The company said 17 May that it is planning to build “more new facilities” in Slovenia for the production of inverter drives, servo drives and servo motors.
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Yaskawa said the new production facilities in Slovenia will aim to meet the growing demand for drive technology.
The new units, it said, will be constructed close to the existing robot factory.
“Expanding our production capacity will enable us to further improve the supply chain, shorten our lead times and enhance the service for our European customers,” said Manfred Stern, president and CEO of Yaskawa Europe GmbH.
Additionally, he said, Yaskawa’s Cumbernauld plant in Scotland for servo drives and inverters will continue to operate at the current level of utilisation.
The Scotland plant, he noted, will remain “a vital element” of Yaskawa’s manufacturing capability needed to support the growing demand for drive products from Yaskawa in Europe.