# Schaeffler opens new e-mobility plant in Szombathely, Hungary

Schaeffler opened a new 15,000 sqm production facility for electrified powertrain components at its Szombathely location in Hungary, creating 150 new jobs. The plant is the company's first fully dedicated to electro-mobility and is gold-certified for sustainability.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-09-17
- Where: Szombathely, Hungary, Hungary
- Value: $82.0M (70.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 150
- Starts operating: 17 Sep 2021
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 800,000 parts per year by 2023, 1.8 million per year at max capacity
- Products: electrified powertrain components, high-precision electrical steel sheet for electric motors
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Schaeffler](https://endata.com/companies/2238.md)

## Sources

- [schaeffler.de](https://www.schaeffler.de/en/news_media/press_releases/press_releases_detail.jsp?id=87728131), 2021-09-17: "Our new facility in Szombathely is a milestone in the transformation of our company and embodies our strategic priorities of innovation, agility and efficiency."
- [dteurope.com](https://dteurope.com/business/schaeffler-savaria-e-mobility-components-factory/), 2021-09-18: "The investment is a new facility realizing the development and production of powertrains for electric vehicles, built on a 30-hectare area three kilometers from the old factory with a greenfield investment."
- [bearing-news.com](https://www.bearing-news.com/schaeffler-opens-new-e-mobility-plant-built-to-the-very-latest-standards-of-sustainability/), 2021-09-27: "Our new facility in Szombathely is a milestone in the transformation of our company and embodies our strategic priorities of innovation, agility and efficiency."

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