# Kobelco to add 4 excavator models at Spartanburg plant

Kobelco announced it will manufacture four additional excavator models at its Spartanburg, South Carolina plant by 2018, bringing the total to 11 models. The plant aims to produce 1,800 machines per year and is hiring 20 more employees.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-09-21
- Where: Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
- Jobs: 20
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1,800 machines per year
- Products: excavators
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Kobelco](https://endata.com/companies/27063.md)

## Sources

- [equipmentworld.com](https://www.equipmentworld.com/construction-equipment/article/14968095/kobelco-to-manufacture-4-more-excavator-models-at-sc-plant), 2017-09-21: "By 2018, Kobelco plans to manufacture a total of 11 excavators at its plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with the addition of four new models."

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