Toshiba, SanDisk Announce Start of Equipment Installation at Yokkaichi's New Fab 2

Toshiba Corporation

and SanDisk Corporation

announced the start of equipment installation in the New Fab 2 facility at Yokkaichi Operations. New Fab 2 is primarily intended to provide the clean room space necessary to transition a significant portion of the current Yokkaichi 2D NAND capacity to 3D flash memory. The companies also signed definitive agreements for joint manufacturing of 3D flash memory and investment in New Fab 2. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151020006921/en/ New Fab2 at Toshiba Yokkaichi Operations (Photo: Business Wire) Seiichi Mori, Corporate Senior Vice President of Toshiba Corporation and President and CEO of Semiconductor & Storage Products Company, said, "The