Sanoyas Precision Industry received handover of a new factory constructed on its headquarters premises from the construction company on September 30, 2026. The company plans to relocate machinery and robots, demolish the old factory, conduct test operations and bring the entire new factory into operation by March 2027.
Kobelco Construction Machinery will develop a new base for construction machinery production and testing in the Yamakuni district of Kato, Hyogo. The project will consolidate currently dispersed production and testing functions on approximately 100,000 sqm of business-use land within a 340,000 sqm acquired site, with operations planned to start in fiscal 2029.
Toyo Kanetsu announced the acquisition of a site in Hatsushima, Arida, Wakayama, for construction of a new factory. The disclosure confirms a new manufacturing-capacity project, but the supplied source text does not include the investment amount, capacity, construction schedule, contractor, or equipment suppliers.
Punch Industry will invest in a Japanese-made electron-beam processing machine at its consolidated subsidiary, Punch Industry (Dalian) Co., Ltd., in Dalian, China. The equipment will expand capacity for custom mold components and precision micro-machined products, supporting confirmed new and expanded orders from an undisclosed global mold manufacturer serving beverage-container and medical-consumables markets. The machine's own price is undisclosed under contract with the vendor; the company separately plans approximately JPY 500 million in related capacity investment across the multi-year Value Creation 28 plan period, of which this machine is only part.
SOLIZE PARTNERS and its Indian affiliate opened an AI Innovation Lab in Bengaluru, India, to conduct research and development combining manufacturing engineering, 3D data and 3D printing with AI. The lab will serve as a global R&D, talent-development and technology hub focused on design support, predictive maintenance, defect detection, industrial AI/IoT and robotics applications.
Dai Nippon Printing will open the FIO Lab at its Tsukuba Integrated Development Center in August 2026. The R&D facility will provide practical manufacturing-like environments for validating AI, robotics, equipment design, quality control and process-control technologies with corporate, university and research partners, supporting deployment across DNP manufacturing sites.
Sumitomo Heavy Industries has started commissioning a pilot-test facility for gasification in Niihama, Ehime, Japan. The facility is an R&D and pilot plant for validating gasification technology and related process equipment; no investment amount or capacity is disclosed in the provided text.
Tadano Utility, Tadano's wholly owned subsidiary, began operating its newly built Yawata Factory in Chikuma, Nagano Prefecture, in July 2026. The facility is a new manufacturing base for aerial work platforms.
ASB Machinery will invest in its wholly owned Indian production subsidiary, ASB INTERNATIONAL PVT. LTD., to expand machining equipment for mold manufacturing, introduce automation, and renovate an existing factory building. The investment will launch a fourth factory and significantly increase production capacity; implementation is planned during FY2027 using internal funds.
Kyowa Manufacturing's European subsidiary, Kyowa Europe, held an opening ceremony for a new factory in Sofia, Bulgaria, on July 16, 2026. Built on a new site as the company's second expansion in Bulgaria, the facility targets twice the previous production efficiency to meet growing demand for motorized rollers and control systems used in conveyor and logistics systems.
Shibahara Kogyo will begin full operations in August 2026 at a new factory in Iwata, Shizuoka that consolidates welding processes previously split across multiple sites into a single location, aiming to improve efficiency and share technical skills among staff.
Tadano's wholly owned subsidiary Tadano Utility began operations in July at its newly built Yahata Plant in Chikuma City, Nagano Prefecture, a facility for assembling and painting large self-propelled aerial work platforms (18m+ working height). Combined with the existing Chikuma and Omi plants, the new plant expands Tadano Utility's production capacity by 1.5x, supporting the company's mid-term strategy to grow overseas sales of large aerial work platforms.
Yaskawa Electric's Yahatanishi facility in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture began operating its new Plant No.5 in July 2026, a highly automated site covering motor manufacturing through robot assembly under Yaskawa's 'i3-Mechatronics' concept. The plant has adopted YE DIGITAL's MMLogiStation warehouse execution system (WES) to unify control of automated equipment and support flexible, high-mix production.
Okura Yusoki has completed a new research and development facility called 'MIRAI Innovation Lab' on the site of its head office plant in Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture. The facility will accelerate development of next-generation material handling systems integrating AI and robotics for warehouse and factory automation, and is intended to serve as a future open-innovation hub with universities, research institutes and startups.
Aida Engineering will build a new factory in Auburn Hills, Michigan, consolidating the production bases of its subsidiaries Dallas Industries and HMS Products to establish integrated press-line supply in North America. Investment is approximately $33 million (about JPY 5.3 billion); completion is planned for end-2027 with operation starting during FY2028.
Oval Corporation has completed construction of a new factory for its consolidated subsidiary Hefei Oval Instrument in Hefei, Anhui Province, China. The plant, with a site area of about 3,300 sqm and total floor area of about 6,400 sqm, will produce flow meters to meet steady demand in the Chinese market driven by lithium-ion battery, marine, chemical, and energy sectors, complementing existing plants and optimizing the group's global production network.
Daichu, a Nagahama, Shiga metalworking manufacturer covering casting, fabrication, machining, painting and assembly, completed its new 'No. 6 Plant' on its headquarters grounds on March 5, 2026. The 525 sqm building is dedicated to large-parts machining, equipped with a 5-face gantry machining center (Okuma MCR-A5CII), a 10-ton crane and welding equipment, expanding capacity for large diesel-engine components and large fabricated parts amid growing orders.
Precision parts machining company Technos (Soja City) has completed a new factory in Tottori City, equipping it with multiple large machining centers to handle larger components. The facility targets order growth in advanced sectors such as semiconductors and aerospace, with future plans to leverage AI in production.
Yaskawa Electric's European robotics subsidiary will build a new logistics facility (ERDC) in Kocevje, Slovenia, and relocate/expand its YASKAWA Ristro production and development operations to the same site. The investment aims to strengthen Europe's robotics business by consolidating logistics, reducing delivery lead times and costs, and expanding manipulator production capacity to up to 850 units, while broadening application coverage to construction and agricultural machinery beyond automotive.
Samson Co., Ltd., a Kagawa-based maker of boilers and food processing equipment, will construct a new R&D/testing facility at its Kannonji, Kagawa headquarters site to develop new food equipment products and labor-saving robots for food factories amid labor shortages. The company has been designated as eligible for subsidies under Kagawa Prefecture's corporate investment ordinance, with operations expected to begin in April 2027.
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