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2021: Appointment of Asayuki Nanniti as President
On April 16, 2021, KIOXIA Europe confirmed the appointment of Nanniti Asayuki as its president. More details here.
2020: Fab7 complex construction plans at Yokkaichi plant
On October 30, 2020, it became known that KIOXIA Europe (formerly Toshiba Memory Europe) the European , a subsidiary of KIOXIA Corporation, a manufacturer of flash memory, announced a construction production complex (Fab7) at the Yokkaichi plant in Mie Prefecture, Japan to expand the production of its own 3D flash memory BiCS FLASH. It is expected that the construction of the Fab7 complex of KIOXIA Corporation will begin in the spring of 2021.
Technological innovations have increased the amount of data generated, stored and used worldwide. Moreover, the flash memory market expects further growth due to cloud services, 5G, IoT, the development of artificial intelligence and automated driving. Therefore, the production of products on the Fab7 of KIOXIA Corporation will continue to meet the growing demand for memory worldwide.
The Fab7 production complex will be built on the north side of the Yokkaichi plant, where land is being developed at the end of October 2020. For optimal production of products in the field of flash memory, the construction of Fab7 will be divided into two stages, with the first stage of construction planned to be completed by the spring of 2022. KIOXIA plans to finance capital investments for Fab7 construction from its operating cash flow.
KIOXIA and Western Digital, as long-time partners, regularly cooperate in the field of operation of production complexes. Accordingly, KIOXIA and Western Digital expect to continue their joint venture capital investments in the Fab7 complex.
The Fab7 complex will have an earthquake-absorbing structure and an environmentally friendly design that includes energy-saving technological equipment. Located at the Yokkaichi plant, which offers large flash memory production facilities, the Fab7 complex will further increase KIOXIA's production capacity by introducing a production system using artificial intelligence.
In accordance with its mission to transform the world with "memory," KIOXIA focuses on cultivating the era of memory. KIOXIA seeks to strengthen its position in the memory industry through investments, research and development that reflect market trends.
2019: Renaming to Kioxia Europe
On July 18, 2019, Toshiba Memory announced a name change to Kioxia. All companies in the group will be renamed. So, Toshiba Memory Systems will be called Kioxia Systems, Toshiba Memory Advanced Package - Kioxia Advanced Package, Toshiba Memory Europe - Kioxia Europe, etc. Rebranding will enter into force on October 1, 2019. More details here.
2018
According to information as of January 2018, Toshiba Memory Europe GmbH is the European division of Toshiba Memory Corporation (TMC).
The company offers a range of products based on flash memory, including SD cards, USB drives, micro SD cards and components with built-in memory, as well as solid-state drives (SSD).
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