Mitsubishi Electric announced that it will invest about 100 billion yen (currently about 5.19 billion CNY) to build an 8-inch SiC wafer fab in the existing factory site in Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Prefecture and enhancement of related production facilities to increase the production of silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors.
Japanese media pointed out that by 2026, Mitsubishi Electric’s SiC wafer production capacity will expand to about 5 times that of 2022. In the five years from 2021 to 2025, Mitsubishi Electric will invest about 260 billion yen in equipment for the power semiconductor business (currently about 13.494 billion CNY), and the investment scale will be higher than the original planned value (about 130 billion CNY). yen) increased by 100%.
Among them, Mitsubishi Electric will invest 10 billion yen (currently about 519 million CNY) in a new factory in Fukuoka City, aiming to integrate existing businesses in the Fukuoka area.
