Stamford, CT-based Harman, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Company, announced an expansion to its automotive electronics manufacturing plant at Chakan, near Pune, in India’s state of Maharashtra. Established in 2014, this plant currently manufactures highly sophisticated connected car solutions including automotive infotainment units for India’s domestic and global automotive customers.
This phase II expansion, at an investment of $50 million, will triple the company’s production capacity by the year 2021. Harman will install four new world-class SMT production/assembly lines, scaling from existing two to six lines, to meet the growing demands for innovative connected car solutions globally.
“Rapid improvement in India’s business friendly policies and ease of doing business helped us make this investment decision. This is a major milestone for us and demonstrates our growing commitment to the country. We already have over 9,000 world class engineers and scientists at our R&D centers in Bangalore, Pune and Delhi who are contributing to our global growth,” said Dinesh C. Paliwal, president and CEO of the company, who was present at the inauguration of the phase II inauguration.
