# Nortura expands Tønsberg factory, adds automation with Schneider Electric

Nortura is expanding its factory at Sem outside Tønsberg from 35,000 to 38,300 square meters, doubling slaughter capacity and adding about 70 jobs. It also signed a new agreement with Schneider Electric to upgrade the building automation system to EcoStruxure Building Operations.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-11-26
- Where: Sem, Tønsberg, Norway
- Jobs: 70
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: doubling slaughter capacity; factory expansion from 35,000 to 38,300 sqm
- Products: pork slaughtering and processing, building automation system
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Nortura](https://endata.com/companies/58884.md)
- [Schneider Electric](https://endata.com/companies/2048.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [nortura.no](https://www.nortura.no/nyhetsartikler/automasjon-skal-gj%C3%B8re-den-nye-nortura-fabrikken-i-t%C3%B8nsberg-mer-driftseffektiv), 2021-11-26: "Med tilbygget vil vi doble kapasiteten på slakting og øke antall ansatte med om lag 70 nye arbeidsplasser."

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