# Shibaura Machine India opens new factory in Chennai to triple manufacturing capacity

Shibaura Machine India inaugurated its Unit 2 factory in Chembarambakkam, Chennai, with an investment of Rs 225 crore, to increase annual manufacturing capacity from about 1,200 to 4,000 injection moulding machines.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-07-12
- Where: Chembarambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, India
- Value: $27.0M (2.25B INR)
- Starts operating: 12 Jul 2024
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 4,000 injection moulding machines per year (phased increase from 1,200)
- Products: high-precision injection moulding machines, auxiliary equipment
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Shibaura Machine India](https://endata.com/companies/9926.md)
- [Shibaura Machine](https://endata.com/companies/9927.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [ptinews.com](https://www.ptinews.com/press-release/shibaura-machine-india-opens-its-new-factory-with-an-investment-of-rs-225-crore-to-triple-its-manufacturing-capacity/1650452), 2024-07-12: "Shibaura Machine India (SMI), a subsidiary of Japan’s Shibaura Machine, the leading manufacturer of high-precision injection moulding machines in the world, has inaugurated its Unit 2 factory."
- [utkalsamachar.com](https://utkalsamachar.com/shibaura-machine-india-opens-its-new-factory-with-an-investment-of-rs-225-crore-to-triple-its-manufacturing-capacity/), 2024-07-12: "Shibaura Machine India (SMI), a subsidiary of Japan’s Shibaura Machine, the leading manufacturer of high-precision injection moulding machines in the world, has inaugurated its Unit 2 factory, adjacent to its existing factory in Chembarambakkam, Chennai, India."
- [matribhumisamachar.com](https://matribhumisamachar.com/en/2024/07/12/shibaura-machine-india-opens-its-new-factory-with-an-investment-of-rs-225-crore-to-triple-its-manufacturing-capacity/), 2024-07-12: "Shibaura Machine India (SMI), a subsidiary of Japan’s Shibaura Machine, the leading manufacturer of high-precision injection moulding machines in the world, has inaugurated its Unit 2 factory, adjacent to its existing factory in Chembarambakkam, Chennai, India."
- [thebengal.in](https://thebengal.in/2024/07/12/shibaura-machine-india-opens-its-new-factory-with-an-investment-of-rs-225-crore-to-triple-its-manufacturing-capacity/), 2024-07-12: "Shibaura Machine India (SMI), a subsidiary of Japan’s Shibaura Machine, the leading manufacturer of high-precision injection moulding machines in the world, has inaugurated its Unit 2 factory, adjacent to its existing factory in Chembarambakkam, Chennai, India."
- [chennaionline.com](https://www.chennaionline.com/chennai-360/shibaura-machine-india-opens-its-new-factory-with-an-investment-of-rs-225-crore-to-triple-its-manufacturing-capacity/), 2024-07-12: "Shibaura Machine India (SMI), a subsidiary of Japan's Shibaura Machine, the leading manufacturer of high-precision injection moulding machines in the world, has inaugurated its Unit 2 factory, adjacent to its existing factory in Chembarambakkam, Chennai, India."

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