Smart home automation firm setting up bigger facility in Hyderabad
The Hindu
Hogar Controls expects the 1 lakh sq ft R&D, assembly, testing unit to be ready in a few months
US Internet of Things (IoT) firm Hogar Controls Inc that has made Hyderabad its India headquarters and focused on smart home automation space is setting up a 1 lakh sq ft research and development, assembly and testing facility in the city.
The new facility at Raidurg here will be bigger, to which it eventually proposes to shift operations from the existing 15,000 sq ft unit in Uppal. The company, which now has a headcount of 100 in Hyderabad, plans to hire atleast 50 more people for the new unit. They will be for different roles, including engineering, tech support, call centre and marketing.
The Uppal unit has a production capacity to the scale of 6 lakh units per year. “We are in the middle of construction of the facility. In the next few months will be moving everything [from Uppal to Raidurg] under one roof,” CEO Vishnu Reddy said during a media interaction on Hogar unveiling a new range of smart touch panel under Prima+ series.
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