9JULY 2025HENKEL LAUNCHES AUTOMOTIVE ADHESIVE FACILITY IN CHAKAN, PUNETATA ELECTRONICS AND BOSCH COLLABORATE ON HIGH-TECH MANUFACTURINGHenkel Adhesive Technologies India has opened a new state-of-the-art warehouse complex at Chakan, Pune, one of India's fastest-growing auto manufacturing centers. The purpose-built warehouse has been established to meet the unique logistics requirements of automotive customers to enable Just-in-Time (JIT) supply paradigms for enhanced efficiency and responsiveness.The new warehouse facilitates better supplier collaboration and encourages automotive prototyping innovation. The facility can process non-standard prototype Tata Electronics, a fast emerging company in the semiconductor and electronics manufacturing industry of India, has signed a strategic alliance with a global leader, the Robert Bosch GmbH. This was established with signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by both Dr. Randhir Thakur, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Electronics, and Dirk Kress, Executive Vice President of Semiconductor Operations at Bosch.The collaboration seeks to pioneer innovative packaging of the chips and semiconductor production at the establishment of Tata Electronics assembly and test facility in Assam and the materials (IDH) with complete SAP-enabled traceability, recording essential information like batch numbers, production history, and expiration dates. Scalably designed, the campus is organized to accommodate growth and plant expansions through 2030 in a display of Henkel's long-term investment in the Indian automotive industry.Henkel Adhesive Technologies, a worldwide leading company of adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings, serves more than 800 industry segments and over 100,000 customers globally. The firm started its operation in India in 1996 and now has five plants, such as the LEED Gold-certified Kurkumbh plant near Pune. Henkel has innovation centers, application laboratories, and training academies in India.In the mid-2024 period, Henkel had finished Phase III of the Kurkumbh facility with a new production line for Loctite with cutting-edge automated systems such as ASRS and Industry 4.0 technologies, as its vision to be carbon neutral by 2030. Recent expansion includes the launch of a 17,000 sq. ft. Application Engineering Center in Chennai in February 2025 and expanding its electronics manufacturing base at Kurkumbh, in line with India's electronics industry under the Make in India and PLI initiatives.Henkel keeps driving India's industrial innovation forward with eco-friendly, high-performance solutions in various industries. foundry facility in Gujarat. Besides semiconductor production, the two corporations will pursue synergies in Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) with focus on automotive electronics unit as the companies address the increasing demand and formulate locally oriented solutions.According to Dr. Randhir Thakur, this joint venture with Bosch will help improve our goal of establishing a robust, dependable component chain of critical technologies. "We will complement the effort in building a complete semiconductor ecosystem in India and ensure India emerges as a pillar of global electronics manufacturing."Dirk Kress also mentioned that the partnership with Tata Electronics represents a long-term value for Bosch to supply chain resilience and innovation, given the increasing speed of demand for next-generation automotive electronics.Tata Electronics was one such group and was established as a greenfield project in 2020 with a presence in Gujarat, Assam, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka, with more than 65000 employees. The company is concerned about inclusive growth by employing women and community initiatives provided in the areas of healthcare, education, and sustainability.Bosch is a services/technology provider with 418000 employees operating in more than 60 countries worldwide. The company with sales in 2024 of 90.3 billion euros in 30 countries still inspired innovation in several areas like mobility, energy, and consumer goods.
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