AI NewsWaveRaon Robotics breaks ground on roughly 60 billion won new Yongin factory
Key points
- Raon Robotics holds groundbreaking for new Yongin factory
- Wafer transfer robot maker; three times the size of its current site
- Total floor area of 23,861 sq m, one basement level and seven floors above ground
Raon Robotics, a maker of semiconductor wafer transfer robots, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory in the Second Yongin Techno Valley in Cheoin District, Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. TheElec, Robot Newspaper and EBN reported that the ceremony took place on the 20th and that Raon Robotics announced it on the 23rd.
TheElec wrote that the project involves about 60 billion won and that the site is three times the size of the existing one. Datanet reported a site area of 4,499 sq m and a total floor area of 23,861 sq m, with one basement level and seven floors above ground, and said it is three times the size of the existing Suwon site. EBN gave the same site area and floor area.
The CEO's name was written differently across outlets. TheElec wrote Kim Kyung-won, while Datanet, Robot Newspaper and EBN wrote Kim Won-kyung. In their headlines, Datanet, Robot Newspaper and EBN described the new factory as a forward base for the company's leap to become a global robotics company.