LiuGong breaks ground on $317m electric equipment plant in Indonesia

Neil Gerrard Senior Editor, Construction Briefing

24 July 2026

The groundbreaking ceremony for LiuGong's new plant in Indonesia (Image: LiuGong) The groundbreaking ceremony for LiuGong’s new plant in Indonesia (Image: LiuGong)

Chinese construction equipment manufacturer LiuGong has broken ground on what it claims is Indonesia’s first factory dedicated to electric heavy equipment.

The Indonesia Green & Smart Industrial Park will be located in the Karawang industrial aea, West Java.

Scheduled to start operations in 2027, the plant will initially be capable of producing up to 5,000 electric excavators and electric wheeled loaders per year following the first phase of construction.

The machines…

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