# Canon to build new semiconductor equipment plant in Utsunomiya, Japan

Canon decided to build a new factory at its Utsunomiya Optical Equipment Works to strengthen production capacity for semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The investment is about 38 billion yen, construction is scheduled to start in the second half of 2023, and operations are planned for the first half of 2025.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-10-06
- Where: Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $260.0M (38.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: Q1 2025
- Status: announced
- Products: semiconductor manufacturing equipment
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Canon](https://endata.com/companies/43026.md)

## Sources

- [global.canon](https://global.canon/ja/news/2022/20221006-2.html), 2022-10-06: "キヤノンは、半導体製造装置などを生産する宇都宮事業所に新工場を建設することを決定し、2025年上期からの操業を計画しています。"
- [prtimes.jp](https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000812.000013980.html), 2022-10-06: "キヤノンは、半導体製造装置などを生産する宇都宮事業所に新工場を建設することを決定し、2025年上期からの操業を計画しています。"

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