Lapp India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Germany-based Lapp Group has announced the expansion of its manufacturing facility at Jigani in Bangalore. The project will increase the company’s production area from the existing 5,227 sqm to 10,803 sqm.
The facility has the capacity to manufacture 60,000 km of multicore cables and 78,000 km of single core wires per annum. The company has invested approximately Rs.16.5 crore for this project. With this new expansion, Lapp India aims at tapping into the increased demand for quality control cables in the market This expansion with state of the art safety and environmental features will enhance the facility layout, ensure better flow for effective lean management and also help generating more space for the new machines to sustain company’s long term growth plans and establish leadership in the control cable market, a release by Lapp India said.
In 2012, Lapp India set-up its second Indian manufacturing facility in Pilukhedi, Bhopal which has strengthened the base in the single core wires segment as well as catered efficiently the growing demands in the building sector. Lapp India is currently commissioning a new leading edge multi core line in Bhopal which can produce 36,000 km of multicore cables resulting in overall capacity increase of 60 per cent in multicore cables in addition to the existing 216,000 km capacity in single core wires.
The Lapp India release also observed that with the government allocating Rs.7100 crore for 100 smart cities there will be an increased demand for quality smart cabling solutions for urban infrastructure. The potential for cabling solutions in India is enormous. As a company which is into manufacturing of low voltage cables, Lapp India is extremely bullish.
