8/8/2018
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Chairman of the Board and President:
Tsuneo Murata
Summary
In August of 2017, Murata Energy Device Wuxi Co., Ltd. (Wuxi City, China), a manufacturing subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., began construction of a fourth production building. On Wednesday, August 8, the company held a ceremony to celebrate the construction’s completion. The new facility was built primarily to expand the production capabilities of lithium-ion secondary batteries for use in mobile devices and strengthen the company’s ability to respond to anticipated market demand for the solution.
Ceremony Overview
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Date & time:
(Local time)
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Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Ceremony 10:30 to 11:30
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Location:
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No.41, Zhujiang Road, New District, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China
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Guests:
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Government officials and others
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Company attendees:
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Norio Nakajima, Representative Director & Senior Executive Vice President and others
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New Building Overview
Structure & scale:
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Factory building: Five stories, steel frame, reinforced concrete
Welfare building: Six stories, reinforced concrete
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Total floor area:
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Factory building: 88,178 m²
Welfare building: 7,308 m²
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Building area:
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22,508 m² (including annex attached to factory building)
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Total investment amount:
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Approx. 16 billion yen (building only)
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Murata Energy Device Wuxi Co., Ltd.
Location:
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No.27, Changjiang Road, New District, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China |
Established:
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September 2017 (Acquired battery business from Sony Corporation)
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Representative:
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Shinji Nomura, Chairman
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No. of employees:
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7,548 (as of July 31, 2018)
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Business:
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Lithium-ion battery packs and module manufacturing
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Murata in Brief
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of ceramic-based passive electronic components & solutions, communication modules and power supply modules. Murata is committed to the development of advanced electronic materials and leading edge, multi-functional, high-density modules. The company has employees and manufacturing facilities throughout the world.
For more information, visit Murata's website