# Star Micronics to renovate Kikugawa plant and build new factory in Makinohara

Star Micronics will renovate its Kikugawa plant by building a new Kikugawa South factory for core parts (total cost ~¥10 billion, start July 2024, operation November 2025) and construct a new Makinohara plant for final assembly of advanced CNC automatic lathes (total cost ~¥5 billion, start May 2025, operation July 2026), aiming to increase production capacity to 100 units per month.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-04-20
- Where: Kikugawa and Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $100.0M (15.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: Nov 2025
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 100 units per month
- Products: Swiss-type CNC automatic lathes
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Star Micronics](https://endata.com/companies/17569.md)

## Sources

- [automation-news.jp](https://www.automation-news.jp/2024/04/81308/), 2024-04-20: "スター精密は、工作機械事業における菊川工場のリニューアルと牧之原市に新工場を建設する。"

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