# Sundaram-Clayton inaugurates new foundry in Oragadam, Chennai

Sundaram-Clayton Ltd. inaugurated a new foundry at Oragadam, near Chennai, Tamil Nadu, with an investment of over Rs. 150 crore. The plant has a capacity of 8,000 tonnes and will produce machined aluminium castings for the automotive industry.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-10-11
- Where: Oragadam, near Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Value: $20.4M (1.50B INR)
- Starts operating: 11 Oct 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 8,000 tonnes
- Products: machined aluminium castings
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Sundaram-Clayton Limited](https://endata.com/companies/16743.md)

## Sources

- [motownindia.com](https://www.motownindia.com/Bureau/Auto-Industry/2599/Sundaram-Clayton-inaugurates-new-foundry-in-Chennai-Motown-India-Bureau), 2018-10-11: "This facility reinforces our drive to serve our customers by cutting down supply times because of the proximity to their factories and gives us a competitive edge."
- [m.economictimes.com](https://m.economictimes.com/industry/auto/auto-news/sundaram-clayton-inaugurates-new-foundry-in-chennai-to-expand-capacity/articleshow/66168100.cms), 2018-10-11: "Sundaram-Clayton(SCL), part of the TVS Group, inaugurated its new foundry at Oragadam, near Chennai on Thursday that has been set up with an investment of over Rs. 150 Crores."

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