# Nidec Motion & Energy India breaks ground on greenfield factory campus in Karnataka

Nidec Industrial Automation India Private Limited held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory campus in Hubli-Dharwad, Karnataka, India. The company plans to invest Rs 450 crore ($55 million) in the facility, which will manufacture motors, generators, drives, and system solutions across six plants.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-09-05
- Where: Hubli-Dharwad, Karnataka, India, India
- Value: $55.0M (4.50B INR)
- Jobs: 800
- Starts operating: 1 Apr 2025
- Status: under construction
- Products: motors, generators, drives, system solutions
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Nidec](https://endata.com/companies/1321.md)
- [Nidec Industrial Automation India Private Limited](https://endata.com/companies/72446.md)
- [Nidec](https://endata.com/companies/1321.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [acim.nidec.com](https://acim.nidec.com/en/motors/News-And-Media/Press-Releases/Groundbreaking-news-release-on-Nidec-India), 2023-09-06: "This new state-of-the-art campus will house six plants to support different segments within Motion & Energy, and will utilize advanced equipment, automation and Nidec Group’s 3Q6S lean manufacturing processes."
- [acim.nidec.com](https://acim.nidec.com/en-IN/motors/News-And-Media/Press-Releases/Groundbreaking-news-release-on-Nidec-India), 2023-09-06: "Nidec Group makes its latest strategic global investment with a new Indian facility to support its Motion & Energy business."
- [timesofindia.indiatimes.com](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/nidecs-motion-energy-india-holds-a-groundbreaking-ceremony-of-its-greenfield-project-in-karnataka-india-plans-to-invest-rs-450-cr-55m/articleshow/103441015.cms), 2023-09-06: "This is a historic day for all of us at Nidec, and we are highly excited about this project."
- [mysuruinfrahub.com](https://mysuruinfrahub.com/nidec-industrial-automation-commences-construction-of-its-hubballi-manufacturing-plant/), 2023-09-07: "Nidec Industrial Automation India Private Limited, a subsidiary of Nidec Corporation, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory campus in Hubballi-Dharwad, Karnataka, on September 5, 2023."
- [indiainfrahub.com](http://indiainfrahub.com/energy/karnataka-nidecs-motion-and-energy-india-rolls-out-greenfield-project-with-groundbreaking-ceremony/), 2023-09-11: "Nidec Corporation announced that Nidec Industrial Automation India Private Limited... has held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory campus in Hubli-Dharwad, Karnataka."

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