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| The company's third overseas ALIVH production facility, besides two in Taiwan, will produce PCBs for smartphones and other high-functionality mobile terminals |
Osaka, Japan, Sept 8, 2011 - (ACN Newswire) - Panasonic Electronic Devices Co., Ltd. today announced that the company and Panasonic Vietnam Co., Ltd. will jointly build a new plant in Vietnam for producing ALIVH multi-layer resin boards for use in smartphones and other high-functionality mobile terminals. The new production facility will be located on the premises of Panasonic Electronic Devices Vietnam Co., Ltd.
The world mobile phone market is undergoing a rapid shift from standard phones to smartphones, which are expected to continue growing further. To provide high functionality, smartphones contain a great number of components which are mounted on printed circuit boards. As those phones become more compact with increased functions, ever thinner and denser circuit boards are required. Panasonic's unique ALIVH multi-layer resin boards have earned a high reputation for their ability to meet such market needs.
Overseas, Panasonic is currently manufacturing ALIVH boards in Taiwan at the facilities of Panasonic Taiwan Co., Ltd., whose output capacity will be increased to 6 million units per month in terms of smartphones by the end of 2011, quadruple the figure achieved in the last fiscal year ended March 2011. In Vietnam, production at the new plant is expected to reach 3.5 million per month by August 2012, bringing Panasonic's total overseas production capacity to 9.5 million units per month, almost six times the level of the last fiscal year.
Panasonic positions the ALIVH business as one of its key businesses, as the ALIVH technology is indispensable in the evolution of smartphones and other high-functionality mobile terminals. Panasonic continues to strengthen the ALIVH business to meet the needs of smartphone and mobile terminal manufacturers worldwide.
ALIVH: Any Layer Interstitial Via Hole
ALIVH is a multi-layer resin board developed and commercialized by Panasonic as the world's first full-layer Interstitial Via Hole (IVH). In October 1996, using ALIVH boards, Panasonic (then known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.) developed a mobile phone that was the lightest and smallest in the industry at that time with less than 100 g in weight and less than 100 cc in volume. Since then, ALIVH boards have been widely used in Japan and overseas. As of March 2011, global shipments of ALIVH boards exceeded 400 million units in terms of mobile phones.
About Panasonic Electronic Devices
Panasonic Electronic Devices Co., Ltd., one of the core companies of the components and devices segment of the Panasonic Group, supplies state-of-the art electronic components to industries worldwide from digital AV to information and communications, car electronics, home appliances, medical electronics, and environment/technology fields. Based in Osaka, Japan, the company recorded sales of 365.8 billion yen for the year ended March 31, 2011. For more information on the company, visit the company's website at http://panasonic.net/ped/.
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Panasonic Corporation
Tel: +81-3-6403-3040
Fax: +81-3-3436-6766
Topic: Construction of Facility
Source: Panasonic
Sectors: Electronics
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