South Korea ’ s construction equipment maker Doosan Infracore began its operation of excavator plant in Brazil , the first manufacturing base in the Central and South America after completing its construction . Doosan ’ s Brazil excavator plant commenced its operation from last year , according to sources in the industry Monday . The 60 billion won ( $ 55 million ) excavator plant , covering 116 , 000 square - meter areas in Americana City , Sao Paulo in Brazil , has the production capacity of 1 , 500 units annually . The completion of the Brazil plant construction helped Doosan Infracore to expand its manufacturing foothold into the Central and South America from the current Asia , Europe , North and South Americas . Doosan is manufacturing 128 , 000 units of excavators in Korea ( Inchon , Gunsan ) , China ( Yantai , Suzhou ) , the US ( Gwinner , Wahpeton ) and France ( Lyon , Pontchateau ) on an annual basis . The Brazil excavator plant holds significance as the company secured manufacturing base in the growing Central and South American construction market . Brazil now accounts for more than half the Central and South America ’ s construction equipment market . “ Large - scale construction work for the upcoming World Cup and Olympic Games in Brazil offers higher potentials of the Brazilian construction equipment market ’ s exponential growth , ” noted an official of Doosan Infracore . “ The Central and South American market will serve as a new growth engine of Doosan . ” With the completion of the Brazil plant , the number of Doosan ’ s workers in Brazil markedly expanded . Since its local office in Brazil was established in 2007 , the figure grew from 15 in 2011 to the current 150 . Doosan ’ s market share in the Central and South American market expanded from 15 . 2 percent in 2011 to 16 . 3 percent last year . [ Written by Weon - sup Yoon - Jieun Lee / edited by Soyoung Chung ] [ ⓒ Maeil Business Newspaper & mk . co . kr , All rights reserved ]