# Yamaichi Electronics to build semiconductor test socket plant in Malvar, Philippines

Yamaichi Electronics' subsidiary Pricon Microelectronics will construct a new manufacturing plant (Plant 3) in Malvar, Batangas, Philippines, with an investment of about ¥1.1 billion, construction starting May 2023 and production starting April 2024.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-02-24
- Where: Malvar, Batangas, Philippines, Philippines
- Value: $8.10M (1.10B JPY)
- Starts operating: Apr 2024
- Status: announced
- Products: semiconductor test sockets
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Yamaichi Electronics](https://endata.com/companies/49792.md)
- [Pricon Microelectronics, Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/68765.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [yamaichi.co.jp](https://www.yamaichi.co.jp/en/news/manufacturing-plant-in-the-philippines/), 2023-02-24: "Our consolidated subsidiary Pricon Microelectronics, Inc. (Philippines) will build a manufacturing plant on land acquired in November 2022."

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