# Yaskawa plans robot plant in Ribnica, Slovenia

Yaskawa Electric Corp. announced plans to build a robot plant in Ribnica, Slovenia, to serve European, Middle Eastern and African markets. The facility will produce Motoman robots and is expected to begin production in September 2018, creating about 200 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2016-11-21
- Where: Ribnica, Slovenia
- Value: $27.2M (25.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: Sep 2018
- Status: announced
- Products: Motoman industrial robots
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Yaskawa Electric Corp.](https://endata.com/companies/16371.md)

## Sources

- [elevatorworld.com](https://elevatorworld.com/article/robotics-leader-yaskawa-plans-slovenia-factory-submitted/), 2017-07-01: "Europe is a leader in many technological areas. . . . We are glad to be here and to produce even more efficient solutions."

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