# Okuma launches new factory in Taiwan to boost production capacity

Okuma's new factory in Yingge District, New Taipei City, Taiwan began operations in August 2018. The factory has a total floor area of 14,000 m2 and will increase production capacity from 200 to 300 units per month, a 1.5 times increase.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-08-15
- Where: Yingge District, New Taipei City, TWN
- Value: $207.0M (23.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: 22 Aug 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 300 units per month
- Products: machine tools, GENOS brand products, 5-axis machining centers, multi-tasking machines
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Okuma](https://endata.com/companies/16740.md)

## Sources

- [en.lnews.jp](https://en.lnews.jp/2018/08/k081511.html), 2018-08-15: "In August, Okuma's new factory, built in Yingge District, New Taipei City, Republic of China (Taiwan), began operations at the Daito Okuma (TOC) plant."
- [okuma.eu](https://www.okuma.eu/newsroom/press-releases/detail/global-expansion/), 2018-08-16: "Okuma has opened a new plant in Taiwan this August."
- [okuma.eu](https://www.okuma.eu/fr/nouvelles/presse/detail/global-expansion/), 2018-08-16: "Okuma has opened a new plant in Taiwan this August."
- [machinery.co.uk](https://www.machinery.co.uk/content/news/okuma-opens-taiwanese-smart-factory-starts-construction-of-another-in-japan), 2018-08-22: "Okuma has applied the same high level of automation and IIoT-connectivity to this state-of-the-art plant."

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