Construction of Facilities Compatible with Single-Nanometer Linewidths and Expansion of Colloidal Silica Production Capacity
First written in FY2016. 16 of 39 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q3. Latest entry: FY2026.
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- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「In March 2026, the company decided to construct new ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production equipment at the Kyoto facility, representing an investment of ¥40 billion. Operations are scheduled to begin in February 2029, after which production capacity is expected to increase by 20% from FY2025.」
Following Kashima Phases I and II and the new Kyoto line, the company decided on an additional ¥40,000 million equipment investment at the Kyoto facility, advancing a plan to begin operations in February 2029 and increase production capacity by 20%. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Equipment for manufacturing ultra-high-purity colloidal silica and ancillary facilities 20,000 17,457 (Note) 1 Borrowings September 2023 August 2025 (Note) 2 The manufacturing equipment was completed in August 2025, and full-scale operations are scheduled to begin in December 2025.」
The additional equipment at the Kashima facility has a planned investment of ¥20 billion, with completion scheduled for August 2025 and full-scale operations scheduled to begin in December 2025, indicating that the capacity expansion plan has progressed to the completion and operational readiness stage. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「The new equipment at the Kyoto facility, completed in October 2024, has also begun operations. In addition, further expansion equipment at the Kashima facility is scheduled for completion in July 2025. As a result, production capacity is expected to increase by more than 1.5 times the FY2022 level.」
The Kyoto equipment has been completed and brought into operation, while the additional Kashima equipment is scheduled for completion in July 2025, and the plan to increase production capacity by more than 1.5 times the FY2022 level remains in place. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「The manufacturing equipment was completed in October 2024, but full-scale operations are scheduled to begin in January 2025.」
The ultra-high-purity colloidal silica manufacturing equipment at the Kyoto facility was completed in October 2024, with full-scale operations scheduled to begin in January 2025, indicating that the equipment project has advanced to the operational readiness stage. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「Construction of Phase 1 of the ultra-high-purity colloidal silica manufacturing equipment at the Kashima facility was completed and operations began in FY2023. The expansion equipment at the Kyoto facility is scheduled for completion in FY2024, and Phase 2 construction at the Kashima facility is scheduled for completion in FY2025. Once all capital investments are completed, production capacity is expected to reach 1.5 times the FY2022 level.」
In addition to the completion and start-up of the Kashima Phase 1 equipment, the company continues its plan to increase production capacity to 1.5 times the FY2022 level through the Kyoto expansion equipment and Kashima Phase 2 construction. - FY2024-Q3SoftenedAnnual report
「Equipment for manufacturing ultra-high-purity colloidal silica and ancillary facilities 10,000 5,077 (Note) 1 Internal funds August 2022 September 2024 FUSO CHEMICAL CO.,LTD. Kashima Facility (Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture) Electronic Materials and Functional Chemicals Business Equipment for manufacturing ultra-high-purity colloidal silica and ancillary facilities 20,000 6,149 (Note) 1 Borrowings September 2023 July 2025 4. The originally scheduled completion date has been changed from April 2024.」
The scheduled completion of the ¥10,000 million equipment plan at the Kyoto facility has been pushed back from April 2024 to September 2024. The ¥20,000 million Kashima plan has been updated to show ¥6,149 million already paid and completion scheduled for July 2025. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「The manufacturing equipment was completed in April 2023 and began full-scale operations in August 2023.」
The ultra-high-purity colloidal silica equipment at the Kashima facility was completed in April 2023 and began full-scale operations in August. The additional ¥20,000 million Kashima equipment plan has also been updated to show ¥6,149 million already paid and completion scheduled for July 2025. - FY2024-Q1Equipment plan updatedAnnual report
「Equipment for manufacturing ultra-high-purity colloidal silica and ancillary facilities 19,776 16,333 Internal funds August 2021 April 2023 (Note) 3 The manufacturing equipment was completed in April 2023, but full-scale operations are scheduled to begin in August 2023.」
The total cost of the Kashima equipment was changed from the initial plan of ¥18,000 million to ¥19,776 million, with ¥16,333 million already paid and full-scale operations scheduled to begin in August 2023. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「The new equipment at the Kashima facility was completed in April 2023, and trial production began, with qualification work ongoing. A two-site production system has been established at the Kyoto and Kashima facilities, strengthening the production system from a business continuity planning perspective as well.」
