# Schwing Stetter India sets up excavator plant in Cheyyar, Tamil Nadu

Schwing Stetter India (SSI) commenced local manufacturing of construction and mining equipment with a new excavator plant in Cheyyar, Tamil Nadu. The plant, built with an investment of Rs 230 crore, can produce 2,500 excavators per shift and is expected to hire 500 people.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-07-06
- Where: Cheyyar, Thiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu, India
- Value: $33.0M (2.30B INR)
- Jobs: 500
- Starts operating: 6 Jul 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 2,500 excavators per shift
- Products: excavators
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Schwing Stetter India](https://endata.com/companies/3867.md)
- [Schwing GmbH](https://endata.com/companies/4103.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com](https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/schwing-stetter-sets-up-new-excavator-plant-in-tn-to-make-india-exports-hub/70106332), 2019-07-06: "Schwing Stetter India (SSI), the wholly owned subsidiary of the 1 billion USD German concreting machinery manufacturer Schwing GmbH, has commenced local manufacturing of construction and mining equipment in Tamil Nadu."

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