# FAUN Viatec opens new sweeper production plant in Grimma

FAUN Viatec GmbH opened a new production plant for street sweepers in Grimma, Saxony, on April 21, 2023, after 18 months of construction. The company invested EUR 20 million in the facility, which employs 140 people and will produce 500 sweepers and kits per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-04-24
- Where: Grimma, Saxony, Germany
- Value: $22.0M (20.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 140
- Starts operating: 21 Apr 2023
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 500 sweepers and kits per year
- Products: street sweepers, autonomous sweeping vehicles
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [FAUN Viatec](https://endata.com/companies/69885.md)

## Sources

- [deutscherpresseindex.de](https://www.deutscherpresseindex.de/2023/04/24/faun-viatec-weiht-neues-produktionswerk-fuer-kehrmaschinen-ein/), 2023-04-24: "Ich freue mich sehr, dass wir hier in Grimma nun einen weiteren Werksneubau eröffnen können."

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