Haryana, India and Tokyo, Japan – Mitsubishi Electric India Pvt Ltd held the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Factory Automation Systems Factory in Talegaon, near Pune. The company is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, a global leader in electric and electronic equipment headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation recently announced an INR 220 crore greenfield investment. Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) and Factory Automation (FA) control system products will be manufactured at the new facility. Kazuhiko Tamura, Managing Director, Mitsubishi Electric India, and Tomohiro Yoshida, Director and Factory Automation Division Head, presided over the groundbreaking ceremony.
Mitsubishi Electric India’s Factory Automation & Industrial Division has a strong presence in sectors such as automotive, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and textiles, and has been increasingly catering to emerging and diverse sectors such as data centers, e-commerce, sugar, and steel, to name a few. The company has a strong local R&D base and has been developing indigenous products to meet the local requirements of its customers.
On the occasion, the MD of Mitsubishi Electric India addressed the gathering, saying, “The upcoming factory is a testament to the strong commitment that Mitsubishi Electric India has towards its customers. For almost three decades now, we have been serving the India market. Since then, we have rapidly expanded our India operations. The new factory will meet the growing customer demand and will help create further value for them. We will continue to strongly support India’s manufacturing sector by offering cutting-edge factory automation technologies and solutions.”
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