Bosch sets up Euro 31-mn plant in Bidadi

Global supplier of technology and services, Bosch, recently inaugurated its new plant in Bidadi (Phase II), located 35 km from the outskirts of Bengaluru. The Euro 31 million plant will act as a local hub for development of Bosch’s power-train solutions and will manufacture automotive products such as common rail single-cylinder pumps and high-pressure rails. MD & President of Bosch Group (India), Soumitra Bhattacharya, said that it is important for Bosch to leverage its expertise in manufacturing operations and combine it with technology and digitalization to build lean manufacturing facilities. Bosch is taking a further step toward more efficient, more flexible, and sustainable manufacturing in India in order to boost competitiveness and meet rising demand in the local market, said Chairman of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH, Volkmar Denner. The Bidadi Phase II that witnessed shifting of around 2,000 people and 760 units of machinery and equipment, is the largest relocation projects ever undertaken by Bosch. The former manufacturing site at Adugodi is being converted into a high-tech engineering centre and is slated to become the largest Bosch technology campus, outside of Germany.