Brazil’s WEG plans ₹2,000-crore electrical equipment plant in Dharmapuri

Brazilian electrical equipment manufacturer WEG plans to invest ₹2,000 crore in a new factory in Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, to expand its manufacturing capacity in India. The Tamil Nadu government announced the proposal on 12 November 2026, saying the plant would make electric vehicle motors, industrial drives and power generation equipment and is expected to create around 3,000 direct and indirect jobs.

WEG India plans to develop the factory on about 100 acres at the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) industrial park in Dharmapuri. In a 4 November market disclosure, WEG confirmed that it had acquired a 400,000-square-metre site in Dharmapuri, about 95 km from its existing manufacturing complex in Hosur. The company said the site would allow it to add production capacity gradually as its Indian operations grow.

The land purchase is complete. The ₹2,000 crore is the proposed investment for the factory, and the announcements gave no construction start date, commissioning schedule or production capacity by product line.

The proposed factory will bring three product lines together at one site. Electric vehicle (EV) motors provide propulsion, while industrial drives control the speed and torque of motors used in machinery. Power generation equipment is the third category identified by the state government. The announcement did not specify which generator models or equipment ratings the plant would produce.

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