# Invertek Drives opens new manufacturing facility in Welshpool, UK

Invertek Drives opened a new 5,500 square metre global manufacturing and distribution facility in Welshpool, UK, enabling production of up to 400,000 VFDs per year. The facility also incorporated two Universal Robots UR5 collaborative robots for product testing.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-01-01
- Where: Welshpool, UK, United Kingdom
- Starts operating: Jan 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 400,000 VFDs per year
- Products: variable frequency drives, collaborative robots
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Invertek Drives](https://endata.com/companies/42365.md)
- [Universal Robots](https://endata.com/companies/17952.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [roboticsandautomationnews.com](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/tag/incorporated/), 2019-11-21: "Invertek Drives opened the doors to its new 5,500 square metre global manufacturing and distribution facility in Welshpool, UK, enabling production of up to 400,000 VFDs a year."
- [invertekdrives.com](https://www.invertekdrives.com/news/general-news/italian-customers-take-a-look-at-inverteks-global-manufacturing-and-distribution-facility), 2020-02-19: "In January 2019 a new 5,500sq metre production and distribution facility was opened."

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