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India’s manufacturing sector is set for a giant leap, with the government announcing a slew of measures to boost domestic manufacturing output. As a result, various companies catering to different sectors such as consumer electronics, telecom equipment, computers and solar energy are gearing up to expand their production facilities in India.
New production facilities will help to develop many other sectors like tools and equipment, test and measurement (T&M) devices, surface mount technology (SMT), and through-hole machines, etc.
This column features companies that are setting up manufacturing facilities in India or are expanding their existing plants.
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The company |
About the facility |
| Panasonic Corporation Manufactures: Consumer electronics, industrial products, and offers security, communications and business solutions |
Panasonic Corporation has established its first manufacturing facility in India at Jhajjar in Haryana, with a capacity of 1,000,000 air conditioners, 400,000 washing machines and 25,000 sets of welding and cutting machines, per annum. This factory is spread over an area of 3,07,561 sq m (76 acres) in the upcoming Model Economic Township in Haryana. The company will invest about Rs 11,000 million up to 2015 and provide direct employment to 2000 people.Contact details: Ph: +91-124-6770400, 1860-425-1860/1800 103-1333; [email protected]; www.panasonic.co.in |
| Hitachi Hi-Rel Power Electronics Pvt LtdManufactures: Industrial UPS systems, battery chargers, inverters and solar inverters |
Hitachi Hi-Rel Power Electronics, which is part of the Hitachi group, has set up a new manufacturing facility in the Sanand-II Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) Estate in Gandhinagar. This new factory has started manufacturing power electronics products. With an initial investment of Rs 600 million, the factory is spread over 24,281 sq m (6 acres). This new facility will manufacture high voltage drives. The company currently has an order book worth around Rs 1500 million.Contact details: Ph: 079 4900 2300; [email protected]; www.hitachi-hirel.com |
| Tata Power Solar Systems LtdManufactures: Solar PV cells, modules and offers EPC services |
Tata Power Solar Systems is planning to expand its solar cell capacity by 96 MW in 2013. The company has its unit in Bengaluru, which has a manufacturing capacity for 125 MW of modules and 84 MW for active cells. Contact details: Ph: 91-80-6777 2000/3000; [email protected]; www.tatapowersolar.com |
| Carrier Midea India Pvt LtdManufactures: Air conditioners, inverters, microwave ovens and water dispensers |
Carrier Midea India, a joint venture between Carrier and Midea Group, has commenced operations at its new manufacturing facility at Bawal in Haryana. Spread across 13,935 sq m, the company plans to initially manufacture 700,000 ACs per annum. The company further plans to expand its capacity to 1,000,000 units, and will initially invest Rs 5000 million.Contact details: Ph: 0120-2700120, 2702296; www.carriermideaindia.com |
| Bharat Heavy Electricals LtdManufactures: Defence & industrial electronics and deals in Power and transmission, renewable energy | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) plans to invest up to Rs 20,000 million to set up a solar equipment manufacturing facility with a capacity of 600 MW. The company initially plans to invest around Rs 5000-6000 million on manufacturing solar gear. It already has orders booked for a value of Rs 0.13 million.Contact details: Ph: +91 11 26493021, +91 11 26492534; www.bhel.com |
| Intex TechnologiesManufactures: IT and consumer electronics products |
Intex Technologies plans to set up a mobile phone-making facility at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh, with an investment of Rs 1 billion. The company aims at an initial capacity of 250,000 handsets a month, and will scale up production in phases to meet its complete requirements in four years.Contact details: Ph: +91-11-41610224/25/26; [email protected]; www.intextechnologies.com |
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