# Kioxia to build new Fab2 facility at Kitakami Plant for 3D flash memory expansion

Kioxia Corporation announced it will begin construction of a new fabrication facility (Fab2) at its Kitakami Plant in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, to expand production capacity of 3D Flash memory BiCS FLASH.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-03-23
- Where: Iwate Prefecture, Kitakami, Japan
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: announced
- Products: 3D Flash memory BiCS FLASH
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Kioxia Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/50829.md)

## Sources

- [kioxia.com](https://www.kioxia.com/en-jp/about/news/2022/20220323-1.html), 2022-03-23: "Kioxia Corporation today announced it will begin construction of a state-of-the-art new fabrication facility (Fab2) at its Kitakami Plant in Iwate Prefecture, Japan for the possible expansion of production of its proprietary 3D Flash memory BiCS FLASH."

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