# Grohe opens new zinc die-cast factory in Rayong, Thailand

Grohe opened a new zinc die-cast factory in Klaeng, Rayong, Thailand, as part of a production expansion. The facility will increase capacity to 12 million parts per year by 2021 and create 800 new jobs. Total investment exceeds US$30 million.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-11-09
- Where: Klaeng, Rayong, Thailand, Thailand
- Value: $30.0M
- Jobs: 800
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 12 million parts per year
- Products: sanitary fittings, one-hand mixers, zinc parts
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Grohe](https://endata.com/companies/22379.md)
- [LIXIL Group](https://endata.com/companies/6463.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [nationthailand.com](https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30331248), 2017-11-09: "GROHE, a provider of sanitary fittings and part of Lixil Corporation, remains on a course of global growth after successfully invested in a new plant in Klaeng district of Rayong."
- [bangkokpost.com](https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/1357775/grohe-expanding-rayong-zinc-plant-with-b1bn-outlay), 2017-11-09: "Today we are taking our growth to the next level, cementing the success of Grohe in Thailand and Asia."
- [executive-bulletin.com](https://executive-bulletin.com/other/investment-into-future-technology-grohe-starts-operations-at-new-zinc-manufacturing-facility-in-klaeng-rayong-thailand), 2017-12-12: "GROHE invested over 30 million USD (approx. THB 1.065 billion) in this expansion and GROHE Siam will be the largest plant of GROHE."

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