# Daikin starts full-scale operations at new AC factory in Hanoi, Vietnam

Daikin Industries has completed and started full-scale operations at a new air conditioner factory in Hanoi, Vietnam, operated by its subsidiary Daikin Air Conditioning Vietnam. The factory can produce up to one million units by 2020 with 1,500 employees.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-05-18
- Where: Hanoi, Vietnam, Vietnam
- Value: $72.0M
- Jobs: 1,500
- Starts operating: 18 May 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 1 million units per year by 2020
- Products: air conditioners, inverter-equipped air conditioners
- Sectors: [HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration](https://endata.com/sectors/hvac-refrigeration.md)

## Companies

- [Daikin Industries](https://endata.com/companies/6523.md)
- [Daikin Air Conditioning Vietnam](https://endata.com/companies/31940.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [daikin.com](https://www.daikin.com/press/2018/180518), 2018-05-18: "Daikin Industries, Ltd. announces the completion and recent start of full-scale operations of a new air conditioner factory in Vietnam."
- [lecourrier.vn](https://lecourrier.vn/une-usine-de-climatiseurs-de-72-millions-de-dollars-voit-le-jour-a-hung-yen/471887.html), 2018-05-25: "Parallèlement à la production, notre groupe mettra l’accent sur les activités de recherche et développement (R&D) ainsi que les services après-vente en vue de bien répondre à la demande."

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