TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Dai Nippon Printing Co Ltd plans to invest 20 bln yen to build a photomask plant in Taiwan, and launch mass production in September 2008, the Nikkei reported, without citing sources.
Sales at the plant are projected at 5 bln yen for the year to March 2009 and 12 bln yen the following year, the business daily said.
Following Japan and Italy, Taiwan is Dai Nippon's third mass production site for photomasks, it said.
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