Matsushita Electric Ind. Co. Ltd. (China) announced the official inauguration of its Suzhou facility, named Suzhou Matsushita Semiconductor Co. Ltd., which was set up in December 2001 with a total investment of ¥2.5 billion ($21 million). The facility covers an area of 10,200m² has a workforce of 200 employees, and will mainly produce super-miniature, surface-mount discrete devices for mobile phones, A/V products and DVD players.