# Darekon invests EUR 1.2M in new SMT production line at Haapavesi plant

Darekon installed a new SMT production line at its Haapavesi plant in early May 2020, nearly doubling SMT capacity. The EUR 1.2 million investment includes assembly, reflow, paste printing, optical inspection, and selective soldering machines.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-05-14
- Where: Haapavesi, Finland, Finland
- Value: $1.30M (1.20M EUR)
- Jobs: 15
- Starts operating: May 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: nearly double SMT production capacity
- Products: SMT assembly, electronics manufacturing
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Darekon](https://endata.com/companies/47240.md)

## Sources

- [darekon.com](https://darekon.com/darekon-invests-in-production-machinery-and-cyber-security/), 2020-05-14: "The pandemic has caused us an explosion in the demand for certain products."

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