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January 31, 2012 at 07:30 am
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TDK to Restructure Bases in Structural Reform Drive
January 31, 2012
TDK Corporation (President: Takehiro Kamigama) today
announced that it will restructure the bases mentioned
below in the Akita region as part of ongoing structural
reforms designed to strengthen manufacturing capabilities
and improve earnings power.
Objective
In response to structural economic changes, an
increasingly fierce global business environment and other
developments, TDK is currently implementing structural
reforms to remain competitive in the global market. As
part of these reforms, TDK has decided to restructure
business sites in the Akita region of Japan.
Business Sites to Be Restructured
TDK will consolidate and close the following three
business sites in the Akita region.
Business Sites to Be Restructured
Main Business
Restructuring Details
TDK Corporation
Kisakata Plant
(Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture)
Manufacture of inductors and mechatronics
(production equipment)
Plan to close by the end of March 2013 after
integrating into the other bases in Japan.
*TDK-MCC Corp.
Kisakata Plant
(Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture)
Manufacture of ceramic capacitors and
ultra-high-voltage capacitors
Plan to close by the end of September 2012 after
integrating into the other bases.
*TDK Ugo Corp.
Konoura Plant
(Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture)
Manufacture of high-frequency components and
circuit protection components
Plan to close by the end of March 2013 after
integrating into the other bases in Japan.
(Note) * denotes a wholly owned TDK Corporation
subsidiary.
(Reference)
Overview of TDK-MCC Corp. (As of January 2012)
(1)
Company: TDK-MCC Corp.
(2)
Location: Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture
(3)
Representative: Minoru Sasaki
(4)
Business: Manufacture of ceramic capacitors
(5)
Established: June 1, 1971
(6)
Capital: ¥1,000 million
(7)
Main business sites: Akita Plant (Nikaho City,
Akita Prefecture), Honjo Plant (Yurihonjo City,
Akita Prefecture), Kitakami Plant (Kitakami City,
Iwate Prefecture), Kisakata Plant (Nikaho City,
Akita Prefecture)
Business: Manufacture of multilayer inductive
devices and high-frequency components
(5)
Established: April 1, 2005
(6)
Capital: ¥106 million
(7)
Main business sites: Ouchi Plant, Konoura Plant,
Yuzawa Plant (Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture), Iwaki
Plant (Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture)
*As reported on October 28, 2011, TDK Ugo will close the
Yuzawa Plant at the end of March 2012 and integrate and
consolidate operations in the Ouchi Plant.
For further information, contact the Corporate
Communications Dept.
Tel.: 81-3-5201-7102
E-mail: pr@jp.tdk.com
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TDK Corporation specialises in the design, manufacture and sales of electronic products and recording equipment. Net sales break down by family product as follows:
- rechargeable batteries and energy converters (46.9%);
- electronic equipment and components (33.1%): ceramic capacitors, ferrites, magnets, inductors, high-frequency components, transformers, converters, thermistors, etc.;
- recording equipment (13.5%): recording appliances (notably magnetic heads for hard disks, heads for disk drives and thermal printer heads), recording equipment (audio and video cassettes, optical disks, computer data storage tapes, PC cards, etc.);
- other (3.5%): rechargeable batteries, memory cards, displays and mechatronic equipment.
Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (8%), China (56.8%), Asia (18.7%), Europe (10%) and Americas (6.5%).
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