# Tata Hitachi closes Jamshedpur plant, shifts operations to Kharagpur

Tata Hitachi is shutting down its oldest manufacturing plant in Jamshedpur, set up in 1961, and moving the entire business to its Kharagpur plant where Rs 550 crore has been invested. The production line for 65-120 tonne excavators is shifting along with 300 employees.

- Type: Closure
- Announced: 2019-04-21
- Where: Jamshedpur, Jharkhand (closure); Kharagpur, West Bengal (new location), India
- Jobs: -300
- Status: under construction
- Products: excavators (65-120 tonne)
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Tata Hitachi](https://endata.com/companies/34911.md)

## Sources

- [telegraphindia.com](https://www.telegraphindia.com/business/tata-hitachi-shifts-base-to-bengal/cid/1689185), 2019-04-21: "The company plans to shut down its oldest manufacturing plant at Jamshedpur, set up in 1961, and shift the entire business to its new unit in Bengal."
- [miningconnection.com](https://miningconnection.com/coal_prep/news/article/tata_hitachi_closes_jamshedpur_facility_moves_operations_to_kharagpur_benga), 2019-04-25: "There was an understanding at the time when the Kharagpur plant had started that the operations of the joint venture would gradually move from Jamshedpur to our own plant at Kharagpur."
- [miningconnection.com](https://miningconnection.com/surface/news/article/tata_hitachi_closes_jamshedpur_facility_moves_operations_to_kharagpur_benga), 2019-04-25: "There was an understanding at the time when the Kharagpur plant had started that the operations of the joint venture would gradually move from Jamshedpur to our own plant at Kharagpur."

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