# Rohm to boost SiC power semiconductor production at Chikugo plant

Rohm announced it will start full-scale operation of a new building at its subsidiary Rohm Apollo's Chikugo plant in December 2022, investing up to 170 billion yen to increase SiC power semiconductor production capacity sixfold by fiscal 2025.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-06-08
- Where: Chikugo, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $148.0M (170.0B JPY)
- Jobs: 150
- Starts operating: Dec 2022
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: sixfold increase in SiC semiconductor production capacity
- Products: SiC power semiconductors
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [RÖHM Group](https://endata.com/companies/18449.md)
- [Rohm Apollo](https://endata.com/companies/52356.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [nishinippon.co.jp](https://www.nishinippon.co.jp/item/937200/), 2022-06-08: "ロームは2025年度までに同工場で150人を新規雇用する方針。"
- [yomiuri.co.jp](https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/kyushu/news/20220609-OYTNT50009/), 2022-06-08: "新棟の増設には約200億円を投じた。"
- [eetimes.itmedia.co.jp](https://eetimes.itmedia.co.jp/ee/articles/2206/13/news153.html), 2022-06-13: "ロームは2022年6月8日、ローム・アポロ筑後工場（福岡県筑後市）に完成したSiCパワーデバイスの新製造棟（以下、SiC新棟）の開所式に併せて、SiCパワーデバイスの事業戦略を紹介した。"
- [xtech.nikkei.com](https://xtech.nikkei.com/atcl/nxt/news/18/13063/), 2022-06-13: "ロームは2022年6月8日、福岡県にある工場に新設したシリコンカーバイド（SiC）パワーデバイス生産棟の開所式を開いた。"

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