# SMC to start $330M Vietnam expansion in Dong Nai from July 2025

SMC Manufacturing Vietnam received an investment certificate for a $330 million expansion at its Long Duc Industrial Park plants in Dong Nai, starting operations in July 2025. The move adds thermo chillers and raises automation component capacity.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2025-02-17
- Where: Dong Nai province, Vietnam
- Value: $330.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: Thermo chillers 11,088 items (1,830 tons) a year at factory No.1; automation items raised to 64,800 tons a year at factory No.2; 24,800 tons at factory No.3
- Products: thermo chillers, cylinders, valves, valve assemblies
- Sectors: [HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration](https://endata.com/sectors/hvac-refrigeration.md), [Pumps and Valves](https://endata.com/sectors/pumps-valves.md)

## Companies

- [SMC](https://endata.com/companies/3237.md)

## Sources

- [theinvestor.vn](https://theinvestor.vn/japan-pneumatics-firm-smc-to-start-330-mln-vietnam-expansion-from-july-d14539.html), 2025-02-17: "The firm received an investment registration certificate for the move in Dong Nai province earlier this month, increasing its total investment to $999.4 million."

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