SEW studies new plant site in Brazil
DCI - 03/05/2009
SEW-Eurodrive, one of the largest industrial automation companies in the world, announced yesterday that even before ending the expansion works in the Joinville (SC) unit and the construction of the large-size plant of reducers in Indaiatuba (SP), it is already considering investing R$ 25 million (US$ 11 million) in a new unit in Brazil, possibly in Minas Gerais, also this year, but it has not decided on a date for the investment. According to the communication of the company, this new unit is part of an investment plan the multinational reserved for its Brazilian subsidiary, which still has two other plants, Guarulhos and Rio Claro, both in SP. According to Alexandre Reis, Marketing and Sales Officer of the company, the strategy of SEW aims at the decentralization in the assembly of the products, thus becoming closer to the clients and, consequently, getting more efficiency with regards to terms, costs and logistics. The estimate of the company is that the new unit generates 100 new jobs in the first stage of the implementation. At the moment, the company analyses the best place for the installations, taking into consideration the logistics and tax matters, since other States are also competing for the setting up of the company. All the projects of increase of capacity in Brazil shall be concluded by 2010. Last year, SEW showed a performance that caused the cancelation of the year-end blanket vacations, as verified the DCI report, in order to be able to meet the clients' demands.