Industry: Electronics

Zetwerk emphasizes the continuous training of shop-floor workers in areas such as manpower management, conflict resolution, mass communication, and basic computer skills, according to co-founder Rahul Sharma. The company promotes cross-training and offers well-structured, ongoing training to support skill development and continuous improvement within its workforce.

Josh Foulger, president of Zetwerk Electronics, has called on the Indian government to eliminate restrictions on the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for mobile phones to attract more companies in the Android smartphone sector. He noted that the current PLI scheme has limited growth opportunities, particularly for Android phone manufacturers, and advocated for a more open approach similar to the revamped PLI plan for IT hardware. Foulger emphasized the need for backward and forward integration in the PLI scheme to foster greater participation and growth in the industry.

“The world of consumer electronics and overall ESDM (Electronics Systems Design and Manufacturing) is undergoing a paradigm shift, and India is already playing a pivotal role. The country is building new supply chains in every electronics category to integrate with domestic and Global Value Chains, and Zetwerk is aiming to be among the top 3 manufacturers in India,” Mr Foulger said.

NEW DELHI: Contract manufacturing firm Zetwerk has appointed Josh Foulger, the former Country Head of India and Managing Director of Bharat FIH, as the President of its Electronics business.

NEW DELHI : The production linked incentive (PLI) scheme should not be thought of as a permanent solution but as a transition period for India as the country moves towards becoming a globally competitive economy achieving $300 billion in electronics manufacturing, said Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of state for IT and electronics at the Mint-Zetwerk Smart Manufacturing Summit 2023.

“PLI, I don’t think should be thought of as a permanent let us say part of the equation of being a manufacturing economy. It is a way to bootstrap the economy or bootstrap the players. But it will more than be compensated by all of the other efficiencies that these volumes and these gains will create over time,” he said.

New Delhi: India’s manufacturing ecosystem should shift towards integrated platforms which can drive efficiency and economies of scale by providing all elements of the supply chain under one umbrella, said industry executives. They added that component manufacturing through government incentive schemes would help India become self-reliant and an alternative to China for global supply chains.