In June 2022, Hitachi Energy, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., collaborated with Petrofac, a leading international service provider to the energy industry, to provide joint grid integration and associated infrastructure to support the rapidly growing offshore wind market. The collaboration includes the supply of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) and high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) solutions.
In May 2022, TDK Corporation is expected to construct a new production building on the premises of the Kitakami Factory (Kitakami city, Japan) of TDK Electronics Factories Corporation to enhance multilayer ceramic capacitors production. The construction of the new building is likely to start in March 2023 and be completed in June 2024. The new production buildings are intended to strengthen the production of highly reliable MLCCs for electric vehicles (EVs), automatic driving, and ADAS with increasing demand.