# Shibuya to build four smart factories for bottling and medical devices

Shibuya Industrial has decided on a large-scale capital investment to construct four new factories, including at Kanazawa Techno Park and a new four-story factory at the Wakamiya Plant. The project aims to increase bottling system capacity by 30% and medical device production by 50%, with total investment of about 17.5 billion yen and completion scheduled for January 2027.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-08-01
- Where: Kanazawa, Japan, Japan
- Value: $119.0M (17.5B JPY)
- Starts operating: Jan 2027
- Status: announced
- Products: bottling systems, aseptic filling systems, hemodialysis systems, medical devices
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Shibuya Industrial](https://endata.com/companies/79091.md)

## Sources

- [shibuya.co.jp](https://www.shibuya.co.jp/articles/column-en/20240809_1.html), 2024-08-09: "Shibuya has decided on a large-scale capital investment, including the construction of new factories within the Kanazawa Techno Park."
- [shibuya.co.jp](https://www.shibuya.co.jp/articles/column/20240809_1.html), 2024-08-09: "Shibuya has decided on a large-scale capital investment, including the construction of new factories within the Kanazawa Techno Park."

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