# SW opens first China plant in Suzhou

Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH (SW) opened its first plant outside Germany in Suzhou, China, in late October 2016. The 18,000 sq. m. facility involved an investment of €17.5 million and will convert imported basic machines into turnkey solutions.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2016-10-31
- Where: Suzhou, China
- Value: $18.5M (17.5M EUR)
- Starts operating: Oct 2016
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 18,000 sq. m.
- Products: multi-spindle machining centers, metalworking production systems
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH](https://endata.com/companies/16507.md)

## Sources

- [industrial-production.de](https://www.industrial-production.de/wirtschaft---unternehmen/schwaebische-werkzeugmaschinen-eroeffnen-china-werk--von-der-grundmaschine-zur-loesung.htm), 2016-12-14: "Um das Wachstumspotenzial des chinesischen Marktes stärker zu nutzen, hat die Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH (SW) kürzlich in Suzhou das erste Werk des Unternehmens außerhalb Deutschlands in Betrieb genommen."

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