# HARMAN expands automotive electronics plant in Chakan, India with $50M investment

HARMAN announced a $50 million (350 crore rupees) expansion of its automotive electronics manufacturing plant in Chakan, Pune, India, tripling production capacity and doubling headcount to 800 by 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-06-03
- Where: Chakan, Pune, Maharashtra, India, India
- Value: $50.0M
- Jobs: 400
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 12-fold increase in DCU and TCU production to over 25,00,000 units annually
- Products: Digital Cockpit Units, Telematics Control Units, automotive infotainment units
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [HARMAN](https://endata.com/companies/39746.md)
- [Samsung Electronics](https://endata.com/companies/647.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [news.harman.com](https://news.harman.com/releases/releases-20190603), 2019-06-03: "HARMAN will also double its factory headcount to about 800 employees in the same time period."
- [auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com](https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/auto-components/harman-invests-rs-350-cr-to-expand-chakan-plant-to-hire-400-workers/69633880), 2019-06-03: "We believe that the future of India's economy"
- [business-standard.com](https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/harman-to-invest-rs-350-cr-to-triple-production-in-maharashtra-119060301585_1.html), 2019-06-03: "Harman, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co, Monday said it will invest Rs 350 crore to expand its automotive electronics manufacturing plant at Chakan near Pune in Maharashtra."

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