Honeywell Announces Major Expansion of Its Manufacturing Facility in Pune

American multinational conglomerate, Honeywell, has announced the expansion of its Fulgaon manufacturing facility in Pune to meet the growing demand for automation solutions and factory instrumentation. The company said it is doubling the operational space of the plant to 151,000 square feet.

Originally built in 2014, the facility integrates advanced engineering, testing and manufacturing of equipment for the process industries such as refining, oil & gas, pulp & paper, power generation, chemicals, life sciences, and metals, minerals & mining. In addition, it offers a customer integration centre, thermal solutions and smart metering factories, and a Honey-well Intelligrated demonstration centre.

“The expansion of our plant allows us to now commercialise new technologies that are researched and developed in Honey-well technology development centres here in India and globally and with that to widen our product range and meet future customer demand,” said Mr. Ashish Gaikwad, Managing Director, Honeywell Automation India Ltd.

Honeywell’s flagship product, Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) – a solution that integrates control and safety systems along with other crucial manufacturing processes – will be assembled at the facility. Some of the other products to be manufactured in this facility include hybrid programmable logic controllers (PLC), load computers, smart transmitters, industrial burners, gas trains, smart meters, sensors, shifters, and switches.

“The Fulgaon facility continues to build Honeywell’s local footprint and expertise to improve our customer service for the automation business in India,” said Mr. Vimal Kapur, President, Honeywell Process Solutions. “With production and integration facilities closer to the domestic customers, we can seamlessly integrate customer needs and specifications into our products and solutions – helping us to serve them more quickly and efficiently.” Aside from the Fulgaon plant, Honeywell has a significant presence in Maharashtra with its automation and turbocharger manufacturing facilities based in Pune.