# JCB opens $124M plant in Sorocaba, Brazil

JCB opened a new factory in Sorocaba, Brazil in 2012, with an investment of $124 million, a total area of 201,000 m², and production capacity of 10,000 units per year, employing 250 people.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2016-11-07
- Where: Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil
- Value: $124.0M
- Jobs: 250
- Starts operating: 2012
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 10,000 units per year
- Products: backhoe loaders, hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, Loadall, compactor rollers
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [JCB](https://endata.com/companies/16316.md)

## Sources

- [supplychaindigital.com](https://supplychaindigital.com/company-reports/jcb-do-brasil), 2016-11-07: "The new plant is responsible for the production of backhoe loaders, hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, Loadall and compactor rollers."

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