# Panasonic opens new heat-pump manufacturing facility in Plzeň

Panasonic has opened a new heat-pump manufacturing facility in Plzeň, Czech Republic, increasing production capacity by 250% to 140,000 m². The plant will produce air-to-water heat pumps and also serve as the European R&D hub.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-08-29
- Where: Plzeň, Czech Republic, Czechia
- Value: $350.0M (320.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 700
- Starts operating: 29 Aug 2025
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 140,000 m²; 1.4 million indoor and outdoor units per year by 2030
- Products: air-to-water heat pumps (3-30 kW)
- Sectors: [HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration](https://endata.com/sectors/hvac-refrigeration.md)

## Companies

- [Panasonic](https://endata.com/companies/1026.md)

## Sources

- [czechinvest.gov.cz](https://czechinvest.gov.cz/en/Homepage/News/August-2025/Plzen-is-the-new-European-heart-of-Panasonic-The-company-will-develop-and-manufacture-heat-pumps-h), 2025-08-29: "Panasonic has opened a new heat-pump manufacturing facility in Plzeň."
- [aircon.panasonic.eu](https://www.aircon.panasonic.eu/DE_de/news/new/panasonic-investiert-320-millionen-euro-in-die-europaische-warmepumpenproduktion-sowie-in-forschung-und-entwicklung-feierliche-fabrik-eroffnung-in-der-tschechischen-republik/), 2025-08-29: "Panasonic hat seine vollständig modernisierte und erweiterte Wärmepumpenfabrik in Pilsen, Tschechien, eröffnet."
- [handelsblatt.com](https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/energie/waermepumpen-panasonic-eroeffnet-neue-fabrik-in-tschechien/100151533.html), 2025-08-29: "Wir haben ehrgeizige Wachstumsziele und werden die europäischen Markenhersteller herausfordern."

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