# Yaskawa starts trial production at robot factory in Kočevje, Slovenia

Yaskawa Europe Robotics started trial production at its new robot factory in Kočevje, Slovenia. The €24.6 million plant will manufacture seven types of robots, with production expected to reach 6,000 robots per year by March 2020 and employment up to 200 by 2023.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-01-25
- Where: Kočevje, Slovenia
- Value: $28.0M (24.6M EUR)
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: 25 Jan 2019
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 6000 robots per year
- Products: industrial robots
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Yaskawa Europe Robotics](https://endata.com/companies/36898.md)
- [Yaskawa Electric Corp.](https://endata.com/companies/16371.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [sloveniatimes.com](https://sloveniatimes.com/14180/yaskawa-trial-production-starts-in-kocevje), 2019-01-25: "The plant, whose construction started in November 2017, is to manufacture seven different types of robots."

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