# ABB to double robot production capacity in China

ABB Ltd. is accelerating expansion in China with a plan to double robot production capacity as part of a bid to become the biggest provider worldwide of industrial automation.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-09-18
- Where: China
- Status: announced
- Capacity: double robot production capacity
- Products: industrial robots
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [ABB](https://endata.com/companies/1547.md)

## Sources

- [bloomberg.com](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-18/race-to-make-robots-for-china-spurs-abb-plan-to-double-capacity), 2017-09-18: "ABB Ltd. is accelerating expansion in China with a plan to double robot production capacity as part of a bid to become the biggest provider worldwide of the industrial-aut"

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