The ¥18,000 million equipment project at the Kashima facility was completed and progressed to the trial production and customer qualification stages. A two-site production system covering Kyoto and Kashima has also been established. - FY2023-Q3Equipment plan updatedAnnual report
「Equipment for manufacturing ultra-high-purity colloidal silica and ancillary facilities 18,000 11,271 Internal funds August 2021 April 2023 FUSO CHEMICAL CO.,LTD. Kyoto Facility (Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture) Electronic Materials and Functional Chemicals Business Equipment for manufacturing ultra-high-purity colloidal silica and ancillary facilities 10,000 3,398 Internal funds August 2022 April 2024 FUSO CHEMICAL CO.,LTD. Kashima Facility (Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture) Electronic Materials and Functional Chemicals Business Equipment for manufacturing ultra-high-purity colloidal silica and ancillary facilities 20,000 － Internal funds and borrowings September 2023 July 2025」
The amount already paid under the ¥18,000 million Kashima plan has been updated to ¥11,271 million, and that under the ¥10,000 million Kyoto plan to ¥3,398 million. The additional ¥20,000 million Kashima plan remains scheduled for completion in July 2025. - FY2023-Q2RaisedAnnual report
「FUSO CHEMICAL CO.,LTD. Kashima Facility (Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture) Electronic Materials and Functional Chemicals Business Equipment for manufacturing ultra-high-purity colloidal silica and ancillary facilities 20,000 － Internal funds and borrowings September 2023 July 2025」
A new ¥20,000 million manufacturing equipment plan has been added at the Kashima facility, in addition to the existing ¥18,000 million Kashima plan and ¥10,000 million Kyoto plan. Construction is scheduled to begin in September 2023 and be completed in July 2025, with borrowings included in the funding sources. - FY2023-Q1Equipment plan updatedAnnual report
「Ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production and ancillary facilities 18,000 8,461 (Note) Internal funds August 2021 April 2023 FUSO CHEMICAL CO.,LTD. Kyoto site (Fukuchiyama, Kyoto) Electronic materials and functional chemicals business Ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production and ancillary facilities 10,000 39 (Note) Internal funds August 2022 April 2024」
The ¥18,000 million plan for the Kashima facility has been updated to show ¥8,461 million already paid and completion scheduled for April 2023, while the ¥10,000 million plan for the Kyoto facility has been updated to show ¥39 million already paid and completion scheduled for April 2024. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「Scheduled to begin operations in April 2023, these facilities incorporate the same advanced technologies as the ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production facilities completed at Kyoto First Plant and Kyoto Second Plant in 2018, enabling manufacturing conditions to be controlled with high precision and allowing us to meet increasingly stringent customer quality requirements. In addition, to meet strong demand, we decided in July 2021 to increase production capacity at Kyoto Second Plant, with a plan to increase total production capacity by more than 30% when combined with the Kashima facilities.」
In addition to progress on construction of the new Kashima facilities, the company decided to expand Kyoto Second Plant, moving toward a plan to increase production capacity by more than 30% across both facilities. - FY2022-Q3Equipment plan updatedAnnual report
「Ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production and ancillary facilities 18,000 5,649 (Note) Internal funds August 2021 April 2023 FUSO CHEMICAL CO.,LTD. Kyoto site (Fukuchiyama, Kyoto) Electronic materials and functional chemicals business Ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production and ancillary facilities 10,000 — Internal funds August 2022 April 2024」
The ¥18,000 million Kashima site plan was updated to show payments to date of ¥5,649 million and completion scheduled for April 2023. The ¥10,000 million Kyoto site plan is scheduled to start in August 2022 and be completed in April 2024. - FY2022-Q2RaisedAnnual report
「FUSO CHEMICAL CO.,LTD. Kyoto site (Fukuchiyama, Kyoto) Electronic materials and functional chemicals business Ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production and ancillary facilities 10,000 — Internal funds August 2022 April 2024」
In addition to the existing ¥18,000 million plan for the Kashima site, the company added ¥10,000 million in ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production facilities at the Kyoto site, scheduled to start in August 2022 and be completed in April 2024. The scope of the production-capacity expansion has expanded. - FY2022-Q1Equipment plan updatedAnnual report
「Ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production and ancillary facilities 18,000 24 Internal funds August 2021 April 2023 (Note) Payments to date have been revised.」
The company updated the plan for ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production facilities at the Kashima site, reporting planned total investment of ¥18 billion, payments to date of ¥24 million, a start date of August 2021 and completion scheduled for April 2023. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「In November 2020, we decided to increase production capacity for ultra-high-purity colloidal silica and, from a business continuity planning (BCP) perspective, decided to install new facilities at our Kashima site. Scheduled to begin operations in April 2023, these facilities incorporate the latest technologies, like the ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production facilities completed at Kyoto First Plant and Kyoto Second Plant in 2018, enabling manufacturing conditions to be controlled with greater precision than before and allowing us to meet increasingly stringent customer quality requirements.」
