SEOUL: LG Electronics has secured a 15-year incentive package worth 7.06 billion rupees or about US$76.3mil from the Maharashtra state government, a move that effectively reimburses the full cost of expanding its Pune factory and structurally lowers fixed costs in one of its most important overseas production hubs.<\/p>\n
The package was approved earlier this month and disclosed by LG Electronics India on Monday.<\/p>\n
It covers investments made between November 2017 and October 2024 to expand the Pune facility, one of LG\u2019s core manufacturing hubs in India.<\/p>\n
The incentive will be applied over 15 years through 2040 and includes a broad mix of fiscal support: refunds on state goods and services tax paid on locally sold products, subsidies for electricity, waivers on property and stamp duties, and partial reimbursement of employer contributions to the Employee Provident Fund, India\u2019s national pension scheme.<\/p>\n
The deal strengthens LG\u2019s cost base in India at a time when the company is tightening its focus on operational efficiency and margin discipline across global operations.<\/p>\n
While LG posted record annual revenue of 89.2 trillion won or about US$61.8bil last year, profitability came under pressure in the fourth quarter amid slower demand and intensifying competition in TVs and displays.<\/p>\n
Executives have since emphasised structural cost control and localisation as key pillars of the company\u2019s next growth phase.<\/p>\n
By lowering long-term manufacturing and operating costs in India \u2013 one of LG\u2019s fastest-growing and most strategic markets \u2013 the incentive package supports that shift, improving resilience against price pressure while reinforcing the company\u2019s ability to scale production efficiently.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis certification provides a strong foundation for LG Electronics\u2019 continued growth story in India,\u201d said Atul Khanna, chief accounting officer of LG Electronics India, in the company\u2019s public disclosure.<\/p>\n
The Pune facility currently manufactures televisions and air conditioners for the domestic Indian market and select export regions.<\/p>\n
LG also operates a plant in Noida, near New Delhi, focused on producing refrigerators and washing machines.<\/p>\n
Together, these two plants form the backbone of LG\u2019s India operations, supported by local research and development and a countrywide network of over 700 brand shops and 900 service centres.<\/p>\n
A third factory, currently under construction in Sri City in Andhra Pradesh, will further strengthen LG\u2019s local footprint.<\/p>\n
Backed by a US$600mil investment, the Sri City plant is expected to begin production of air conditioners later this year, followed by phased expansions into refrigerators, washing machines and air conditioner compressors through 2029. \u2014 The Korea Herald\/ANN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEOUL: LG Electronics has secured a 15-year incentive package worth 7.06 billion rupees or about US$76.3mil from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[26078,26082,26083,26079,26080,315,314,12757,14760,26081,26084],"class_list":["post-43711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lg","tag-corporate-news","tag-costefficiency","tag-globalexpansion","tag-indiamanufacturing","tag-investmentincentives","tag-lg","tag-lg-group","tag-lgelectronics","tag-localisation","tag-punefactory","tag-supplychain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}