Schwing Stetter inaugurates 5th facility in Tamil Nadu

Schwing Stetter India has inaugurated its fifth manufacturing facility at Cheyyar in Tamil Nadu. The 52-acre integrated facility will be a global manufacturing hub for Schwing’s concrete boom pumps, stationary pumps, self-loading mixers, excavators, shotcrete pumps, wheel loaders and motor graders. The plant will export to international markets across Africa to Asean and cater to the internal requirements of Schwing’s subsidiaries across the globe. Schwing Stetter signed an agreement with the TN government in 2019 through the Global Investors Meet and has invested ₹300 crore. The company will keep investing in this facility in the coming years as well.

The new facility, built to be sustainable with a natural green cover, aims to ensure digitalisation of equipment and production process with heavy usage of telematics, IoT and robotic machine learning. The new facility will also include a NABL certified quality testing lab and a custom bonded warehouse facility.

The company has planned to induct 25% of its shop floor staff as women and this facility is equipped with the amenities required by the women workforce. The facility also has space for creating future expansion and hydraulic excavator factory will be ready in the next three months to add a capacity of 7,500 units per year.