Sauer Danfoss invests $7mn to set up Pune plant

Engineered systems maker Sauer Danfoss Inc has set up a manufacturing facility at Kesnand near Pune, at an investment of $7 million (about Rs 30 crore). The plant will manufacture 2,50,000 units of hydraulic components annually.

The $1.7 billion Sauer Danfoss, which manufactures engineered hydraulic, electric and electronic systems for mobile equipments like tractors and earth-movers, is also considering to make India the base for sourcing components for its global sourcing programme.

The product portfolio of the company includes hydraulic transmissions, open cicuit products, orbital motors, valves, steering systems inverters and mobile electronic controls.

Wolfgang Weisser, VP (sales & mkt) for Greater Europe, Sauer Danfoss and chairman, Sauer Danfoss India, said: "The Indian facility will help the company work more closely with its global customers such as John Deere and JCB. To begin with the Indian unit will cater to the Indian market and to a limited extent to the US and European markets".

Prior to this, Sauer Danfoss had a presence in India through a brake valve unit in Gurgaon and later through a leased facility.