A completely new facility will be built in Pune (Chakan area, western India) and is expected to be ready in March 2017. This new facility will be approximately 45,000 sq. ft., including 3,000 sq. ft. of office space and will contain 11 assembly centres and 2,000 warehouse locations, all built to the highest standards of quality and safety, consistent with Bonfiglioli locations worldwide.

The expected capacity is 150,000 units per year to serve customers in food, packaging, cement, steel, pharmaceutical, textile, material handling, sugar, power generation, paper and water treatment sectors.

In Bologna, Italy, the company will break ground on a new SMART factory based on Industry 4.0 technologies and innovations. The new production plant, an investment of 450 Cr. INR (60 million euro), will cover an area of 1.6 million sq. ft and produce 800,000 units per year in an eco-friendly and people-friendly environment.

With over 32,000 sq. ft. of rooftop gardens, nearly 500 trees, and a photovoltaic installation of 3MWp the building will be nearly zero-energy while using the same energy requirements as today. The building will also have noise, emissions and soil impact control to lessen the environmental impact.  Construction is expected to begin in early 2017.

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