# Nidec to raise robot speed reducer output sevenfold

Nidec plans a sevenfold increase in production capacity for speed reducers used in industrial robots, adding equipment to meet rising automation demand.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-06-02
- Where: Japan
- Status: announced
- Capacity: sevenfold increase in speed reducer production
- Products: speed reducers for industrial robots
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [asia.nikkei.com](https://asia.nikkei.com/business/nidec-invests-for-sevenfold-boost-in-robot-parts-production), 2017-06-02: "Nidec plans a sevenfold increase in production capacity for a key part used in industrial robots."

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