# Toyo Tanso to invest JPY 3.5 billion in large-diameter graphite capacity at Takuma Plant

Toyo Tanso decided to make capital investments of approximately JPY 3.5 billion to increase manufacturing capacity of large-diameter isotropic graphite products at its Takuma Plant in Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture, to meet demand from the electronics sector. Operations are expected to start in August 2021.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2020-05-27
- Where: Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $32.5M (3.50B JPY)
- Starts operating: Aug 2021
- Status: announced
- Products: large-diameter isotropic graphite products
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Toyo Tanso](https://endata.com/companies/33188.md)

## Sources

- [toyotanso.com](https://www.toyotanso.com/News/company/20200519.ttj.invest.gra.semi.en.html), 2020-05-27: "We will expand our building and add graphite materials and processing facilities to strengthen our manufacturing capabilities for large-diameter graphite products."

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