# Rheinmetall builds new ammunition plant in Unterlüß, Germany

Rheinmetall is building a new ammunition factory, 'Werk Niedersachsen', at its Unterlüß site in Lower Saxony, Germany, with a €300 million investment. The plant will produce 200,000 artillery shells per year, 1,900 tonnes of RDX explosive, and rocket artillery components, creating 500 new jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-02-12
- Where: Unterlüß, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Value: $324.0M (300.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 500
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 200,000 artillery shells per year; 1,900 tonnes of RDX explosive per year
- Products: artillery ammunition, RDX explosive, rocket engines, warheads
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Rheinmetall](https://endata.com/companies/2541.md)

## Sources

- [rheinmetall.com](https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/media/news-watch/news/2024/02/2024-02-12-rheinmetall-builds-new-ammunition-factory-in-unterluess-ground-breaking-ceremony-with-chancellor-scholz), 2024-02-12: "To secure Germany’s strategic sovereignty in the large-calibre ammunition domain, we’re creating a national production facility that sets new standards and will primarily meet the needs of the German Bundeswehr."

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