Toshiba is currently building the 'No. 6 Plant' in the factory area in Yokkaichi, and will build a new factory (the Kitakami Factory) in Kitakami, Kita, Japan. The target is to start construction in 2018.
The report pointed out that the Toshiba Yokkaichi factory’s “6th plant” will start production this summer, and Kitakami plant was originally expected to start mass production around 2020, but the production time may advance to the fall of 2019. After the above two plants are opened , If the market is expected to expand as expected, Toshiba plans to build the No. 7 Plant of Yokkaichi Factory and the No. 2 Plant of Kitakami Plant.
Among them, the Yokkaichi Plant’s No. 7 Plant has already begun land acquisition negotiations. It may, as the case may be, build Kitakami Plant’s “second plant” first, and estimates that a string of equipment investment will exceed 3 trillion yen, and Toshiba will consider seeking Partner Western Digital (WD) assists in the cost.
According to Yahoo Finance data, as of 8:06 am Beijing time, Toshiba rose 0.62% to 324 yen.
Toshiba is currently working with WD to operate NAND-type flash memory main base 'The Yokkaichi Factory'.