Overview

• Phase one entails a ₹70 crore investment with installed capacity of 25 million tempered-glass units per year and over 600 direct jobs.
• Optiemus plans a second phase adding ₹800 crore to lift capacity to 200 million units annually and create more than 4,500 additional direct jobs for domestic and export markets.
• Ashwini Vaishnaw said production of mobile cover glass using Corning technology is slated to begin by the end of 2025.
• Officials said the domestic output will substitute imports, with about 2.5 crore tempered-glass units expected from the plant.
• At the event, Vaishnaw cited 11-year gains of nearly sixfold growth in electronics production, nearly eightfold growth in exports, and about 2.5 million people employed in the sector.