# Yaskawa Electric to start semiconductor robot production in Shanghai

Yaskawa Electric is cooperating with Baoshan district on a national major project for semiconductor robots, with an investment of 5 billion yuan. Production is expected to start in October 2019, with annual output value of about 3 billion yuan.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-06-17
- Where: Baoshan, Shanghai, China
- Value: $725.0M (5.00B CNY)
- Starts operating: Oct 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: annual output value of about 3 billion yuan
- Products: semiconductor robots
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [i1.ce.cn](http://i1.ce.cn/district/newarea/roll/201906/17/t20190617_32378218.shtml), 2019-06-17: "投资50亿元的国家重大专项安川半导体机器人预计今年10月投产，年产值约30亿元。"

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