# Murata to invest ¥45B in MLCC component plant in Wuxi, China

Murata Manufacturing will invest about ¥45 billion to build a new production building at its Wuxi Murata Electronics subsidiary in Jiangsu, China, to increase production of MLCC ceramic dielectric sheets. Construction starts November 2022, completion scheduled for April 2024.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-11-07
- Where: Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
- Value: $330.0M (45.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: Apr 2024
- Status: under construction
- Products: multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC), ceramic dielectric sheets
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Murata Manufacturing](https://endata.com/companies/2219.md)
- [Wuxi Murata Electronics](https://endata.com/companies/33671.md)

## Sources

- [zh.cn.nikkei.com](https://zh.cn.nikkei.com/industry/itelectric-appliance/50407-2022-11-07-09-35-10.html?start=0), 2022-11-07: "日本村田製作所將在中國江蘇省的工廠新建生產廠房。投資約450億日元，增產佔據全球份額首位的主力電子零部件——積層陶瓷電容器（MLCC）的零部件。"

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