[Yasukawa Electric will build a new robot factory in Kitakyushu, Japan] according to Japan's Kyodo News Agency on the 8th, in view of the expansion of the market for semiconductors and pure electric vehicles (EV), there is a high demand for robots that accompany the production of front-line automation. Yasukawa Electric said that it will build a new factory to produce industrial robots from motors in the company's headquarters in Kitakyushu, Japan. The investment is about 20 billion yen (about 1 billion yuan). The factory will start construction in 2024 and strive to start construction in 2025.