# Kubota to boost compact construction machinery production by 30% at Sakai plant

Kubota plans to increase annual production capacity of compact track loaders at its Sakai plant to 13,000 units by 2019, a 30% increase, with an investment of about ¥1 billion.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-11-15
- Where: Sakai, Osaka, Japan
- Value: $8.90M (1.00B JPY)
- Starts operating: 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 13,000 units per year
- Products: compact track loaders, mini excavators
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Kubota](https://endata.com/companies/5208.md)

## Sources

- [nikkei.com](https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO23511330V11C17A1TJ2000/), 2017-11-15: "クボタは15日、主力の堺製造所（堺市）での小型建機の年産能力を2019年までに1万3千台と3割引き上げる方針を明らかにした。"

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