When Mr Ganesh Sethuraman moved to India in 2023 to set up a new manufacturing facility for his Singapore employer, JLK Automation, he quickly learnt that perseverance was essential for doing business in the country. “After we decided on the location, we expected it to take three months to get all the paperwork done, but it took us over six months. I remember one day when I put down 150 signatures – there were so many documents!” the 34-year-old said.
JLK, an electronics testing equipment maker, is setting up its first factory outside of China and Singapore in India. Following in the footsteps of its key customers, Taiwanese companies Foxconn and Pegatron, which are contract manufacturers for Apple products like iPhones and iPads, JLK picked the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where Mr Sethuraman happened to be born and raised. A Tamil speaker who headed JLK’s research wing, Mr Sethuraman was “the natural choice” to steer the shif
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
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