# Fanuc to build ¥63B industrial robot plant in Ibaraki, Japan

Fanuc will invest about 63 billion yen to build a new industrial robot factory adjacent to its Tsukuba plant in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Production is expected to start in August 2018, initially at 2,000 units per month, eventually reaching 4,000 units per month.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-04-27
- Where: Ibaraki Prefecture, Chikusei, Japan
- Value: $566.0M (63.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: Aug 2018
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 4,000 units per month (final)
- Products: industrial robots
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Fanuc](https://endata.com/companies/11003.md)

## Sources

- [nikkei.com](https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLASDZ27HIC_X20C17A4000000/), 2017-04-27: "これでも足りない"
- [asia.nikkei.com](https://asia.nikkei.com/business/fanuc-to-spend-566m-to-lift-robot-output-in-japan), 2017-04-27: "Fanuc will build a new plant for industrial robots in Ibaraki Prefecture to respond to voracious demand from Chinese manufacturers."
- [cn.nikkei.com](https://cn.nikkei.com/industry/manufacturing/24930-2017-05-02-04-56-44.html), 2017-05-02: "新工厂将于2018年8月投产，首先计划每月生产2千台机器人。"
- [monoist.itmedia.co.jp](https://monoist.itmedia.co.jp/mn/articles/1705/23/news016.html), 2017-05-23: "ファナックは2017年4月27日、ロボットの生産能力増強のため茨城県筑西市に工場を建設すると発表した。"

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