Panasonic to Expand Wiring Devices and Circuit Breakers Production Factory in Vietnam
2017年2月27日 - 7:32PM
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Aiming to double the production capacity of
wiring devices and circuit breakers in FY2020
Panasonic Corporation today announced that it will expand its
wiring devices and circuit breakers factory of Panasonic Eco
Solutions Vietnam Co., Ltd. (PESVN), located in Binh Duong Province
of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. An additional factory
building will be constructed adjacent to the existing factory to
enhance its responsiveness to the rapid increase in demand for
wiring devices and circuit breakers in Vietnam in the recent years.
The groundbreaking ceremony was held on February 25th. Takashi
Ogasawara, Power Components Business Unit Director, Energy Systems
Business Division, Eco Solutions Company in Panasonic Corporation,
and Takashi Ogura, General Director of Panasonic Eco Solutions
Vietnam Co., Ltd. attended the event.
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The Vietnamese plant launched full-scale production in November
2014 as a new manufacturing site for wiring devices and circuit
breakers in Southeast Asia, following the ones in Thailand and
Indonesia. The new factory will be built on a 3,000-square-meter
area adjacent to the existing factory to substantially expand the
production capacity of wiring devices and circuit breakers.
Currently, the existing factory produces approx. 53 million wiring
devices and approx. 13 million circuit breakers annually. With an
additional factory, the plant aims to double its production
capacity in FY2020. There are also plans to explore the purchase of
an area of approx. 18,000 square meters adjacent to the current
factory premises to add to the factory in the future in order to
address any further increase in demand.
With the current addition of a factory and a further expansion
plan, the plant aims to supply wiring devices and circuit breakers
produced in the Vietnamese plant to local markets and other
Southeast Asian countries.
Overview of the new factory
(1) Production items: Wiring devices and circuit breakers
(2) Investment amount: Approx. 1 billion JPY (3) Production
capacity: Twice the current production capacity including the
existing factory (to be achieved by FY2020) (4) Land area: 3,000 m2
(5) Total floor area: 6,000 m2 (6) Location: Industrial Park VSIP
II-Annex, Binh Duong Province, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(7) Start of construction: February 25, 2017 (8) End of
construction: October 31, 2017 (scheduled)
Overview of Panasonic Eco Solutions
Vietnam Co., Ltd.
(1) Company name: Panasonic Eco Solutions Vietnam Co., Ltd.
(2) Location: Industrial Park VSIP II-Annex, Binh Duong Province,
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (3) Establishment date: January
2, 2013 (4) Representative: Takashi Ogura (5) Outline of business:
Production of wiring devices, circuit breakers, etc. (7) Number of
employees: Approx. 900 (as of the end of January 2017) (8) Sales:
Approx. 920 billion VND (FY2016 forecast)
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consumer electronics, housing, automotive, enterprise solutions and
device industries. Since its founding in 1918, the company has
expanded globally and now operates 474 subsidiaries and 94
associated companies worldwide, recording consolidated net sales of
7.553 trillion yen for the year ended March 31, 2016. Committed to
pursuing new value through innovation across divisional lines, the
company uses its technologies to create a better life and a better
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