# Yaskawa opens robot production plant in Kočevje, Slovenia

Yaskawa has opened a new production site in Kočevje, Slovenia, with an investment of about €25 million. The plant will produce approximately 10,000 Motoman robots per year and create 150 new jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-07-29
- Where: Kočevje, Slovenia, Slovenia
- Value: $28.0M (25.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 150
- Starts operating: 29 Jul 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 10,000 robots per year
- Products: Motoman GP robots with payload 7-225 kg
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [meccanica-plus.it](https://meccanica-plus.it/produzione-robot-in-slovenia-nuova-apertura-per-yaskawa_106859/), 2019-07-29: "Con un investimento di circa 25 milioni di euro, e dopo due anni di lavori, Yaskawa ha aperto un nuovo sito produttivo a Kočevje, in Slovenia, destinato a soddisfare circa l’80% della domanda di robot Motoman in Europa."

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