# Sumitomo Construction Machinery to expand Indonesia plant, boosting capacity 2.5x

Sumitomo Construction Machinery will invest about 3.5 billion yen to build a new factory at its Indonesia plant in Karawang, West Java, increasing hydraulic excavator production capacity to 2,500 units per year. The new facility is expected to start operations in January 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-10-04
- Where: Karawang, West Java, Indonesia
- Value: $32.5M (3.50B JPY)
- Starts operating: Jan 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 2,500 units per year
- Products: hydraulic excavators
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Sumitomo Construction Machinery](https://endata.com/companies/42545.md)

## Sources

- [nikkei.com](https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO50595650U9A001C1XA0000/), 2019-10-04: "10月中に約35億円を投じて新工場を建設し、2021年1月にも稼働する。"

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