Yaskawa Continues to Grow

    

Yaskawa recently expanded production capabilities at our Buffalo Grove, IL, facility to increase inventory capacity and facilitate faster turnaround. We now provide a 40% increase in manufacturing space, ensuring we will meet customer demand for decades to come.

A key winner in this expansion is the Z1000U Matrix drive. It is now being manufactured in Buffalo Gove, IL.  Most sizes will be online by Autumn of 2024.

The expansion accelerates Yaskawa’s “Build-to-Stock” program designed to give the company complete control over Z1000U production schedules.  This allows Yaskawa to build a winning strategy for a key segment of the market – low harmonic drives on the shelf.

“This is an exciting move for Yaskawa,” Jordan Engel, Matrix Drives product manager, said. “This puts production completely under local control. We can respond to large orders faster because we have the raw components on our shelves.”

Engel’s core responsibility for Yaskawa matrix drives provides insight into the aforementioned growing need for more applications that require the Z1000U’s special capabilities, especially when looking to mitigate harmonics, or when the energy and cost savings of a 100% regenerative drive are needed.  

“You get an all-in-one solution for low harmonic, full regeneration in a single drive module with a user interface that is nearly identical to all other Yaskawa products,” Engel explained.  

“Because of our 3-in, 3-out connection, it’s easy to install. It’s also designed in alignment with all our other drives, so there is no special training required. There is a common core parameter structure matching what you will find in all of our Matrix drives. For everything it does, the Z1000U is one of the simplest products on the market.”

The expanded capabilities demonstrate Yaskawa’s continued commitment to providing dedicated local manufacturing needs, Engel said.

“There’s a lot to be pumped up about,” he said. “We’ve got world-class drives with tremendous benefits. And, we’ve created an additional Buffalo Grove production space that, when combined with our value-add packaging space in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Gives us direct control over an accelerated manufacturing process.”

Yaskawa welcomes you to come stop our production facilities and join us on a tour to see our continued growth in person. If you are interested, please reach out to your local Yaskawa salesperson, and they can help us coordinate your visit.