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Hettich Group to create 1,000 new jobs in India as it embarks on expansion drive, ETHRWorld


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<p>The company said it had benefited a great deal from the government’s Make in India policies. With lower labour costs than China, the company is investing more in Indian production units</p>
The company said it had benefited a great deal from the government’s Make in India policies. With lower labour costs than China, the company is investing more in Indian production units

German Furniture brand Hettich group said it will add nearly 1000 jobs in India with its investment of Rs 700 crore to expand its manufacturing units in the country. The company opened a plant in Vadodara and had a groundbreaking ceremony for one in Indore last week, which will bring its total manufacturing units to five. The Indore plant is expected to begin commercial production by the last quarter of 2025.

India is the company’s second largest market in terms of turnover after Germany, largely due to the growing middle class, Andreas Hettich, Chairman of the Hettich Group Advisory Board told ET. “More and more consumers [in India] are now able to afford furniture and kitchen with our hardware for a better life…We can serve the domestic demand better as we have production in India,” he said. The majority of what is produced here is sold in the country itself, he added.

The company said it had benefited a great deal from the government’s Make in India policies. With lower labour costs than China, the company is investing more in Indian production units. “As part of our global strategy, the Hettich Group is on a mission to make India our next big manufacturing hub after Germany,” Hettich said.

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