Sony Corp said on June 6 that it would invest 60 billion yen (US 492 million dollars) to ramp up production of image sensors used in digital cameras. The expansion at Sony's Kumamoto image sensor factory in southern Japan would span the next three years, the company said in a statement.
Tokyo-based Sony did not say by how much output would be boosted, but the Nikkei business newspaper said the investment would increase capacity by 20 percent. The Kumamoto facility makes CMOS sensors and micro-display devices that are used in hot-selling camera-equipped mobile phones and digital cameras.