# Harmonic Drive Systems to add 70,000 units/month strain wave gear capacity at Ariake plant

Harmonic Drive Systems will invest about JPY6.5bn (USD70 million) at its Ariake plant in Nagano Prefecture to raise strain wave gear output from 150,000 to 220,000 units per month by August 2022.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-10-13
- Where: Ariake Plant, Azumino City, Nagano, Japan
- Value: $70.0M (6.50B JPY)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 150,000 to 220,000 units/month
- Products: strain wave gears, strain wave gearing devices
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Harmonic Drive Systems](https://endata.com/companies/587.md)

## Sources

- [harmonicdrive.net](https://www.harmonicdrive.net/about-us/capacity-update), 2021-10-13: "The capital investment will enable the Ariake Plant (Nagano Prefecture) to increase production capacity of Harmonic Drive® strain wave gearing devices from 150,000 units/month to 220,000 units/month by August 2022."

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