# Rockwell Automation to open new manufacturing facility in Chennai, India

Rockwell Automation announced plans to open a new 98,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Chennai, India. The facility is expected to open in the first half of 2025 and employ about 230 workers.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-04-30
- Where: Chennai, India, India
- Value: $60.0M (5.00B INR)
- Jobs: 230
- Starts operating: Q1 2025
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 98,000 square feet
- Products: industrial automation equipment
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Rockwell Automation](https://endata.com/companies/2401.md)
- [Cubic Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/36900.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [rockwellautomation.com](https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/company/news/press-releases/Rockwell-Automation-Expanding-Presence-in-India-with-New-Manufacturing-Facility.html), 2024-04-30: "The facility in Chennai is expected to open in the first half of 2025 and will employ about 230 workers by the end of the year."
- [thehindu.com](https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/us-based-rockwell-automation-to-open-500-crore-manufacturing-facility-in-chennai/article68125735.ece), 2024-04-30: "We selected Tamil Nadu because we can create synergies with our existing CUBIC facility and increase agility and productivity in the region."
- [newprojectstracker.com](https://newprojectstracker.com/capex-news/rockwell-automation-to-open-new-manufacturing-facility-in-chennai), 2024-05-02: "Rockwell Automation plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Chennai, Tamil Nadu."
- [drivesncontrols.com](https://drivesncontrols.com/mitsubishi-and-rockwell-set-up-automation-plants-in-india/), 2024-05-08: "Rockwell plans to open a manufacturing facility in Chennai in the first half of 2025, which is expected to employ around 230 people by the end of the year."

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