# Doosan Bobcat opens backhoe loader plant in Chennai, India

Doosan Bobcat Inc. has opened a backhoe loader plant in Chennai, India. The 15,000 square-meter factory is capable of producing about 8,000 backhoe loaders a year and will start operation from the latter half of 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-06-05
- Where: Chennai, India, India
- Starts operating: Q3 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 8,000 backhoe loaders per year
- Products: backhoe loaders
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Doosan Bobcat](https://endata.com/companies/11956.md)

## Sources

- [doosanbobcat.com](https://www.doosanbobcat.com/en/mediacenter/news/detail?id=182&page=7&pageSize=10), 2018-06-05: "Doosan Bobcat has opened its new backhoe loader plant in India, thus marking its entrance into one of the world’s three largest markets for compact construction equipment industry."
- [pulse.mk.co.kr](https://pulse.mk.co.kr/news/all/8344015), 2018-06-06: "India is an attractive market with demand for compact construction equipment surging on the back of government-led infrastructure projects."

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