The company decided in November 2020 to expand capacity with new ultra-high-purity colloidal silica facilities at the Kashima site, forming a specific facility plan scheduled to begin operations in April 2023. Planned investment is ¥18 billion. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit exceeded the previous quarter's cumulative total, resulting in higher revenue and higher profit, due to increased sales and the cost-reduction effect of increased production.」
The company continues to explain the cost-reduction effect and contribution to results from the expanded production system, including the new facilities, but does not report any new milestone such as completion of additional facilities. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit exceeded the previous quarter's cumulative total, resulting in higher revenue and higher profit, due to increased sales and the cost-reduction effect of increased production.」
The company continues to explain the cost-reduction effect and contribution to results from the expanded production system, including the new facilities, but does not report any new milestone such as completion of additional facilities. - FY2021-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating profit exceeded the previous quarter's cumulative total, resulting in higher revenue and higher profit, due to increased sales and the cost-reduction effect of increased production.」
The impact on results of increased sales of ultra-high-purity colloidal silica and cost reductions is becoming evident as the expanded production system, including the new facilities, comes online. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「Completion of the new facilities substantially increased high-purity colloidal silica production capacity. Because higher utilization has a significant impact on profit, we worked to improve utilization by accelerating customer qualification of the new facilities, reviewing scheduled maintenance and improving the efficiency of various operations. As a result, production increased.」
Following completion of the new facilities, the company advanced customer qualification, reviewed scheduled maintenance and improved operating efficiency, progressing to the stage of increasing production and utilization. - FY2020-Q3Equipment plan updatedAnnual report
「Kyoto site Electronic materials and functional chemicals business Expansion of ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production lines (Notes) 1, 2 8,258 8,075 Internal funds June 2017 July 2019」
The company updated the plan for expansion of the ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production lines, reporting planned total investment of ¥8,258 million, payments to date of ¥8,075 million and scheduled completion in July 2019. Both planned total investment and payments to date increased from the previous report. - FY2020-Q2Equipment plan updatedAnnual report
「Kyoto site Electronic materials and functional chemicals business Expansion of ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production lines 8,258 7,986 Internal funds June 2017 July 2019」
For the expansion of the ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production lines, planned total investment was updated from ¥8,050 million to ¥8,258 million and payments to date from ¥6,746 million to ¥7,986 million, with completion scheduled for July 2019. - FY2020-Q1Equipment plan updatedAnnual report
「Kyoto site Electronic materials and functional chemicals business Expansion of ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production lines 8,050 (Breakdown) 7,450 600 6,746 Internal funds June 2017 January 2018 November 2018 July 2019」
The company updated the plan for expansion of the ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production lines, reporting planned investment of ¥8,050 million, payments to date of ¥6,746 million and scheduled completion in July 2019. - FY2019AchievedAnnual report
「New ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production facilities were completed at Kyoto First Plant and Kyoto Second Plant in September and November 2018. Incorporating the latest technologies, these facilities enable manufacturing conditions to be controlled with greater precision than before, allowing us to meet increasingly stringent customer quality requirements. Production capacity increased by 20% to 30%,」
The planned new production facilities at Kyoto First Plant and Kyoto Second Plant were completed in September and November 2018, respectively, and the actual results and benefits included a 20% to 30% increase in production capacity. - FY2019-Q3Equipment plan updatedAnnual report
「Kyoto site Electronic materials and functional chemicals business Expansion and modification of ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production lines 4,800 4,173 Internal funds October 2016 January 2019 Expansion of ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production lines 8,050 4,044 Internal funds June 2017 July 2019」
