# Disco to build precision tool plant in Kure, Hiroshima

Disco announced plans to build a new precision machining tool factory in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Phase 1 construction will start in February 2026 and be completed by April 2028, with an estimated cost of 33 billion yen.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-04-17
- Where: Kure, Hiroshima, Japan
- Value: $231.0M (33.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: 30 Apr 2028
- Status: announced
- Capacity: more than double current production capacity in Kure
- Products: precision machining tools
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Disco](https://endata.com/companies/37441.md)

## Sources

- [eetimes.itmedia.co.jp](https://eetimes.itmedia.co.jp/ee/articles/2504/17/news157.html), 2025-04-17: "半導体／電子部品の製造に用いられる弊社の精密加工ツールの需要も継続的に増加することが想定されるため、生産能力の拡大が求められている"
- [news.futunn.com](https://news.futunn.com/en/post/55672689/the-construction-of-the-sogohara-factory-in-the-hiroshima-office), 2025-04-17: "DISCO Corporation has decided to construct a new factory (Hiroshima Office Gohara Factory) at the Hiroshima City General Sports Center purchased from Kure City."
- [chugoku-np.co.jp](https://www.chugoku-np.co.jp/articles/-/630077), 2025-04-17: "第1期の工場は 2028年 4月30日に完成すると明らかにした。"
- [powersemiconductorsweekly.com](https://www.powersemiconductorsweekly.com/2025/04/18/disco-to-build-new-gohara-plant-in-hiroshima-to-boost-precision-tool-production-and-business-continuity-amid-rising-semiconductor-demand/), 2025-04-18: "DISCO CORPORATION has made a decision to build a new manufacturing plant (Hiroshima Works Gohara Plant) in the Kure City Sports Center that the company purchased from Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture."

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