# FANUC to boost robot and EDM machine output with new Japanese facilities

FANUC will expand existing facilities and build a new factory in Japan to boost production of robots, Robocut EDM units, and Roboshot injection moulding machines. The new factory will have capacity for 1,000 robots and 50 wire-cut EDM machines; an existing facility will be enlarged to increase Robocut EDM production by 50 units/year. Total investment is ¥8.3 billion (£56.3 million).

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-07-11
- Where: Japan, Japan
- Value: $75.0M (8.30B JPY)
- Starts operating: Sep 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 1,000 robots and 50 wire-cut EDM machines per year (new factory); 50 additional Robocut EDM units/year (expansion)
- Products: robots, Robocut EDM machines, Roboshot injection moulding machines
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Fanuc](https://endata.com/companies/11003.md)

## Sources

- [machinery.co.uk](https://www.machinery.co.uk/content/news/fanuc-to-boost-output-of-robots-and-edm-machines-by-year-end-with-new-japanese-facilities), 2018-07-11: "By the end of this year, FANUC will have expanded existing Japanese facilities and built a new factory there to boost the production of its robots and Robocut EDM units, as well as its Roboshot injection moulding machines."

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