Carraro India Celebrates 20 Years Anniversary
Carraro India is celebrating its 20-year anniversary, the Group's first greenfield facility outside Italy will close today. On this occasion, the first stone was laid for a new production area that will complement the existing ones in the Ranjangaon (Pune) area. and that will allow the Indian plant to significantly expand its capacity.
"Today we celebrate 20 years since the start of production of this industrial complex, which counts over 1400 employees. A truly remarkable number, if we think that the sum of the Carraro people working in all Italian plants is exactly the same. – said Enrico Carraro, Chairman of the Group, during his speech – This means a very clear thing: India is, and will remain, an essential point of reference for the future of the entire Group. Already today, with a share of over 17%, India is the Group's first destination market. Here, thanks to our ability to work at excellent levels, the Carraro brand is recognized and respected by all the major players in our reference sectors. Carraro means quality, technology, reliability”.
Within the new production area, which will occupy as a whole 5,000 square meters and which is expected to be fully operational in 2021, a line of advanced conception will be installed, primarily dedicated to portal axles for compact tractors with engines up to 75 hp. A product that is already gathering many consents from all the main Indian agricultural machinery manufacturers.
In parallel, this expansion will allow further optimization of internal logistics thanks to new areas to be dedicated to modern structured warehouses. This will lead to an improvement in the level of customer service and to more timely management of stock levels.
This will only be a piece of a process of further expansion of production areas that will enrich today's portfolio with new products resulting in a 50% increase in local activities in three years.
