# Yaskawa to invest $180M in new Franklin robotics campus

Yaskawa America Inc. will invest $180 million to build an 800,000-square-foot robotics campus in Franklin, Wisconsin, consolidating its Wisconsin and Illinois facilities into a new headquarters. The project will create 700 jobs and was announced on June 13, 2025.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-06-13
- Where: Franklin, Wisconsin, United States
- Value: $180.0M
- Jobs: 700
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 800,000 square feet
- Products: robotics, motion control, AC drives, solar inverters
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Yaskawa America Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/79217.md)

## Sources

- [dailyreporter.com](https://dailyreporter.com/2025/06/13/yaskawa-180m-franklin-robotics-campus-expansion/), 2025-06-13: "I am really excited to be celebrating Yaskawa’s decision to relocate its headquarters to Wisconsin and expand its footprint here in the Badger State, bringing with them millions of dollars in capital investment in Southeastern Wisconsin and hundreds of high-quality, family-supporting jobs."
- [theaiinsider.tech](https://theaiinsider.tech/2025/07/24/yaskawa-america-announces-new-industrial-robotics-manufacturing-facility-in-u-s/), 2025-07-24: "For the first time, Yaskawa’s high-volume industrial robots will be manufactured on U.S. soil, with units shipping directly from the Wisconsin facility to customers in the Americas or to the Yaskawa Motoman facility in Miamisburg, Ohio for integration into robotic systems."
- [assemblymag.com](https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/99449-yaskawa-to-build-robot-factory-in-wisconsin), 2025-07-25: "For the first time, Yaskawa's high-volume industrial robots will be manufactured on U.S. soil, with units shipping directly from the Wisconsin facility to customers in the Americas or to the Yaskawa Motoman facility in Miamisburg, OH, for integration into robotic systems."

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