Hamamatsu Photonics completes new factory

Hamamatsu Photonics has been supplying opto-semiconductor products for a wide range of applications and fields such as medical diagnosis and treatment, industrial instrumentation, automotive, and scientific measurement. Recently, there has been an increasing demand for plastic-molded opto-semiconductors mass-producible in large quantities, as well as for X-ray image sensors and X-ray flat panel sensors used in radiation inspection devices. We expect a further increase in sales of these products over a diverse spectrum of fields.

Construction of this new factory building will help build up the company’s production system for opto-semiconductors, X-ray image sensors, and X-ray flat panel sensors. This hopes to consolidate the opto-semiconductor production processes that are currently located separately from each other at the Shingai Factory and associated companies. These production processes will now all take place in the new factory building where we can streamline production efficiency and create a more robust supply system through labour-saving and automation.

To boost X-ray image sensor and X-ray flat panel sensor production, the company will speed up product development by consolidating design, development and evaluation into a single area and will also streamline our supply system by way of production processes located on the same floor to respond to growing demand.

To ensure business continuity against natural disasters, which have increased in recent years, Hamamatsu have made its anti-disaster measures more robust by incorporating earthquake and flood control measures into the building structure of the new factory. At the same time, the new factory building is designed to actively incorporate eco-friendly measures such as LED lighting, heat-insulated walls, solar power plant, and rainwater reuse systems.