# Yaskawa opens second phase of robot plant in Changzhou

Yaskawa (China) Robotics Co., Ltd. opened the second phase of its robot production base in Changzhou, China. The expansion increases total investment by $45 million and annual capacity to 18,000 units.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-06-15
- Where: Changzhou, Wujin National High-tech Industrial Zone, China
- Value: $45.0M
- Starts operating: 15 Jun 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 18,000 units per year
- Products: industrial six-axis robots
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Yaskawa Electric Corp.](https://endata.com/companies/16371.md)
- [Yaskawa (China) Robotics Co. Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/16372.md)

## Sources

- [changzhou.gov.cn](https://www.changzhou.gov.cn/ns_news/363152989654600), 2018-06-20: "After the second phase of the project is put into production, the annual capacity of its Changzhou plant will reach 18,000 units."
- [en.lnews.jp](https://en.lnews.jp/2018/07/k070406.html), 2018-07-04: "On July 4, Yaskawa Electric announced that its Chinese subsidiary, Yaskawa (China) Robotics, completed construction of its third factory in the Wujin High-tech Zone of Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province on June 15."
- [xtech.nikkei.com](https://xtech.nikkei.com/atcl/nxt/news/18/01847/), 2018-07-05: "安川電機は、産業用ロボットと制御装置の生産拠点である安川（中国）機器人〔YASKAWA （CHINA） ROBOTICS〕で第3工場が竣工したと発表した。2018年9月から稼働する予定。"

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