# Yaskawa starts building $100M mechatronics system plant in Changzhou

Yaskawa Electric Corporation held a groundbreaking ceremony on December 29, 2020 for Yaskawa (Changzhou) Mechatronics System in Wujin High-tech Zone, Changzhou, with a total investment of over $100 million. The new facility will integrate R&D and production of servo motors, controllers and other products.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-12-29
- Where: Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Value: $100.0M
- Status: under construction
- Products: servo motors, controllers, mechatronics systems
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [english.jschina.com.cn](https://english.jschina.com.cn/23262/202012/t20201231_6933053.shtml), 2020-12-31: "The groundbreaking ceremony for Yaskawa (Changzhou) Mechatronics System, which involves a total investment of over $100 million, was held in the city’s Wujin High-tech Zone on December 29."
- [asia.nikkei.com](https://asia.nikkei.com/business/electronics/japan-inc-prepares-for-automation-bonanza-in-china), 2021-01-27: "Japanese companies like Yaskawa Electric and Daifuku see big automation opportunities coming in China."
- [caixinglobal.com](https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-01-28/japan-inc-prepares-for-automation-bonanza-in-china-101657131.html), 2021-01-28: "Yaskawa Electric is to spend 4 billion yen ($38.53 million) to 5 billion yen to build a plant on a 90,000 square meter plot in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, where it plans to start making servomotors and controllers for industrial robots in fiscal 2022."
- [teamfrance-export.fr](https://www.teamfrance-export.fr/infos-sectorielles/1160/1160-plusieurs-fabricants-japonais-de-robots-industriels-prevoient-douvrir-des-usines-en-chine-pour-repondre-a-la-demande-croissante-des-industriels-chinois), 2021-02-03: "Yaskawa Electric va ainsi dépenser 4 milliards de yens (38,53 millions de dollars) pour construire une usine sur un terrain de 90 000 m² à Changzhou... où il prévoit de commencer à fabriquer des servomoteurs et des contrôleurs pour robots industriels en 2022."

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