Karbonn Mobiles has set up a new mobile manufacturing unit in Bawal under the aegis of the state government of Haryana.
The plant that was set up in six months has 22 assembly lines and is expected to manufacture 30 million mobile units per year. The workforce on the manufacturing plant will comprise of total 4000 employees. Karbonn plans to invest Rs 2000 crores over the next year. The ISO 9001 and 14001 certified facility is currently manufacturing 1.5 million units in a month slated to increase to 2.5 million by end of 2016.
Pradeep Jain, Managing Director, Karbonn Mobiles said in a statement,
The Haryana plant is our humble contribution towards the government’s nation building efforts for inclusive and sustainable economic growth. It is a moment of great pride for us to be associated in a small way towards making India an economic superpower to reckon with. With an aim to bring the benefits of Smartphone telephony to the masses, the manufacturing facility will help us in providing customized products for Indian market at a faster time”.
Oppo, Gionee, Vivo, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, LG, Lenovo, Motorola, Asus, Micromax, Celkon and Karbonn have already announced investments in the country to set up their manufacturing plants. LeEco and Huawei are also looking forward to start mobile phone production in India.
In February, Prasad revealed that India is now producing 100 million mobile phone units. Mobile phone production in the country has increased by 95 per cent in the ongoing financial year as compared to the previous fiscal.