# Mitsui High-tec opens second Brantford plant, starts third expansion

Mitsui High-tec (Canada) celebrated the opening of its second production plant in Brantford, a $25 million expansion, and has started construction on a third $29 million plant. The expansions will triple employment to 300 by early 2024 and increase motor core production for Toyota's hybrid vehicles.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-05-01
- Where: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
- Value: $54.0M
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: Jan 2024
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 120,000 motor cores per month
- Products: motor cores for electric vehicles
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Mitsui High-Tec](https://endata.com/companies/17485.md)
- [Toyota Motor North America](https://endata.com/companies/23004.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [brantfordexpositor.ca](https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-news/mitsui-high-tec-doubles-its-size-with-second-brantford-facility), 2023-05-02: "We are pleased to launch our first program here in North America with the introduction of our fifth-generation hybrid transaxle production that will begin in January 2024."

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