# Atlas Copco opens new manufacturing unit at Hyderabad plant

Atlas Copco opened a new manufacturing unit at its Cherlapally plant in Hyderabad, India, after investing Rs 80 crore, doubling the plant's capacity and adding about 35 jobs. The unit includes a rock drilling R&D test centre.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-04-19
- Where: Hyderabad (Cherlapally), India
- Value: $12.3M (800.0M INR)
- Jobs: 35
- Status: completed
- Capacity: doubled capacity of existing plant
- Products: rock drilling products, rotary products, drilling consumables, deep hole drilling machines
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Atlas Copco](https://endata.com/companies/505.md)

## Sources

- [india.com](https://www.india.com/news/atlas-copco-opens-new-manufacturing-unit-at-hyderabad-plant-2046219/), 2017-04-19: "The company, in a statement, said it invested Rs 80 crore in the expansion of the factory, doubling the capacity of the existing plant at Cherlapally here."
- [news.cision.com](https://news.cision.com/atlas-copco?k=Factory), 2017-05-17: "Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, today inaugurates an expanded manufacturing plant in India"

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