# Piovan inaugurates new plant in Suzhou, China

Piovan, an Italian automation systems group for plastics processing, inaugurated a new 15,000-square-meter plant in Suzhou, China, with an investment of 10 million euros. The facility will initially employ 130 people, with potential to reach 200.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-01-15
- Where: Suzhou, China
- Value: $10.3M (10.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 130
- Starts operating: 15 Jan 2025
- Status: completed
- Products: automation systems for plastics processing
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Piovan](https://endata.com/companies/4790.md)
- [Piovan Industrial Automation Co. Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/82374.md)

## Sources

- [ilnordest.it](https://www.ilnordest.it/economia/imprese/piovan-nuovo-stabilimento-in-cina-un-mercato-che-chiede-qualita-q4jzqfqf), 2025-01-15: "In Cina siamo arrivati con una filiale 25 anni fa – dice il manager – e questo già dice quanto crediamo in questo mercato."
- [petnology.com](https://www.petnology.com/online/news-detail/new-apac-headquarters-for-piovan-group), 2025-01-16: "China is a market that the Group has always believed in by opening its first production site outside Italy 20 years ago."

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