# Daifuku completes $35M expansion of Hobart, Indiana plant

Daifuku Intralogistics America Corporation completed a $35 million expansion of its manufacturing plant in Hobart, Indiana, doubling production capacity. The expanded facility will begin operations in October 2025.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2025-09-11
- Where: Hobart, Indiana, United States
- Value: $35.0M
- Jobs: 350
- Starts operating: 2 Oct 2025
- Status: completed
- Capacity: doubled production capacity
- Products: conveyors, sorters, automated storage and retrieval systems
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Daifuku](https://endata.com/companies/16943.md)
- [Daifuku Intralogistics America](https://endata.com/companies/81449.md)
- [Daifuku](https://endata.com/companies/16943.md) (investor)
- [Daifuku](https://endata.com/companies/16943.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [daifuku.com](https://www.daifuku.com/company/news/2025/0911_01/), 2025-09-11: "The additional manufacturing space will double the site’s production capacity"
- [insideindianabusiness.com](https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/articles/daifuku-to-open-expanded-hobart-manufacturing-plant), 2025-09-16: "Daifuku has invested $35 million in the project, and the company said it plans to add 350 jobs over the next few years."
- [autoindustrialafrica.com](https://autoindustrialafrica.com/daifuku-group-company-daifuku-intralogistics-america-corporation-completes-factory-expansion/), 2025-10-15: "We are aiming to further expand our global intralogistics business, and the United States is our largest growth market."
- [daifuku.com](https://www.daifuku.com/daifuku-square/article/001944/), 2025-12-15: "The expansion strengthens Daifuku’s production capabilities for a wide range of material handling systems, enabling the delivery of optimal solutions to customers across the United States."

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