# XCMG to add second shift at Pouso Alegre plant, creating up to 300 jobs

XCMG will add a second shift at its Pouso Alegre, Brazil factory, hiring 200-300 new workers, as part of a R$270 million investment to increase production of yellow-line machines.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-02-20
- Where: Pouso Alegre, MG, Brazil
- Value: $54.0M (270.0M BRL)
- Jobs: 300
- Status: announced
- Products: yellow-line machines, wheel loaders, backhoes, motor graders, excavators, compactors
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [XCMG](https://endata.com/companies/15137.md)

## Sources

- [autodata.com.br](https://www.autodata.com.br/noticias/2024/02/20/segundo-turno-da-xcmg-em-pouso-alegre-devera-gerar-ate-300-empregos/67980/), 2024-02-21: "A produção, que atualmente opera em apenas um turno passará, então, a dois turnos."

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