Siemens Ltd has started operations at two Greenfield factories in Goa, with an investment of around INR 200 crores.

The factories are equipped with state of the art manufacturing equipment using lean processes similar to Siemens' award winning factory at Berlin.

The factories will produce a range of products for power distribution of industries, utilities, power plants, infrastructure and cities. The products include medium voltage gas insulated swithgears of up to 36kV, primary distribution switchgears, locally-developed products like ring main units (RMU) and compact substations (CSS) for power distribution, numerical protection relays, telecontrol devices for smart grids, electromechanical auxiliary and trip relays. The factories will have their own in-house Research and Development units.

The Energy Automation Factory will be the first such factory outside Europe and third in the Siemens World, after Germany and United Kingdom, while the Medium Voltage factory will be the thirs in the Siemens World after Germany and China. Both factories have been built as green factories with features such as ground water recharging, rain water harvesting, water conservation through low flow fixtures, energy conservation through energy efficient lighting & HVAC, use of solar technology for street lighting and water efficient landscaping.