# Yaskawa Electric to build robot machining plant in Kitakyushu

Yaskawa Electric announced it will build a new robot machining plant at its Kitakyushu headquarters in Japan to increase in-house production of industrial robot components from 40% to 70% after 2024, reducing reliance on Chinese parts.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-05-22
- Where: Kitakyushu, Japan
- Value: $140.0M (20.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: 2024
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 5,400 robots per month
- Products: industrial robot components
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [ja.linear-rotary.com](https://ja.linear-rotary.com/news/heavyweight-yaskawa-electric-announces-major-67677973.html), 2023-05-22: "安川電機は、期待される年間業績を確保するため、内製化と付加価値の向上を図るため、北九州本社にロボット機械加工工場の新設に着手すると発表した。"
- [sango-automation.com](https://www.sango-automation.com/news/heavyweight-yaskawa-electric-announces-major-67611179.html), 2023-05-22: "Yaskawa Electric will also increase the proportion of independent production of industrial robot components from the current 40% to 70%, obviously to ensure the timely supply of components."
- [nikkei.com](https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGKKZO71709870X00C23A6TB1000/), 2023-06-07: "安川電機は本社のある八幡西事業所（北九州市）に、ロボットを主要部品のモーターから一貫生産する工場を新設する。"
- [sensor360.org](https://www.sensor360.org/news/detail/212606), 2023-06-11: "Yaskawa Electric announced on the 8th that it will build a new factory for the one-stop production of industrial robots starting from motors at the Yawata Works in the company's headquarters area in Kitakyushu City, Japan."

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