Sundaram Clayton (SCL), part of the TVS Group, has begun operations at its first overseas auto-component manufacturing facility in the United States.
The plant has been set up on a 50 acre land parcel in Dorchester County in Ridgeville Industrial Park, South Carolina.
The facility has been set up at a cost of Rs 630 crore (USD 90 million). The manufacturing unit will produce 1,000 tonne of castings in the first year which can be scaled up to 10,000 tonne in five years.
The company will manufacture a range of high-pressure die-cast and gravity die-cast parts at the unit. The facility will also supply auto-components for vehicles from two-wheelers to large trucks to global players.