# Hitachi High-Tech to build new semiconductor equipment factory in Kudamatsu, Japan

Hitachi High-Tech announced it will construct a new production facility for etching systems in Kasado Area, Kudamatsu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, doubling production capacity. Production is scheduled to begin in FY2025, and the facility will be carbon-neutral.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-04-18
- Where: Kasado Area, Kudamatsu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
- Starts operating: 2025
- Status: announced
- Capacity: double current production capacity
- Products: etching systems for semiconductor manufacturing
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Hitachi High-Tech Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/69795.md)

## Sources

- [hitachi.com](https://www.hitachi.com/en/press/articles/2023/04/0418a/), 2023-04-18: "Hitachi High-Tech today announced that it will construct a new production facility in Kasado Area ... with a view to increasing production capacity of etching systems for its semiconductor manufacturing equipment business, with production scheduled to begin in FY2025."
- [hitachi-hightech.com](https://www.hitachi-hightech.com/global/en/news/nr20230418.html), 2023-04-18: "Hitachi High-Tech Corporation today announced that it will construct a new production facility in Kasado Area of Kudamatsu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, with a view to increasing production capacity of etching systems for its semiconductor manufacturing equipment business, with production scheduled to"

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