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Rockwell Automation Expands in India for Global Exports
Rockwell Automation, a big company that makes machines for factories, had a big event in Chicago.
They talked about how important India is for their business.
They opened a new factory in Chennai, India, and now have over 4,000 employees there.
They make things like special clean rooms for making computer chips.
The company thinks India is a great place to make things not just for India but to sell all over the world.
They also said that using computers to make machines smarter is a big trend in factories now.
Rockwell Automation announced a new manufacturing facility in Chennai, India, as part of its global expansion strategy.
The company has over 4,000 employees in India and sees it as a high-growth market, with a focus on both domestic and export markets.
India is part of Rockwell's global supply chain, with manufacturing bases also in China, Singapore, and the USA.
The semiconductor industry is a key focus, with Rockwell supplying to major Taiwanese manufacturers and the Micron project in India.
AI and autonomous operations are accelerating in the manufacturing sector, with strong customer adoption and interest.
- Who
- Rockwell Automation, a global industrial automation company
- What
- Announced expansion plans in India, including a new manufacturing facility in Chennai
- Where
- India (Chennai), with global implications
- When
- During the Rockwell Automation Fair 2025 in Chicago
- Why
- To strengthen its global supply chain, service both domestic and export markets, and capitalize on India's growing manufacturing sector
Key facts
- Event
- Rockwell Automation Fair 2025
- Location
- Chicago, USA
- Attendance
- 16,000
- New Facility
- Chennai, India
- Employees in India
- 4,000
- Key Industry
- Semiconductor
- Global Manufacturing Bases
- India, China, Singapore, USA
- Customer Focus
- Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturers
Quotes
Scott Wooldridge
President, Asia Pacific, Rockwell Automation
“Our India business the last five years has been a high growth one. Our largest business is in China, but the India business, along with parts of South-East Asia, is definitely the highest growth business sectors that we see at the moment. And we’ve made some significant investments in the India market. If you went back 10 years ago, we had 700 people, now we’ve got more than 4,000. We’ve got a new manufacturing facility in Chennai which we just opened this year. We’ve got major software and hardware design centers in India that we’ve been using for multiple years. So, it’s a strong part of our overall global business. The fast uplift in manufacturing in India and the government support for different initiatives, funding, taxation support, the infrastructure that’s being built are really accelerating the manufacturing footprint in India. We’re growing with it.”
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“We have three manufacturing bases in Asia — India, China and Singapore. We also made an announcement about a major US manufacturing investment at the Automation Fair. I guess with the learnings through Covid, some of the economic or political instability over the last five to 10 years as well, it makes it clear that every company needs resiliency in their supply chain and they need multiple manufacturing locations if you’re going to supply globally. Our core electronics products are made in Singapore, and in the US in Ohio, but those plants are replicated so we have a hundred per cent redundancy between the plants and the products we produce.”
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