# iFollow to expand manufacturing facilities in France and open UK office

iFollow, developer of autonomous mobile robots for warehouses, plans to expand its manufacturing facilities in France with two new plants near Paris, and open a new UK office in Derby, following a €7.5 million investment. The company aims to increase production to 1,500 robots per year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-11-02
- Where: near Paris, France, France
- Value: $8.70M (7.50M EUR)
- Starts operating: Dec 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1,500 robots per year
- Products: autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), iR1000 AMR
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [iFollow](https://endata.com/companies/58595.md)

## Sources

- [roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk](https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/events-news/ifollow-raises-e7-5m-for-order-picking-and-heavy-load-transport-amrs.html), 2021-11-02: "The two new plants in France will open in December as we ramp up to our first big installation of 50 robots in the UK in Q1 2022"

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