Schmersal India Pvt Ltd, a manufacturer of electromechanical safety and lift switchgear and systems, and a subsidiary of the Germany-based Schmersal Group, recently inaugurated its first global support IT centre in Pune.
Inaugurated by Managing Director of K.A. Schmersal GmbH & Co. KG, Michael Ambros, the facility is spread across an area of 3,300 sqft, and is currently equipped with a workforce of 15 functional and technical consultants.
Speaking at the launch, Ambros noted, “This is the first global support activity that has been established outside Germany, and India has been recognized as one of the competence centres with skilled resources to provide support for SAP implementation and software development to the entire Schmersal Group.”
Schmersal India started operations in 2007 as a sales organisation to participate in the growing India market for machine safety. In July 2013, domestic production started at its Ranjangaon factory near Pune, built with a total investment of about 8 million Euros.
By the end of 2017, the Indian factory manufactured and supplied more than one million safety switches to India market. Current manufacturing capacity is five million safety switches per year.
The Indian manufacturing facility is enhancing its product range by designing and manufacturing customised safety products as per the needs of the customer specific application, for the local market as well as export to the Schmersal Group from its 100 per cent export-oriented unit (EOU) located within the current Indian factory.
“Also, we have set up a free trade and warehousing zone (FTWZ) near Mumbai, which is specifically for global Indian companies who are allowed to import goods at a special concessional duty,” according Sagar Bhosale, Managing Director, Schmersal India Pvt. Ltd.
Photo shows Norbert von Poblotzki, Head of IT – Schmersal Group (left) and Michael Ambros Managing Director of K.A. Schmersal GmbH &Co. KG (right) inaugurating the new global IT Centre at Pune. In the centre (in striped tie) is Sagar Bhosale, MD, Schmersal India Pvt Ltd
