# Nidec invests $80m to double gear reducer plant in Philippines

Nidec is investing 10 billion yen (about $80 million) to double the size of its Nidec-Shimpo production plant in Luzon, Philippines, boosting gear reducer capacity from 30,000 to 80,000 units per month by 2025 and adding 400 jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-04-19
- Where: Luzon, Philippines
- Value: $80.0M (10.0B JPY)
- Jobs: 400
- Starts operating: 2025
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 80,000 gear reducers per month
- Products: strainwave gears, gear reducers
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Nidec](https://endata.com/companies/1321.md)

## Sources

- [drivesncontrols.com](https://drivesncontrols.com/nidec-invests-80m-to-take-lead-in-strainwave-gears/), 2022-04-19: "Nidec is investing 10 billion yen (around $80m) to double the size of a manufacturing facility in the Philippines where it produces gear reducers – especially, strainwave gears."

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