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Mitsubishi completes new SiC facility
New facility will start operations in November
Mitsubishi Electric has completed its new SiC power semiconductor facility in Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture. The facility will start operations in November 2025.
The six-story facility with a total floor space of 42,000 square meters was built as a part of the firm's Shisui plant at a total cost of $680 million. It will mainly handle front-end processes for 8-inch SiC wafers.
The company has postponed parts of its equipment enhancement plan for the new facility to fiscal 2031 and beyond, due to a slower-than-expected increase in demand in the EV market.
"We will decide how many production lines to install by examining market conditions and other factors," Mitsubishi Electric president Kei Uruma told reporters at the opening ceremony.
