R&D facilityReal estate & construction

TOTO to build ceramic R&D facility at Chigasaki plant

TOTO Ltd.Chigasaki, KanagawaPublished Aug 19, 2026

Investment¥17B

PhasePlanned

StartDec 2026

CompletionApr 2028

Pre-construction

Construction

Today

20272028

Construction starts in about 2 months; completion is scheduled about 18 months from now.

TOTO will build a new R&D building within its Chigasaki plant in Kanagawa to accelerate development of next-generation electrostatic chucks and AD components for semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The facility will expand prototype production lines and is scheduled to start construction in December 2026 and be completed in April 2028.

Project facts

Owner: TOTO Ltd.
Listing: 5332 Tokyo
Facility: R&D facility
Sector: Real estate & construction
Location: Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Investment: ¥17B — part of approximately ¥30 billion in growth investment
Scale / capacity: 2,800 sqm building area; 10,600 sqm total floor area; prototype production lines expanded
Construction start: Dec 2026
Completion: Apr 2028
Announced: Jul 31, 2026
Themes: semiconductor-supply-chain

Figures and schedules are as announced by the company or the public body concerned; plans can change. Amounts that were not disclosed are recorded as not disclosed, never estimated.

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