# ABB invests $150 million in robotics factory in Shanghai, China

ABB will invest $150 million to build a robotics factory in Shanghai, with production expected to begin by the end of 2020 and annual capacity of around 100,000 robots. The facility will be ABB's single largest robotics facility globally.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-10-01
- Where: Shanghai, China
- Value: $150.0M
- Starts operating: 13 Nov 2018
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 100,000 robots per year
- Products: industrial robots
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [ABB](https://endata.com/companies/1547.md)

## Sources

- [scmp.com](https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2170503/abb-invests-us150-million-shanghai-factory-capitalise-chinas), 2018-10-27: "ABB will invest US$150 million to build a robotics factory in Shanghai, as the Swiss manufacturer capitalises on China’s rising consumption and aspiration to transform into a technology pioneer."
- [finance.yahoo.com](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/abb-invest-150-million-robotics-091343633.html), 2018-10-28: "ABB Ltd. will invest $150 million to build a robotics factory in Shanghai, as the Swiss manufacturer capitalizes on China’s rising consumption and aspiration to transform into a technology pioneer."
- [eenewseurope.com](https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/abb-to-build-150m-robot-factory-in-china-with-a-digital-twin/), 2018-10-29: "The new Shanghai factory will feature a number of machine learning technologies alongside an R&D centre will help accelerate innovations in artificial intelligence."
- [industryweek.com](https://www.industryweek.com/technology-and-iiot/article/22026591/abb-invests-150-million-on-new-robotics-factory-in-shanghai), 2018-10-29: "This new factory will set out to 'shape the next generation of manufacturing, the next generation of capacity,' CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer said."
- [designworldonline.com](https://www.designworldonline.com/abb-robots-will-work-at-shanghais-factory-of-the-future-in-2020/), 2018-11-05: "The concept behind this factory is the same advice we give our customers every day: invest in automation solutions that provide flexibility and agility"
- [assemblymag.com](https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/94550-robots-will-make-more-robots-at-abbs-new-china-factory), 2018-11-07: "ABB says it will be the world's most advanced robotics factory, and will combine connected digital technologies, state-of-the-art collaborative robotics and cutting-edge artificial intelligence research."
- [new.abb.com](https://new.abb.com/news/detail/10478/abb-inaugurates-new-state-of-the-art-factory-in-xiamen-china), 2018-11-13: "ABB opened a new state-of-the-art high-voltage manufacturing unit in Xiamen, in southern China, that will help meet growing demand for reliable electricity in rapidly growing urban areas of the country."
- [ecns.cn](http://www.ecns.cn/business/2018-11-15/detail-ifyzwcft9466721.shtml), 2018-11-15: "ABB's new manufacturing facility in Shanghai is expected to start production by the end of 2020."
- [chinadaily.com.cn](https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201811/15/WS5becb784a310eff303288c3d.html), 2018-11-15: "ABB's new manufacturing facility in Shanghai is expected to start production by the end of 2020."
- [global.chinadaily.com.cn](https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201811/15/WS5becb784a310eff303288c3d.html), 2018-11-15: "ABB's new manufacturing facility in Shanghai is expected to start production by the end of 2020."
- [doingbusinessshanghai.blogspot.com](https://doingbusinessshanghai.blogspot.com/2019/05/swiss-industrial-giant-to-build-robot.html), 2019-05-05: "Swiss industrial conglomerate ABB Group announced on Oct 27 that it will invest $150 million to build its 'largest and most advanced' robot factory in Pudong New Area, Shanghai."

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