# Midea and Kuka begin building $1.6 billion smart manufacturing park in Shunde, China

Midea and its Kuka robotics unit began construction of the Midea-Kuka Smart Manufacturing Industry Park in Shunde, Guangdong province, with an investment of 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion). The park will cover 800,000 square meters and include a smart manufacturing base, offices and labs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-03-29
- Where: Shunde, Guangdong province, China
- Value: $1.60B
- Status: under construction
- Products: smart appliances, industrial robots, healthcare automation, warehouse automation
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Midea](https://endata.com/companies/1678.md)
- [KUKA](https://endata.com/companies/3695.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [caixinglobal.com](https://www.caixinglobal.com/2018-03-29/midea-kuka-chase-automation-dreams-with-16-billion-park-101228286.html), 2018-03-29: "Midea and its Kuka German robotics unit began building a 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) smart manufacturing park in South China, their first major collaboration since establishing a joint venture last week."
- [chinadaily.com.cn](http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201803/29/WS5abc6e6ea3105cdcf6515125.html), 2018-03-29: "The launch of the smart manufacturing industrial park will be a key step to realizing the company's 'smart' strategy, which focuses on human-machine connection and collaboration."
- [global.chinadaily.com.cn](https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201803/29/WS5abc6e6ea3105cdcf6515125.html), 2018-03-29: "The launch of the smart manufacturing industrial park will be a key step to realizing the company's 'smart' strategy, which focuses on human-machine connection and collaboration."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.