# Harmonic Drive Systems expands production capacity with new facilities in Japan and US

Harmonic Drive Systems announced it is immediately increasing monthly production from 95,000 to 115,000 units and building two new facilities in Matsumoto City, Japan and the US at a cost of $300 million to boost production to 400,000 devices per month by 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-10-01
- Where: Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan; and United States, Japan
- Value: $300.0M
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 400,000 devices per month
- Products: harmonic drive gears, speed reducers
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Harmonic Drive Systems](https://endata.com/companies/587.md)

## Sources

- [therobotreport.com](https://www.therobotreport.com/global-robot-growth-causing-shortages-critical-components/), 2017-10-01: "Harmonic is immediately increasing that number to 115,000 and that two new facilities...are under construction at a cost of $300 million to further bump up production."

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