Matsushita's new plant

Matsushita's new plant

JAKARTA (JP): PT Matsushita Semiconductor Indonesia (MEI),
jointly owned by the Japanese firms Matsushita Electronic Corp
and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, has officially opened its
US$60 million semiconductor plant in Karawang, West Java.

MEI vice president Masayuki Matsushita said yesterday the new
plant has a production capacity of 700,000 microcontrollers and
1.3 million ICS per month.

The plant was officially opened by Director General for
Various Industries Doddy Soepardi.

Matsushita said the Matsushita group would use the Karawang
plant as its main production base for the Asian market.

Aside from MEI, semiconductors are also produced in Indonesia
by PT Astra Microtronics Technology, PT Omedata Electronics
Indonesia and PT NEC Humpuss Semiconductor Indonesia, Antara
reported. (jsk)