# Daikin Europe invests in new sheet metal line at Ostend plant

Daikin Europe NV commissioned a new sheet metal press line and automated die warehouse at its factory in Ostend, Belgium, to increase production capacity for heat pump casings. The investment is part of the Fusion 2025 plan and will support the creation of over 200 new jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-02-07
- Where: Ostend, Belgium, Belgium
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: 2 Feb 2022
- Status: completed
- Products: heat pumps, sheet metal casings
- Sectors: [HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration](https://endata.com/sectors/hvac-refrigeration.md)

## Companies

- [Daikin Europe N.V.](https://endata.com/companies/15475.md)

## Sources

- [daikinmea.com](https://www.daikinmea.com/en_us/press-releases/daikin-europe-invests-in-new-sheet-metal-line-for-its-plant-in-ostend-belgium.html), 2022-02-07: "On the 2nd of February 2022, Daikin Europe’s Ostend plant commissioned a new line of sheet metal presses."
- [coolingpost.com](https://www.coolingpost.com/world-news/daikin-europe-boosts-ostend-production/), 2022-02-07: "Daikin Europe has boosted production at its factory in Ostend with the installation of a new robotically-fed sheet metal line and a fully automated die warehouse."

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