# Sertec invests £500,000 in robot welding cell for Toyota Auris parts

Tier One automotive supplier Sertec invested £500,000 in a new robot welding cell at its Coleshill facility to manufacture rear seat assemblies for the new Toyota Auris. The cell, supplied by Cyber-Weld and equipped with two Fanuc robots, will produce about 80,000 assemblies per year.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2018-01-17
- Where: Coleshill, West Midlands, UK, United Kingdom
- Value: $690K (500K GBP)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 80,000 rear seat assemblies per year
- Products: rear seat assemblies, robot welding cell
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Sertec](https://endata.com/companies/17932.md)
- [Fanuc](https://endata.com/companies/11003.md) (supplier)
- [Toyota](https://endata.com/companies/16194.md) (customer)
- [Adient](https://endata.com/companies/17892.md) (customer)
- [Cyber-Weld](https://endata.com/companies/17953.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [automationmagazine.co.uk](https://www.automationmagazine.co.uk/sertec-invests-in-new-500000-robot-welding-cell/), 2018-01-17: "The contract to make the rear seats’ cushion assembly for the Auris is our first venture with Adient / Toyota and a very important one for the company."

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