# Yaskawa invests EUR 10M in European facilities in France and Sweden

Yaskawa announced investments of EUR 10 million in Europe: a new 6,700 m2 building in Nantes, France to consolidate Drives, Motion, Control and Robotics operations, and expansion in Torsås, Sweden with a new 2,600 m2 factory hall and 300 m2 of office space. Completion is planned for the end of 2018.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2017-07-18
- Where: Nantes, France, France
- Value: $11.5M (10.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: announced
- Products: Drives, Motion, Control, Robotics
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [prozesstechnik.industrie.de](https://prozesstechnik.industrie.de/news-food/investitionen-in-europa/), 2017-07-18: "Yaskawa hat Investitionen in Europa in Höhe von 10 Mio. Euro angekündigt: In Nantes, Frankreich soll ein neues Gebäude mit einer Fläche von 6700 m2 entstehen."

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