Kyocera to Build PV Facility in Mexico

Kyocera is about to begin construction at its Tijuana, Mexico facility, scheduled for completion in early 2008.

The 223,000 square feet plant will more than quadruple Kyocera’s production capacity for solar modules in Tijuana – from a current capacity of 35 megawatts (MW) per year to 150MW by the end of March 2011.

The additions are part of a four-year plan to expand Kyocera’s global manufacturing capacity for solar modules, which are produced in Mexico, the Czech Republic, China and Japan.

By the end of March 2011, these four sites will possess combined annual capacity to produce 500 megawatts (MW) of solar modules – enough to create 3.5-kilowatt solar-electric generating systems for 142,000 homes per year. The company will invest an estimated 30 billion yen (about $250 million) in plant and equipment during the course of the expansion effort, both at these module manufacturing sites and at its solar cell production center in Yohkaichi, Japan.

About Kyocera

Kyocera Solar, Inc. is a subsidiary of Kyocera International, Inc. of San Diego, the North American headquarters and holding company for Kyoto, Japan-based Kyocera Corporation(NYSE:KYO).