# WEG to build $20M low-voltage electric motor plant in Hosur, India

WEG is starting a project to install a new low-voltage electric motor plant in Hosur, India, with investments of approximately US$20 million. The factory will have 13,000 sqm of facilities, capacity of about 250,000 motors per year, and is scheduled to start operating in 2021, creating about 320 new jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-01-27
- Where: Hosur, India
- Value: $20.0M
- Jobs: 320
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 250,000 electric motors per year
- Products: low-voltage electric motors
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [WEG](https://endata.com/companies/1550.md)

## Sources

- [weg.net](https://www.weg.net/institutional/SE/en/news/corporate/weg-joins-a-business-mission-to-india), 2020-01-27: "WEG is starting a project to install a new low voltage electric motor plant in Hosur, India."
- [weg.net](https://www.weg.net/institutional/TR/en/news/corporate/weg-joins-a-business-mission-to-india), 2020-01-27: "WEG is starting a project to install a new low voltage electric motor plant in Hosur, India"

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