# WEG expands Portugal plant with new factory and testing lab

WEG is constructing a new 22,680 sqm factory at its Santo Tirso site in Portugal, doubling the size of its manufacturing facility, adding 100 jobs, and creating Europe's most complete testing laboratory for MV/HV motion drives.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-08-04
- Where: Santo Tirso, Portugal, Portugal
- Jobs: 100
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: IEC 1400 frame size electric motors and equivalent MV/HV drives
- Products: electric motors, MV/HV drives, LV electrical panels, flameproof motors, smoke extraction motors, marine motors, automation solutions
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [wegpress.net](https://wegpress.net/2022/08/04/weg-builds-new-factory-in-europe/), 2022-08-04: "The new investment will significantly improve the site’s manufacturing capabilities, our flexibility and time-to-market, and reinforces our continued commitment to the European market."

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