Chinese home appliance maker Midea Group began construction of a new base for the production and research and development of heat pumps in Feltre, a town of Veneto in northern Italy, on Friday, aiming to help facilitate its international market expansion.

The new base, with an investment of 60 million euros ($58.75 million), is located inside a production area of Italy’s Clivet, a European leading company that designs, produces and distributes systems for cooling, heating, air ventilation and air purification for residential, commercial and industrial markets.

Midea acquired an 80 percent stake in Clivet in 2016, aiming to expand its presence in the European central air conditioning market