佳能4.51亿美元新建配件厂

　　Canon Inc. will invest about 55 billion yen ($451 million) to build a new factory in Japan to double its production capacity of image sensors used in digital cameras.

　　A spokesman for the world's largest digital camera maker said it broke ground in May on a new building on an existing site in Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo and expected it to start operations in July 2008.

　　日本佳能公司计划投资550亿日元（约合4.51亿美元）在日本建造一家新的生产厂，以提高其数码相机图像传感器的生产能力。

　　佳能的发言人表示，工厂于今年5月在东京附近的神奈川县动工，预计在2008年7月投入生产。