# ROHM acquires Solar Frontier's Kunitomi Plant for SiC power device production

ROHM Semiconductor acquired the assets of Solar Frontier's Kunitomi Plant in Japan on November 7, 2023, to establish a main production site for SiC power devices, with operations expected to start in 2024.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2023-11-07
- Where: Kunitomi, Miyazaki, Japan
- Status: completed
- Products: SiC power devices
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [ROHM Semiconductor](https://endata.com/companies/61439.md) (acquirer)
- [Solar Frontier](https://endata.com/companies/71399.md) (target)
- [LAPIS Semiconductor](https://endata.com/companies/73592.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [powerelectronicsnews.com](https://www.powerelectronicsnews.com/rohm-finalizes-the-purchase-of-a-new-manufacturing-facility/), 2023-11-08: "In accordance with the agreement signed between ROHM Semiconductor and Solar Frontier, the assets of Solar Frontier’s erstwhile Kunitomi Plant in Japan were successfully acquired by ROHM on November 7, 2023."

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