Bosch Packaging Technology, the packaging machinery division of the leading global supplier of technology and services Bosch, has inaugurated its new state of the art manufacturing facility in Verna Industrial Estate, Goa, India.
The new 2,600m2 facility produces and assembles packaging technology equipment for a range of applications, including packing vials, ampoules and syringes. The Goa facility employs 80 associates and has an initial installed capacity of 120 machines a year with plans to increase this to 240 machines in three years.
Bosch Packaging Technology has already sold more than 400 packaging machines and process equipment in India to leading names in the pharmaceutical, confectionery and food processing industries.
"We envision a sizeable increase in the turnover of the local supplier base in Goa," said Thomas Buehler, business head of the Indian operations of Bosch Packaging Technology. "In addition, the packaging technology we bring in will also benefit the local technical training institutes."