# Siemens builds digital motor production line in Frenštát, Czech Republic

Siemens built a new production line for digitalized Simotics SD motors at its plant in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic, for CZK 130 million. The company plans to hire up to 200 new employees by April 2018 and invest a total of CZK 410 million in 2017-2018.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-05-09
- Where: Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic, Czechia
- Value: $5.00M (130.0M CZK)
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: 9 May 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: increase from 60,000 to 70,000-72,000 motors per year
- Products: digitalized Simotics SD motors
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Siemens](https://endata.com/companies/301.md)

## Sources

- [novinky.cz](https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/ekonomika-siemens-postavil-ve-frenstate-linku-na-vyrobu-digitalnich-motoru-40033108), 2017-05-09: "Společnost Siemens vybudovala v závodě ve Frenštátě pod Radhoštěm na Novojičínsku novou linku na výrobu digitalizovaných motorů Simotics SD za 130 miliónů korun."

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