MORISHITA JINTAN CO.,LTD. announced plans to strengthen its production system by changing the name of the South Building of the Shiga Plant from MJ Shiga and installing a new capsule manufacturing line for medium-sized production lots. Completion is scheduled for the second half of 2027.
MORISHITA JINTAN CO.,LTD. announced that it had changed the facility name from MJ Shiga to South Building of the Shiga Plant as a symbol of stronger coordination among its 3 production sites. The new line is intended to strengthen quality governance and establish a stable supply system for the company, whose core business is capsule manufacturing.
The South Building of the Shiga Plant has manufacturing and quality control systems compliant with GMP and the technology to carry out processes ranging from advanced tablet manufacturing to filling and packaging on an integrated basis. It also has a manufacturing, filling and packaging line for oil-based liquid formulations, and manufacturing capabilities for these formulations have been added from the first half of 2026.
The capsule manufacturing line under construction will promote factory automation, automate material handling between processes, and introduce MES and SCADA. These measures are intended to improve production efficiency, ensure data accuracy and prevent human error before it occurs.
The investment is positioned not only as an expansion of production capacity but also as a pre-emptive investment to address the future risk of equipment aging. It aims to strengthen the production network by providing backup for the Shiga Plant.