Southco announced the opening of its latest wholly-owned manufacturing facility in Pune, India. As one of India’s key manufacturing facilities of a leading international access hardware solutions company, the new facility will strengthen Southco’s capacity to deliver the best in-class, access hardware products to India’s increasingly-sophisticated market.
Southco’s facility is strategically located in a five-star Maharashtra State Industrial Development Corporation estate in the Ranjangaon Industrial Area with easy access to the Pune city centre. The facility is 200 km from Mumbai, the financial hub of India, and only one hour away from the Pune International Airport by road transport.
“India’s increasingly-attractive market opportunities, competitive investment cost, skilled labor force and welcoming government policies towards international companies have all been key factors behind Southco’s decision to establish our latest facility here,” Om Wadhwa, Chairman of Southco India Private Limited says. “Together, these factors put Southco in a favorable position to continue our focus in delivering customers products of great value and functionality.”
As one of Pune’s most modern manufacturing sites, the new Southco facility is equipped with advanced equipment and systems capable of producing various standard and custom-designed products for customers anywhere in its first year of operation. In keeping with Southco’s high international standards, the facility will provide world-class training, development and growth opportunities to its India employees.
While maintaining the ability to produce best in-class standard catalogue products such as hinges, latching systems, captive screws, fasteners, injector/ejector mechanisms, position technology devices and locks, the India facility also possesses Southco’s renowned engineering and manufacturing capabilities to develop custom-designed products to help customers meet their access hardware needs. With the facility’s design and production capabilities, Southco offers a wide range of innovative and reliable solutions suitable for consumer electronics, enterprise hardware and enclosure, transportation, off-highway, commercial vehicles, marine, recreational vehicles, lighting, medical as well as many other industrial manufacturing industries.
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