HORIBA inaugurates medical equipment and consumables manufacturing facility in India

HORIBA India, a group company of HORIBA, a Kyoto based Japanese leader in analytical equipment and measurement solutions for the three megatrend fields of Energy & Environment, Bio & Healthcare, and Materials & Semiconductor, which are essential to our lives, inaugurated its medical equipment and consumables manufacturing facility in Butibori, Nagpur. 

The facility is in line with the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India for the World and reportedly will be one of India’s largest medical equipment and consumables (reagents) manufacturing unit. With an investment of approximately INR 200 crore (3.8 Billion JPY), in a phased manner, the Nagpur facility is poised to serve over 30,000 diagnostic labs and hospitals across India and represents HORIBA’s third significant investment in India, generating employment opportunities in tier- two cities. Global business revenue of HORIBA is 2.3 Billion USD.

The inaugural event, was attended by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis, Atsushi Horiba, Chairman and Group CEO, HORIBA, Dr Jai Hakhu, Board of Director, HORIBA, Japan and Chairman, HORIBA India and Dr Rajeev Gautam, Corporate Officer, HORIBA, Japan and President, HORIBA India. 

According to the statement, the manufacturing facility, covering 50,000 square metres, includes a medical equipment production unit for blood diagnostics, clinical chemistry equipment, and medical consumables (reagents). The Nagpur facility also houses the HORIBA India Technical Institute, offering biomedical learning programs through a partnership with Nagpur University, and the HORIBA Experience Zone, which showcases the full range of HORIBA healthcare equipment. Additionally, the facility features an international training centre and a central warehouse. The facility currently has 100 employees and is expected to increase to almost double in the next five years.