Saint-Gobain Sekurit India has announced its decision to shut down its plant in Maharashtra, as the facility had become economically unviable.
“It has been decided to close the Bhosari plant of the company with effect from the close of business hours on November 30 2015, as it is economically unviable to continue the operations of this plant,” Saint-Gobain said in a BSE filing.
The company had earlier on August 31 informed about its decision to shut the plant.
Last year Saint-Gobain Glass India said it would be opening a new glass plant at Bhiwadi in Haryana with an investment of USD 185 million (Rs. 1,000 crore) to strengthen its position in India’s glass market.
Covering 136 acres, the plant with manufacturing capacity of close to 1,000 tonne glass a day is going to be Asia’s largest facility, Saint-Gobain had said.
Saint-Gobain also has manufacturing plants at Jhagadia in Gujarat, Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu and a R&D centre at Chennai.