# Bosch opens smart factory and R&D center in Hemaraj, Thailand

Bosch is opening a new plant for injection technology in Hemaraj, Thailand, its first smart factory in the country, after a one-and-a-half-year construction phase. The facility includes an R&D center and will create 800 new jobs by 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-05-07
- Where: Hemaraj, 130 km east of Bangkok, Thailand
- Value: $95.0M (80.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 800
- Starts operating: 7 May 2018
- Status: completed
- Products: injection valves, connection technology, knock sensors, gasoline injection systems
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [industrysourcing.com](https://www.industrysourcing.com/article/bosch-rd-activities-debut-thailand), 2018-05-07: "Following a one-and-a-half-year construction phase, the company is opening a new plant for injection technology in Hemaraj, 130 kilometers east of Thailand’s capital Bangkok."

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