# Renesas invests ¥90 billion to restart Kofu plant for power semiconductors

Renesas Electronics will invest about ¥90 billion to restart its closed Kofu plant in Yamanashi, Japan, to produce power semiconductors on 300mm wafers, doubling production capacity, with mass production for automotive starting in 2025.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2022-05-17
- Where: Kai, Yamanashi, Japan, Japan
- Value: $700.0M (90.0B JPY)
- Jobs: 250
- Starts operating: 2025
- Status: announced
- Capacity: double production capacity
- Products: power semiconductors
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Renesas Electronics Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/19562.md)
- [Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/63014.md)

## Sources

- [nikkei.com](https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUC176DX0X10C22A5000000/), 2022-05-17: "Renesas Electronics announced on the 17th that it will invest approximately 90 billion yen to increase production of power semiconductors used for power control."
- [monoist.itmedia.co.jp](https://monoist.itmedia.co.jp/mn/articles/2205/18/news063.html), 2022-05-18: "ルネサス エレクトロニクスは2022年5月17日、2014年10月に閉鎖した甲府工場（山梨県甲斐市）に900億円の設備投資を行い、2024年からIGBTやパワーMOSFETを生産すると発表した。"
- [eejournal.com](https://www.eejournal.com/industry_news/renesas-to-invest-and-restart-operation-of-kofu-factory-as-300mm-wafer-fab-dedicated-for-power-semiconductors/), 2022-05-20: "This investment enables us to have our largest wafer fabrication line dedicated to power semiconductors, which are key to realizing decarbonization."
- [powerelectronicsnews.com](https://www.powerelectronicsnews.com/investment-from-renesas-for-restarting-operations-in-kofu-factory-with-300mm-wafer-fab-for-power-semiconductors/), 2022-05-23: "This investment enables us to have our largest wafer fabrication line dedicated to power semiconductors, which are key to realizing decarbonization."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.