Region
Kinki (Kansai) Semiconductor Region
Kansai is a center for equipment, materials and electronic component makers rather than large fabs. Kyoto is home to SCREEN, ROHM, TOWA and HORIBA, and Osaka to Daifuku and Sumitomo Chemical's Osaka Works.
- Fabs1
- Other company sites11
- Prefectures4
Overview
SCREEN builds its semiconductor equipment in Shiga Prefecture and Daifuku its cleanroom systems at Shiga Works in Hino. Mitsubishi Electric runs a power, high-frequency and optical device factory in Itami, Hyogo, and Toshiba has a semiconductor plant in Taishi, Hyogo.
Fabs and company sites in Kinki (Kansai), by prefecture
Hyogo
5
Shiga
4
Osaka
2
Kyoto
1
Fabs
- Itami Factory Itami, HyogoMitsubishi Electric · Power semiconductors, high-frequency and optical devices
Equipment, materials and other company sites
- SCREEN Holdings: Hikone site (Hikone, Shiga)Wafer cleaning, coat/develop and inspection equipment
- SCREEN Holdings: Yasu plant (Yasu, Shiga)Wafer cleaning, coat/develop and inspection equipment
- SCREEN Holdings: Taga site (Taga, Shiga)Wafer cleaning, coat/develop and inspection equipment
- Daifuku: Shiga Works (Hino, Shiga)Cleanroom automated material handling systems (AMHS)
- Sumitomo Chemical: Osaka Works (Osaka, Osaka)Photoresists and semiconductor process chemicals
- Mitsubishi Electric (power devices): Itami (high-frequency and optical devices) (Itami, Hyogo)IGBT and SiC power modules, RF and optical devices
- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage: Himeji semiconductor plant (Taishi, Hyogo)Power MOSFETs, IGBTs and discrete semiconductors
- ESPEC: Fukuchiyama Plant (Fukuchiyama, Kyoto)Environmental and reliability test chambers
- ESPEC: Kobe R&D Center (Kobe, Hyogo)Environmental and reliability test chambers
- Nippon Thompson (IKO): Himeji Plant (Himeji, Hyogo)Linear motion components and precision positioning tables
- Nitto Denko: Ibaraki site (Ibaraki, Osaka)Dicing tapes and functional films
Sources
- Wikipedia (Japanese): Mitsubishi Electric
- Wikipedia (Japanese): Daifuku
- SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions official website
- Daifuku: cleanroom solutions
- Sumitomo Chemical official website
- Mitsubishi Electric: new 8-inch SiC wafer plant (Mar 14, 2023, PDF)
- Toshiba: construction of a 300 mm wafer fab for power semiconductors (Apr 24, 2023)
- ESPEC: official website
- Nippon Thompson: official website
- Nitto Denko: official website
Last updated: October 22, 2026