# Yageo breaks ground on NT$5B passive components plant in Kaohsiung

Yageo Corp broke ground on a new NT$5 billion plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to produce chip resistors, inductors and MLCCs. Commercial production is expected to start in October 2022, creating 3,000 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-11-14
- Where: Kaohsiung, TWN
- Value: $173.3M (5.00B TWD)
- Jobs: 3,000
- Starts operating: Oct 2022
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 100 billion units per month MLCC
- Products: chip resistors, inductors, multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs)
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Yageo Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/21631.md)

## Sources

- [taipeitimes.com](https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2020/11/16/2003746971), 2020-11-15: "The plant, which is expected to be completed in August 2022, would produce passive components, such as chip resistors, inductors and multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), starting in October that year."
- [passive-components.eu](https://passive-components.eu/yageo-breaks-ground-on-new-mlcc-and-other-passive-components-plant-in-taiwan/), 2020-11-16: "Yageo Corp on Saturday 14th November 2020 broke ground for a new plant in Kaohsiung that is expected to begin commercial production in 2022."

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