Schmersal India is setting up a manufacturing facility at Ranjangaon near Pune at a cost of €8 million. Schmersal India, a 100 per cent subsidiary of the Schmersal Group, is in the business of electrical and electronic safety switchgear and systems. The group's FY11 turnover was €180 million.
Mr Sagar Bhosale, Managing Director-India Operations, said that electro-mechanical safety devices, electronic sensors and lift switchgear would be made at the plant. The products find application in machinery manufacturers serving food, pharmaceutical and FMCG industry, material handling, textile industry, alternate energy sectors and automobiles and auto ancillary industries. The plant is expected to be operational by April next year.