# Iris Ohyama to invest ¥10B in mask and wet wipe production at Kakuda factory

Iris Ohyama will invest approximately 10 billion yen to produce medical N95 masks and disinfectant wet wipes at its Kakuda factory in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, with production starting in autumn 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-08-19
- Where: Kakuda, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $95.0M (10.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: Q3 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: Medical N95 masks: 1 mask/month; Disinfectant wet wipes: 100 million units/month
- Products: medical N95 masks, disinfectant wet wipes
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [IRIS Ohyama](https://endata.com/companies/3330.md)

## Sources

- [en.lnews.jp](https://en.lnews.jp/2020/11/m1119301.html), 2020-08-19: "Iris Ohyama announced that, in response to the global spread and prolongation of the coronavirus infection, it has decided to produce 'medical N95 masks' and 'disinfectant wet wipes' at its Kakuda factory."

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