors
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Sony](https://endata.com/companies/2220.md)

## Sources

- [asia.nikkei.com](https://asia.nikkei.com/business/companies/sony-invests-900m-in-chips-to-seize-5g-smartphone-demand), 2019-10-29: "Sony will invest in a new factory in Nagasaki Prefecture to produce semiconductor image sensors used in smartphone cameras."

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