# Yaskawa plans second robot component plant in Kočevje, Slovenia

Yaskawa announced plans to build another plant manufacturing robotic hand components next to the one opening in spring 2019. The €20-30 million facility is expected to employ up to 250 people, with construction starting in April 2019 and production within two years.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-05-01
- Where: Kočevje, Slovenia
- Value: $29.0M (25.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 250
- Starts operating: May 2020
- Status: announced
- Products: robotic hand components
- 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: "Last May, Yaskawa announced plans to build another plant manufacturing robotic hand components next to the one opening in the spring."

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