# Step Electric breaks ground on 10,000-unit robot factory in Shanghai

Shanghai Step Electric Corporation held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory in Jiading, Shanghai, with a total investment of 693 million yuan. The facility will have an annual production capacity of 10,000 industrial robots.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-08-17
- Where: Jiading, Shanghai, China
- Value: $104.0M (693.0M CNY)
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 10,000 industrial robots per year
- Products: industrial robots
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Shanghai STEP Electric Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/17254.md)

## Sources

- [ainet.cn](https://www.ainet.cn/znw/_01-ABC00000000000266689.shtml), 2017-10-26: "2017年8月17日，上海新时达机器人有限公司年产10000套工业机器人新工厂在上海市嘉定区举行奠基仪式。"

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