# Yaskawa opens industrial robot factory in Kočevje, Slovenia

Yaskawa opened a new industrial robot factory in Kočevje, Slovenia, after two years of construction. The facility will produce 10,000 robots per year and employ 150 workers by 2023, with an investment of around 25 million euros.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-04-08
- Where: Kočevje, Slovenia
- Value: $28.1M (25.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 150
- Starts operating: 8 Apr 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 10,000 robots per year
- Products: Rotoman-type industrial robots
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Yaskawa](https://endata.com/companies/16432.md)
- [Yaskawa Europe Robotics](https://endata.com/companies/36898.md)

## Sources

- [balkanweb.com](https://www.balkanweb.com/en/Japan-opens-robot-factory-in-Slovenia/), 2019-04-09: "The new factory in Slovenia will complement the company's production capacity in Japan and China, and will cover 80% of European demand for its Rotoman-type industrial robots."
- [yaskawa-global.com](https://www.yaskawa-global.com/newsrelease/news/18809), 2019-04-12: "Following two years of construction, Japanese technology group Yaskawa has officially opened its new robot production facility with European robotics development centre at Kočevje/Slovenia."
- [industryemea.com](https://www.industryemea.com/news/17105-robots-for-europe-yaskawa-opens-new-production-facility-in-slovenia), 2019-04-16: "Our goal is to shorten supply chains and delivery times, to enable us to react faster to regional market requirements and our customers' wishes – not only with the new plant, but also with a major European robotics development centre."

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