# Fanuc breaks ground on industrial robot factory in Ibaraki, Japan

Fanuc held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new industrial robot factory in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The plant will start production in August 2018 with a monthly capacity of 2,000 robots, eventually rising to 4,000. Investment is about 63 billion yen.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-07-12
- Where: Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $560.0M (63.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: Aug 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 2,000 robots per month initially, 4,000 eventually
- 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/DGXLASDZ12HMY_S7A710C1000000/), 2017-07-12: "新工場はロボットの機械加工工程をほぼ100%自動化するなど同社にとって最新鋭の製造拠点とする計画。"

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