# Hokusho to build new factory in Hakusan, Ishikawa for vertical conveyors

Hokusho announced it will build a new factory within its production site in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture, with an investment of about ¥3 billion. The factory will increase production of vertical conveyors and is expected to be completed in May 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-05-14
- Where: Hakusan, Ishikawa, Japan
- Value: $27.0M (3.00B JPY)
- Starts operating: May 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 10% increase in production capacity
- Products: vertical conveyors
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [Hokusho](https://endata.com/companies/18615.md)

## Sources

- [nikkei.com](https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO30467340U8A510C1LB0000/), 2018-05-14: "物流機器製造のホクショー（金沢市）は14日、石川県白山市の生産拠点の敷地内に新工場を建設すると発表した。"

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