# Mitsubishi Electric to invest ¥40 billion in FA equipment factories

Mitsubishi Electric announced a ¥40 billion investment to build a new factory automation equipment plant in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and consider new plants in China and India, aiming to increase global production capacity by about 40%.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-03-27
- Where: Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Japan
- Value: $376.0M (40.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: 2032
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 40% increase in global production capacity
- Products: factory automation equipment
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Mitsubishi Electric](https://endata.com/companies/2378.md)

## Sources

- [sankei.com](https://www.sankei.com/article/20180327-SA3F2ME6E5M5NKDB4GDUKSEJFY/), 2018-03-27: "三菱電機は２７日、工場自動化（ＦＡ）機器を生産する新工場を愛知県内で建設すると発表した。"

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