Japan Kawasaki heavy industry company will invest nearly 10000000000 yenin China (about 604000000 yuan), the new production of industrial robotfactory. Plan put into operation in 2015 April, the initial annual capacity ofabout 2000, China oriented local car manufacturers such as sales. In addition, Seiko Epson plans for precision parts "SCARA robot" manufacturingbusiness gradually transfer to China. In labor costs rising China, in order to reduce the artificial and the implementation of the robot investment is increasing year by year. While the Japanese companies hope to rely onJapanese technology to improve the efficiency, and fully exploit Chinesemarket.

Japan industrial robot itch for a try

Kawasaki heavy industry will build a new building in Suzhou city is located in theJiangsu province of hydraulic equipment factory, reaching a total construction area of 10000 square meters, mainly for the production of automobile weldingand parts handling robot.

The scale of production in 2017 will increase to about 10000. Kawasaki heavy industry in the Japanese domestic robot manufacturing capacity is 10000 8000,if coupled with China, total yield will be close to 30000, this one scale in the world with a domain can be counted on one's fingers.

安川电机旗下中国江苏省常州市工厂的多关节机器人（kyodo）

Seiko Epson plan will "SCARA robot" production from the factory Japan Nagano transfer to Shenzhen. Assembly of the robot can engage in "screw"and other precision parts. The company is production for the year 4000 Taiwan, Japan and China in yield on each half. The future will adjust production system, in 2 years all robots in addition to custom products outsidewill be fulfilled in China production.

Japanese companies through the transfer of production bases, including labor costs and procurement costs, the cost of production is expected to reduce theapproximately 30% at most. In an attempt to improve competitiveness, to fightwith leading-edge European manufacturers.

And after the Lehman crisis in 2009 compared with 2012, Chinese including social security fee, labour costs are believed to have risen about 60%. More and more young people want to work for IT is expected to get high income ofenterprises. For manufacturing enterprises to ensure that the manufacturingline talents has become increasingly difficult. It has also become the reason ofthe increasing demand for industrial robot.

In the industry, Japan Yaskawa has started the new factory in Jiangsu province by using the Changzhou city launched a comprehensive production of industrial robots, the future will be phased to expand production capacity. Now theproduction capacity is 3000 units per year, but by the 2015 year will increase to 10000 2000. In addition, the Japanese manufacturer Fujio also has in the city of Zhangjiagang hydraulic equipment factory has established a production line, plans to 2015 will be the annual production capacity to expand to 3000 units.

"World factory" changes in

The robot is composed of global industrial robot Manufacturers Association(IFR) statistics, in 2012 Chinese supply volume reached 20000 Taiwan 2987,about 50% more than in 2010. Investigation thinks, will originally done by manual work to the robot trend will continue to expand, to reach 20000 in 20148000, and Japan is expected to be roughly the same, but in 2015 will reach 34000 units, then Chinese is expected to become the world's largest market forindustrial robot.

At present, in the development Chinese market leading European companies.Switzerland ABB group not only has a production base in Chinese, and set up R & D base, constructed the first time to deal with local enterprises demandsystem. While Germany KUKA robot (KUKA Roboter) is the local strengthen the sales and service.

China using industrial robots mainly to reduce costs for the purpose, mainly used for welding automobile factory and spraying. But in the future, robotcompared labor can guarantee the stable quality advantage will be of concern,therefore, semiconductor and other electronic products is likely to gradually the industry robot.

In order to realize the factory automation not only need to introduce industrial robots, but also need to build the corresponding production line. Therefore,not only is the industry of industrial robots, automated material handlingequipment factory automation (FA) in China also will continue to develop.Mitsubishi motor due to investment in automated Chinese factory performanceactively, also raised the 2013 fiscal year (ending 2014 March) with the expected performance.

Because of Chinese labor costs continued to rise, the enterprise's production base appeared to Southeast Asia, the transfer trend, in addition, USA also is promoting the manufacturing regression American native, known as the "world factory" Chinese situation is changing. Chinese through the introduction ofindustrial robots and other means, and actively promote the production automation, to restore its advantage as a production base.