# Okuma completes new Kani DS3 smart factory in Japan

Okuma has completed construction and started operation of the new Kani Dream Site 3 (DS3) plant, a next-generation smart factory for vertical and horizontal machining centres and double-column machining centres. The plant uses smart machines, robots, and IoT for 72-hour unmanned operation.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-05-24
- Where: Kani, Japan, Japan
- Value: $92.0M (10.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: 17 Jun 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 30% increase in MC production capacity
- Products: vertical machining centres, horizontal machining centres, double-column machining centres
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Okuma](https://endata.com/companies/16740.md)

## Sources

- [okuma.eu](https://www.okuma.eu/newsroom/press-releases/detail/completion-of-the-next-generation-smart-factory-the-new-kani-ds3-plant/), 2019-06-17: "Okuma has completed the construction and started operation of the new Kani Dream Site 3 (DS3) plant, that continues the concept behind the headquarters' factories, Dream Site 1 (DS1) and Dream Site 2 (DS2)."
- [seisanzai-japan.com](https://seisanzai-japan.com/article/p1062/), 2019-08-30: "Okuma established the new Dream Site 3(DS3) factory, in Kani Plant, Gifu Prefecture, which manufacture machining centers (MC)."

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