The investment worth € 25 million will bring employments for from 170 to 200 people, and it will be probably supported by Slovenia with the amount ranging from 20 to 25% of the investment value.
Regular production should start in 2019
The initial annual capacity of the factory should be 4,000 robots, then this number should increase to 5,000, while the final annual capacity will not exceed 6,000.
The Yaskawa company is already present in Slovenia, with the Ribnica companies Yaskawa Slovenija and Yaskawa Ristro. In 1994, Yaskawa Electric took over the Slovenian company Motoman Robotec which was operating in Germany, and in 1996 a new company for production of robotic cells Yaskawa Ristro was founded in Ribnica.