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JABIL, the $35 billion key supplier to global giants like Apple, Cisco, and HP, will establish an electronics manufacturing facility in Manapparai near Trichy with an investment of ₹2,000 crore, creating over 5,000 jobs.
The MoU with JABIL was exchanged in the US on Monday in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, said a post on X.
The investment will boost the central zone’s economy, creating a new hub for electronics manufacturing in TN. With this, Tamil Nadu’s third major electronics cluster has emerged at Trichy after Sriperumbudur and Hosur.
The post said this is a major milestone in the industrial journey of Central #TamilNadu and will create huge jobs for the people in the surrounding areas of Trichy, Pudukkottai, Madurai, Dindigul, Karur, and Thanjavur.
Rockwell Automation will expand its manufacturing with a ₹666 crore investment in Kanchipuram, adding 365 jobs. The post said an MoU was signed with Autodesk to skill youth and boost MSMEs and start-ups, strengthening our overall industrial ecosystem.
Emerging manufacturing hub
“India is emerging as a key manufacturing hub. Our expansion in India will enable JABIL to meet and grow with the future needs of our customers and complement our existing facility in Pune, Maharashtra, in operation since 2003,” said Matt Crowley, Executive Vice President, Global Business Units at JABIL.
The US-based global manufacturing company with more than 140,000 employees across 100 locations in over 25 countries. “We’re big; but we’re not a household brand because most of what we make is for our customers. That list includes 300 of the biggest brands in the world in every market from healthcare, packaging, smartphones and cloud equipment to automotive and home appliances,” a company release said.
JABIL had a presence inside the Nokia complex at Sriperumbudur. However, in 2020, electronics maker and Apple contract manufacturer Salcomp acquired a 30,000 sq m facility belonging to electronics manufacturer JABIL in the Nokia SEZ in Sriperumbudur. The JABIL facility had remained idle for almost 10 years.
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