At Foxconn Technology Group’s mobile phone plant in Sri City, in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, of the nearly 15,000 workers 90% are women who assemble phones for various manufacturers, including Xiaomi. Recently, workers began testing and assembling Apple’s iPhone X, which will be sold in India first and eventually...
West Pharmaceuticals Expands in India
Headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania, West Pharmaceutical Services inaugurated its new Digital Technology Center in Bangalore. This Center will serve as a global center of excellence for the company’s Digital and Transformation team, and will work with West's teams in Exton, and in Eschweiler, Germany, to develop digital solutions in marketing and...
Alstom Exports Driverless Trains Made in India
Australia’s first fully-automated rail service, the newly launched North West Line by Sydney Metro, has been made in India. The new-generation metro trains were manufactured by French multinational company Alstom in Sri City, an integrated business city located in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh, thirty-five miles north of Chennai....
NY-Based IFF Establishes Fragrance Factory in Andhra
New York-based International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.(IFF), broke ground on a flavors and fragrances plant located in Sri City, in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Part of a larger investment into the Greater Asia region, the plant is expected to be commercialized in December 2019. The new...
Alstom extends supply chain in India
France's Alstom will spend €30 million to develop the 156 acre Sri City facility in southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The project will bring in new technology and engineering capabilities that could help make modern metro trains locally. The project will also eventually attract investments in India by Alstom’s global...