# Scania builds SEK 1.6 billion foundry in Södertälje to triple engine block casting capacity

Scania is building a new foundry at its Södertälje plant in Sweden to produce engine blocks, investing about SEK 1.6 billion. The foundry is due in 2020 and will triple capacity to 90,000 tonnes of molten iron per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-11-13
- Where: Södertälje, Sweden
- Value: $165.0M (1.60B SEK)
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 90,000 tonnes of molten iron per year
- Products: engine blocks, molten iron castings
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Scania](https://endata.com/companies/3646.md)

## Sources

- [industripress.se](https://www.industripress.se/tillverkning/scania-utrustar-kompressorer-till-nya-gjuteriet-med-intellinova-parallel-en), 2019-11-13: "Gjuteriet, som ska stå klart 2020, är en investering på cirka 1,6 miljarder kronor och förväntas tredubbla kapaciteten till 90.000 ton smält järn per år."

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