# GROHE starts operations at new zinc manufacturing facility in Klaeng, Thailand

GROHE, part of LIXIL Corporation, started operations at a new 12,000-square-meter zinc manufacturing facility in Klaeng, Rayong, Thailand. The expansion, with over $30 million investment, will double capacity to 12 million pieces per year by 2021 and create 800 new jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-01-08
- Where: Klaeng, Rayong, Thailand
- Value: $30.0M
- Jobs: 800
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 12 million pieces per year
- Products: one-hand mixers, zinc parts for sanitary fittings
- 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) (investor)

## Sources

- [saudishopper.com.sa](https://saudishopper.com.sa/en/investment-into-future-technology-grohe-starts-operations-at-new-zinc-manufacturing-facility-in-klaeng-rayong-thailand/), 2018-01-08: "GROHE starts operations at new zinc manufacturing facility in Klaeng – Rayong, Thailand"

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