TOKYO – Global professional security and public safety solutions provider i-PRO today announces that the Saga Factory in Tosu City, Saga Prefecture, Japan “will be positioned and operated as our core factory, starting with the production of security cameras.”
The company “will expand our system to supply high-quality ‘Made in Japan’ products from Japan to the world,” according to the i-PRO announcement.
The monthly production volume at the i-PRO Saga factory will start at approximately 14,000 units, with a goal of reaching about 40,000 units by fiscal 2028 “by promoting rationalization and automation,” the announcement says.
i-PRO plans to “gradually increase the production of security cameras and implement integrated production from component mounting to assembly and inspection starting in August 2026,” according to the company announcement.
“Furthermore, we will promote digitalization to realize operations that deliver products within two weeks of ordering,” the i-PRO announcement says.
Inside the i-PRO Saga Factory
“In addition to Japan’s technological expertise and quality, we will make this a core factory that can compete globally in terms of cost and delivery time,” says i-PRO chief manufacturing officer Keizo Yamaguchi in the company announcement.
Additionally, Tosu City in Saga Prefecture is “geographically convenient for transportation, so we will aim to turn the entire factory into a showroom, inviting customers from Japan and abroad to convey i-PRO’s manufacturing philosophy and uniqueness,” the announcement says.
The Saga Factory was established in 1964 as a production base for Kyushu Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd. (currently Panasonic Connect Co., Ltd.), and since 2022, i-PRO has outsourced the assembly production of its security cameras for North America.
Last October, when Panasonic Connect announced the closure of the Saga Factory, i-PRO “continued to consider future production at the factory” with real estate broker CBRE. i-PRO will sign a lease agreement with Tosu Industrial Facility LLC (Special Purpose Company 1) by the end of September will conduct its own production at the Saga factory.
