# Renesas starts operations at Kofu Factory for power semiconductors

Renesas Electronics commenced operations at its Kofu Factory in Kai City, Japan, as a dedicated 300-mm wafer fab for power semiconductors. The company invested 90 billion yen and aims to double production capacity, with mass production of IGBTs starting in 2025.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-04-11
- Where: Kai City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $600.0M (90.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: 2025
- Status: completed
- Capacity: double current production capacity for power semiconductors
- Products: power semiconductors, IGBTs
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Renesas Electronics Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/19562.md)

## Sources

- [nasdaq.com](https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/renesas-commences-operations-of-kofu-factory-as-dedicated-300-mm-wafer-fab-for-power), 2024-04-11: "Renesas has started operations at its Kofu Factory as a dedicated 300-mm wafer fab for power semiconductors."
- [just-auto.com](https://www.just-auto.com/news/renesas-opens-dedicated-wafer-fab-in-japan/), 2024-04-12: "The power semiconductors produced at the Kofu factory will help maximise the effective use of electricity which will be in significant demand as EVs and AI continue to proliferate and advance."
- [semiconductor-digest.com](https://www.semiconductor-digest.com/renesas-commences-operations-of-kofu-factory/), 2024-04-12: "We are proud to announce a remarkable achievement of the Kofu Factory. After its closure in 2014, the Kofu Factory has gone through a transformation and emerged as a dedicated 300mm wafer fab for power semiconductors, exactly a decade later."
- [electronicsmaker.com](https://electronicsmaker.com/renesas-commences-operations-of-kofu-factory-as-dedicated-300-mm-wafer-fab-for-power-semiconductors), 2024-04-13: "We are proud to announce a remarkable achievement of the Kofu Factory."

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