# Yaskawa breaks ground on €25M robot factory in Kočevje, Slovenia

Yaskawa broke ground on November 2, 2017, for a new robot factory in Kočevje, Slovenia, with an investment of about €25 million. The plant will manufacture Motoman robots starting in 2018 and create around 200 new jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-11-06
- Where: Kočevje, Slovenia, Slovenia
- Value: $29.0M (25.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 6,000 robots annually
- Products: Motoman industrial robots
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Yaskawa Electric Corp.](https://endata.com/companies/16371.md)
- [Yaskawa Europe Holding](https://endata.com/companies/11131.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [computer-automation.de](https://www.computer-automation.de/robotics-en/first-robot-factory-in-europe.htm), 2017-11-06: "On November 2, Yaskawa broke ground for its new robot factory in Europe in the Slovenian town of Kočevje."
- [roboticsandautomationnews.com](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2017/11/06/yaskawa-breaks-ground-to-build-slovenia-factory/14832/), 2017-11-06: "Today we lay the cornerstone for a new factory."

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