https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180723005189/en/ > KITAKAMI, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 24, 2018--Toshiba Memory Corporation, the world leader in memory solutions, today held a groundbreaking ceremony for the first semiconductor fabrication facility (fab), called K1, in Kitakami, Iwate prefecture, in northeastern Japan. On its completion in autumn 2019, the facility will be one of the most advanced manufacturing operations in the world, dedicated to production of 3D flash memory. > This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180723005189/en/