Omron Healthcare inaugurates first India factory in Gummudipoondi near Chennai!
Japan’s Omron Healthcare on Friday formally inaugurated its first India production facility in Mahindra World, in Gummidipoondi, near Chennai. The new unit spread over an area of 258,333 square feet at Origins by Mahindra industrial estate in Puduvoyal has been built within three years of the Japanese firm signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu Government in 2023. Omron will manufacture three models of blood pressure monitors at the new facility and will be exporting them to world countries from next year.
Till now, Omron Healthcare has been importing its medical devices from its massive unit in Vietnam and the company currently holds a 40 per cent market share in blood pressure monitors in India. The new unit, in which Omron Health Care has invested about Rs.128 crores, will employ about 120 people in this Indian factory.
"We chose Chennai for its strategic location. Chennai and Ennore ports serve as global logistics hub connecting markets worldwide making it an ideal location to setup our first factory. We also plan to make Chennai a base not just for the Indian market but also develop it as a base for exports," said Ayumu Okada, President and CEO, Omron Healthcare Company Limited