For the expansion and modification of the production lines at the Kyoto site, the planned investment and payments to date were updated, with completion scheduled for January 2019 and July 2019, including some ancillary work. - FY2019-Q2Equipment plan updatedAnnual report
「The scheduled completion date was changed because some ancillary work will be completed in January 2019.」
For the ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production-line expansion plan, the company reported planned investment of ¥8,050 million and payments to date of ¥4,044 million, and changed the scheduled completion of some ancillary work to January 2019. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「To meet growing demand, we continued to increase production capacity, invest in equipment to stabilize quality, secure production personnel, improve analytical capabilities and review our shipping systems.」
To address growing demand, the company continues to increase production capacity, invest in equipment to stabilize quality, secure production personnel, improve analytical capabilities and review its shipping systems. No new milestone, such as completion, was reported. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「Two new ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production facilities will be completed during fiscal 2018. Incorporating the latest technologies, these facilities will enable manufacturing conditions to be controlled with greater precision than before. This will allow us to meet increasingly stringent customer quality requirements and increase production capacity by 20% to 30%.」
The company explicitly states that two new production facilities are scheduled for completion during fiscal 2018 and that production capacity is expected to increase by 20% to 30%. Expansion work on the Kyoto site's production lines is also progressing smoothly. - FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating profit exceeded the year-earlier period despite the impact of a shutdown at Kyoto First Plant for capital investment, due to lower manufacturing costs from cost reductions and increased sales volumes.」
The shutdown of Kyoto First Plant for capital investment occurred, and its impact on operating profit was reported. The capital investment plan has progressed to the execution stage, but completion of the work was not reported. - FY2018-Q2Changes to the equipment investment scheduleAnnual report
「The scheduled start and completion dates have changed.」
For the expansion and modification of the ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production lines at the Kyoto site, the planned investment of ¥4,800 million and the start and scheduled completion of a separate production-line expansion plan have been revised. - FY2018-Q1AchievedAnnual report
「Modification of facilities for new ultra-high-purity colloidal silica products 477 146 Equity financing July 2016 June 2017 (Note) The total investment was finalized upon completion of the work.」
Modification work at the Kyoto site to support new ultra-high-purity colloidal silica products was completed, finalizing the total investment at ¥477 million. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Although the strong yen affected the yen-denominated sales of overseas subsidiaries and the yen conversion of export sales by domestic companies, net sales exceeded the year-earlier period because shipments of fruit acids such as malic acid, ultra-high-purity colloidal silica and nanopowders were strong. Operating profit also exceeded the year-earlier period. Although production stoppages caused by planned large-scale capital investment work affected manufacturing costs, product costs declined due to lower procurement prices resulting from the strong yen and cost reductions.」
The large-scale capital investment previously described as being in the planning and preparation stage through the previous quarter resulted in actual production stoppages during the construction work, affecting manufacturing costs. Completion of the work was not reported. - FY2017-Q2RaisedAnnual report
「The planned investment increased by ¥1,400 million because additional functions are planned to further improve product quality by reducing variation, ensure stable production and improve production efficiency in response to single-nanometer linewidth processing, compared with the initial investment plan.」
Additional functions were added to the expansion and modification of the ultra-high-purity colloidal silica production lines to support single-nanometer linewidth processing, improve quality, ensure stable production and improve production efficiency, increasing the planned investment by ¥1.4 billion. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In preparation for production stoppages caused by large-scale capital investment work scheduled for the summer and winter of this fiscal year, we brought production forward during the first quarter cumulative period.」
Large-scale capital investment work at the Kyoto site was scheduled for the summer and winter, and production was brought forward in preparation for production stoppages. No new achievement, such as completion of the work, was reported. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「We also launched a plan to construct new facilities, bringing together our knowledge and technologies to address forthcoming single-nanometer linewidth processing.」
At the Kyoto site, the company planned ¥500 million in equipment modifications for new products and ¥3 billion for an additional production line, with completion scheduled by January 2018.