Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI; In a fillip to the Make in India initiative, contract manufacturing company Zetwerk on August 5 made it official to partner with Bengaluru-based electronics manufacturing services firm, Smile Electronics, to launch three factories for IT hardware production in the country. Located near Bengaluru, the Devanahalli factory has fully automated production lines equipped for assembling, testing, and packing desktops, laptops, energy metres and remote controls.
The other two factories will come up in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. “This collaboration is further strengthened by Acer India’s commitment to the ‘Make in India’ initiative, emphasising the importance of local manufacturing and innovation,” said Harish Kohli, Managing Director of Acer India who inaugurated the Devanahalli factory.
Zetwerk has committed to invest Rs 1,000 crore to build Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) capabilities in India.
The company said that cutting-edge technology like automated screen-printing, placement and reflow machines ensure efficient production, with the ability to produce 0.75 million components per hour. Mukesh Gupta, Chairman of Smile Electronics, said their 750 skilled employees across diverse industries manage a well-rounded portfolio, catering to both low-mix, high-volume and high-mix, low-volume production needs.
