# Danfoss invests €1.5m in automated paint line at Caxias do Sul hydraulics plant in Brazil

Danfoss is investing about €1.5 million in an automated water-based paint line in a 700 square metre area of its mobile hydraulics plant in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. The line will bring painting in-house, previously outsourced, and is expected to create new jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-02-18
- Where: Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Value: $1.70M (1.50M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Products: hydraulic pumps, piston motors, valves, water-based paint line
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Danfoss](https://endata.com/companies/1945.md)

## Sources

- [inthemine.com.br](https://www.inthemine.com.br/site/danfoss-investe-mais-de-15-milhao-de-euros-em-fabrica-de-caxias-do-sul/), 2019-02-18: "Com investimento em torno de 1,5 milhão de Euros e previsão de gerar novos empregos, a linha de pintura automatizada será instalada em uma área de 700 m² na planta de Caxias."
- [danfoss.com](https://www.danfoss.com/pt-br/about-danfoss/news/cf/danfoss-invest-more-1-5-million-euros-in-company-at-caxias-do-sul/), 2019-04-01: "Com investimento em torno de 1,5 milhão de Euros e previsão de gerar novos empregos, a linha de pintura automatizada será instalada em uma área de 700 m²."

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