# Citizen Machinery to double NC lathe production capacity in Philippines

Citizen Machinery will invest about 500 million yen to double the monthly production capacity of NC automatic lathes at its Philippines plant from 40 to 80 units. Construction starts in April 2018, with completion by end of 2018 and operation in January 2019.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-03-30
- Where: Batangas, First Philippine Industrial Park, Philippines
- Value: $4.70M (500.0M JPY)
- Starts operating: Jan 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 80 units per month
- Products: NC automatic lathes
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Citizen Machinery](https://endata.com/companies/18452.md)

## Sources

- [nna.jp](https://www.nna.jp/news/1745012), 2018-04-02
- [seisanzai-japan.com](https://seisanzai-japan.com/article/p381/), 2018-05-11: "On March 30, 2018, Citizen Machinery announced that it would expand its automatic lathe manufacturing base in Philippine."

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