# Midea Group breaks ground on Kuka Swisslog smart manufacturing center in Kunshan

Midea Group held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Kuka Swisslog Smart Manufacturing Center in Kunshan, China. The project involves an additional investment of $30 million to expand Kuka's industrial robot capacity and introduce Swisslog's smart warehousing and logistics technology, with an expected annual output value exceeding 3 billion yuan.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2026-08-27
- Where: Kunshan, China
- Value: $30.0M
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: annual output value over 3 billion yuan
- Products: industrial robots, smart warehousing systems, logistics solutions
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [Midea](https://endata.com/companies/1678.md)
- [KUKA](https://endata.com/companies/3695.md) (partner)
- [Swisslog](https://endata.com/companies/6942.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [xwboo.com](https://www.xwboo.com/news/detail-259870.html), 2026-09-01: "项目达产后，预计年产值超30亿元。"

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