# Bosch opens first smart factory in Thailand in Hemaraj, Rayong

Bosch opened a new fuel injection plant in Hemaraj, Rayong, about 130 km east of Bangkok, its first smart factory in Thailand and second mobility plant there. About 80 million euros is invested from 2015 to end 2017.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-11-30
- Where: Hemaraj, Rayong, Thailand
- Value: $95.0M (80.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 800
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 10,000 square meters facility
- Products: injection valves, connectors, knock sensors
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Bosch](https://endata.com/companies/1725.md)

## Sources

- [bosch-presse.de](https://www.bosch-presse.de/pressportal/de/de/automarkt-boomt-bosch-eroeffnet-erste-smarte-fabrik-in-thailand-135040.html), 2017-11-30: "Es ist die erste Smart Factory in Thailand und insgesamt das zweite Bosch-Werk für Mobilitätslösungen."
- [automotiveworld.com](https://www.automotiveworld.com/news/booming-automotive-market-bosch-opens-first-smart-factory-thailand/), 2017-12-04: "Between 2015 and the end of 2017, Bosch will have invested some 80 million euros in total in the new smart factory in Thailand."
- [digitalnewsasia.com](https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/business/bosch-opens-first-smart-factory-thailand), 2017-12-05: "Following a one-and-a-half-year construction phase, the company is opening a new plant for injection technology in Hemaraj, 130 kilometres east of Thailand's capital Bangkok."
- [rcrwireless.com](https://rcrwireless.com/20180105/fundamentals/bosch-moves-smart-manufacturing-concept-asia-tag23-tag99), 2018-01-05: "German company Bosch said it has invested 80 million euros ($96.2 million) to open a smart factory in Thailand to meet the growing automotive market in the Asian country."

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