¥9 billion invested in project to expand on manufacturing site, producing MFDs and drum cartridge components.
Fuji Xerox has announced that it will 
begin construction of a new manufacturing site in Hai Phong, due to begin in December 2012 to begin operations in November 2013.
The OEM has invested ¥9 billion ($113 million/€92 million) into the project, with the plant mainly manufacture digital colour multifunction devices and LED printers, with a manufacturing capacity of two million units annually. The site will also manufacturing components including printed wiring boards and drum cartridge components.
The site will be staffed by 700 employees from the start of operations, and will expand the number of main manufacturing and recycling sites in East Asia to 10.
Vietnam was chosen by Fuji Xerox due to the country’s “steady progress toward industrialisation” and counts among its advantages “information equipment manufacturers in a concentrated manner, as well as an extensive land transportation network connecting the country with China, Thailand and other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)”, thus facilitating the OEM’s supply chains.
With the new site, Fuji Xerox plan to increase manufacturing capacity in the region without overconcentration at its current manufacturing sites in China, which currently produces 90 percent of the OEM’s products.