Ground breaking ceremony
on 4 March 2024 and render of what the facility will look like.
Saab on 4
March 2024 marked the start of the construction of its new Carl-Gustaf
manufacturing facility in India with a ground breaking ceremony. The factory
will be located in the state of Haryana.
After
receiving approval of 100% foreign direct investment, Saab has established a
new company, Saab FFVO India Pvt Ltd, which will fully own the new
manufacturing facility and produce the Carl-Gustaf M4 weapon.
“I am proud to start constructing our first facility
outside Sweden for Carl-Gustaf, a product that has a long history with the
Indian Armed Forces. We look forward to starting production of our excellent
product, now engineered and made in India”, stated Görgen Johansson, Senior
Vice President and Head of Saab’s business area Dynamics. “Today is an
important milestone for Sweden and India. Saab’s factory will be the first
foreign fully owned defence production facility in India. It is a testament to
the strong bilateral relationship between our countries,” stated Håkan Jevrell,
State Secretary for Foreign Trade, Sweden.
The
facility is being built in the state of Haryana at the MET City at Jhajjar. The
state has a strong industrial base of good potential partners and skilled
employees.
Saab will
partner with Indian suppliers and will fully meet the requirements of “Make in
India” for the systems manufactured in the facility. At the new factory, Saab
will deploy complex technologies including the latest sighting technology and
advanced carbon fibre winding to manufacture Carl-Gustaf M4 for the Indian
armed forces, and components which may be included in other users’ systems.
The Carl-Gustaf system has been in service with the
Indian Army since 1976 and is established as the main shoulder launched weapon
in the Indian Armed Forces.
Saab
India Chairman and Managing Director, Mats Palmberg (Left) and Senior Vice President Saab AB Görgen
Johansson (Right) at the press conference at New Delhi post the ground breaking
ceremony.