Those who do not invest can very quickly fall behind. This is precisely the premise behind FANUC's decision to invest heavily in order to not only compete in the market, but also - and perhaps above all - to set trends in the robotics and automation industry.
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A gigantic campus
But what is it all about? It's about the investment made by FANUC America and, even more specifically, the opening of a state-of-the-art research facility, the West Campus, in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
The facility is currently more than 60,000 square metres in size, and could eventually reach a size of nearly 200,000 square metres after final expansion. More than 400 people are already employed at the campus, all in order to carry out research and development in the field of automation and robotics, where advances are being made almost every month.
The aforementioned West Campus dates back to 2019, and its expansion has become one of the company's strategic ideas. So far, investments of up to USD 187 million have been made there, but it is already clear that this is really only the beginning.
Big investments
Indeed, FANUC America has decided to invest as much as $110 million to develop and upgrade its centre. It is already clear that, once the necessary work is completed, the West Campus will be by far the most modern and technologically advanced centre of its kind in the entire USA.
What will be housed there? A state-of-the-art research centre, a training facility, as well as a huge warehouse space to house tens of thousands of components and powerful delivery robots.
The above investments will bring the total amount of money put in by the Japanese giant to develop infrastructure in the US to more than $250 million.
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