Renesas aims to return Naka factory to full supply capacity by October
Renesas began test production at the 200-mm (8-inch) wafer fabrication line on April 23. For the 300-mm (12-inch) wafer fabrication line, Renesas began test production on April 25.
The company says it is now close to completing repairs of manufacturing equipment and expects it will be capable of significantly moving up the schedule for mass production on the 300-mm wafer fabrication line from the previous scheduled date of July to June 6.
The progress has been attributed to the support from companies outside the Renesas Electronics Group helping to speed up the resumption of production as much as possible.
Having set the target resumption dates for mass production at Naka factory’s 200- and 300-mm wafer fabrication lines, Renesas says it has assessed the expected timing on when the production capacity at both lines will return to that of pre-earthquake levels with capacity added by shifting production to other Renesas factories and outside foundries.
The company now expects the production capacity at a wafer input base of both lines to return to that of pre-earthquake levels at the end of July. Based on the above schedule, those products that will be produced at the Naka factory are expected to gradually ship to customers starting at the end of August.
Renesas Electronics expects it will be capable of restoring supply to that of pre-earthquake levels by the end of October with additional supply from other factories and outside foundries that started in April.
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