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Kyocera to construct new R&D Center in Kirishima City, Kagoshima, Japan

New facility at Kyocera Kokubu Campus will expand R&D speed, capabilities

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Kyoto/London - Kyocera has announced it will begin construction of a new research and development center in January 2021 at its Kokubu campus in Kirishima City, Kagoshima, Japan. Kyocera has executed a location agreement with the mayor of Kirishima City for the new R&D center, which will focus on new innovations in the fields of information and communications, environmental preservation, and smart energy.

Hub for Innovation and New Technology

The Kokubu campus is already an innovation hub and site of three strategic R&D groups: Kyocera’s Monozukuri R&D Laboratory, which focuses on advanced material technologies; its Production Technology Division, focusing on manufacturing process innovation; and its Analysis Center, which develops simulation and evaluation technologies. R&D programs at the campus currently include 5G smartphone technologies, electronic- and semiconductor components used in IoT devices, and key components for new smart energy technologies, such as cell stacks for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs). Intellectual property developed there has found a wide range of other applications as well, in the automotive, aerospace, medical and healthcare fields.

Centre to be platform for sharing knowledge and networking

Through greater collaboration among these R&D operations, Kyocera will establish a new platform to accelerate development and production efforts, with comprehensive support for manufacturing new products, promoting factory automation, and improving manufacturing efficiencies. Kyocera will position the new facility specifically as an incubator for open innovation, sharing technical information for human resource development, and networking with inventors outside of Kyocera.

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Architect’s rendering of a new R&D center

Outline of Kyocera’s New R&D Center

Name
(To be announced)
Location

Kyocera’s Kagoshima Kokubu Plant Campus
1450-1 Azadainomaru, Kokubukamikogawa, Kirishima-shi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Total investment

Approximately 10 billion yen (approx. 96 million U.S. dollars)

Building area
5,990 m2 steel construction with 5 stories
Total floor space
22,902 m2
Construction plan
Construction begins: January 2021
Facility opens: September 2022
Main R&D activities
Development of laminated ceramic capacitors, ceramic packages for electronic devices, cell stacks for SOFCs


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