# Shibaura Machine India inaugurates Unit 2 factory in Chennai, tripling capacity

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

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-07-18
- Where: Chembarambakkam, Chennai, India, India
- Value: $27.0M (2.25B INR)
- Starts operating: 18 Jul 2024
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 4,000 injection moulding machines per year
- Products: injection moulding machines, die casting machines, extrusion machines, machine tools, industrial robots
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [modernplasticscanada.com](http://modernplasticscanada.com/2024/07/18/shibaura-machine-india-unit-2/), 2024-07-18: "Shibaura Machine India (SMI) is a subsidiary of Japan’s Shibaura Machine, the leading manufacturer of high-precision injection moulding machine in the world, has inaugurated its Unit 2 factory adjacent to its existing factory in Chembarambakkam, Chennai, India."
- [injectionmouldingworld.com](https://injectionmouldingworld.com/shibaura-machine-india-sized-unit-2/), 2024-07-22: "With the new factory, the manufacturing capacity of SMI will be increased to 4000 machines a year in a phased manner."

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