March 23, 2022
Renesas today announced an update on the impact of the earthquake that hit the coast of Fukushima Prefecture and the surrounding areas on March 16 at 11:36 p.m. JST on Renesas Group operation.
Renesas operates three factories close to the epicenter: Naka Factory (Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture), Takasaki Factory (Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture) and Yonezawa Factory (Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture).
[Status of the Renesas Group’s factories]
- Naka Factory, Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- We originally anticipated to reach full pre-earthquake production capacity (wafer input base) on March 23 JST. However, as a delay occurred due to failures of some manufacturing equipment, we expect to reach close to full pre-earthquake production capacity (wafer input base) on March 26 JST. As of March 23 JST, Naka factory has reached approximately 50% of its pre-earthquake production capacity.
- Some damage was made to the work-in-process at the time of the earthquake. We are currently assessing the impact of the production loss from ruined work-in-process and loss from halted production.
- We originally anticipated to reach full pre-earthquake production capacity (wafer input base) on March 23 JST. However, as a delay occurred due to failures of some manufacturing equipment, we expect to reach close to full pre-earthquake production capacity (wafer input base) on March 26 JST. As of March 23 JST, Naka factory has reached approximately 50% of its pre-earthquake production capacity.
- Takasaki Factory, Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.,
- The start-up of all manufacturing equipment completed on March 22 JST, and production has recovered to full pre-earthquake production capacity (wafer input base) on March 23 JST, as initially scheduled.
- Some damage was made to work-in-process at the time of the earthquake. We are moving forward to recover approximately 10 days’ worth of production, which the amount of ruined work-in-process and losses due to halted production account for.
- The start-up of all manufacturing equipment completed on March 22 JST, and production has recovered to full pre-earthquake production capacity (wafer input base) on March 23 JST, as initially scheduled.
- Yonezawa Factory, Renesas Electronics Corporation,
- The start-up of all manufacturing equipment completed on March 18 JST, and production has recovered to full pre-earthquake production capacity (input base) on March 20 JST, as initially scheduled.
- Some damage was made to work-in-process at the time of the earthquake. We are moving forward to recover approximately 2 days’ worth of production, which the amount of ruined work-in-process and losses due to halted production account for.
- The start-up of all manufacturing equipment completed on March 18 JST, and production has recovered to full pre-earthquake production capacity (input base) on March 20 JST, as initially scheduled.