Honeywell inaugurates manufacturing facility in India

Honeywell automation has inaugurated its state- of-the- art facility in India. The facility will integrate manufacturing, factory testing, and quality control and advanced manufacturing engineering for Honeywell's business in India. The new facility has been built on an area of 75,000 sq ft.

"Honeywell already has a significant presence in Maharashtra with its automation and turbocharger manufacturing facilities based in Pune, built with an investment of around INR500 crore. It provides full-time employment to nearly 3,000 people in the state, besides indirect employment and livelihood generation through ancillary industries," said Anant Maheshwari, president, Honeywell India.

The new facility will greatly enhance manufacturing capabilities of Honeywell in terms of power generation, chemicals, life sciences, and metals, minerals and mining. It will provide a full suite of process solutions, which comprehensively deployed, can improve efficiencies for industries by up to 30%. It will also serve major process industries such as refining, oil and gas, pulp an now has seven manufacturing facilities and five technology development and engineering centers in India.

"The Pune facility is the second manufacturing location we have built in India this year alone, demonstrating Honeywell's continued commitment to India. The country is on the verge of an economic revival. The seed planting we did in India at a time when global investor confidence was low, gives us a headstart as we launch our second manufacturing facility within two months," said Thomas A. Szlosek, senior vice president and CFO, Honeywell International.