OPmobility, a French automotive company, has opened a new plant in Badhalwadi, Maharashtra, India, with the aim of doubling the company’s sales by 2030. Currently operating five facilities in India, OPmobility has also commenced construction of another facility in Kharkhoda, Haryana.
With these plant openings, OPmobility aims to expand its local capabilities in engineering, digital, and software development to better serve customers both in India and worldwide.
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The Badhalwadi facility marks OPmobility’s inaugural site in India, combining the production of exterior systems and energy storage systems within a single location.
Simultaneously, the new Kharkhoda plant, which held its groundbreaking ceremony in August 2025, is set to manufacture energy storage systems and is anticipated to commence operations in early 2026.
Laurent Favre, chief executive officer of OPmobility, said: “India is a strategic country for OPmobility, with a fast-growing automotive industry and as a platform of skilled workforce. Having developed strong historical partnerships with international and Indian automotive manufacturers, who benefit from a dynamic domestic and international demand, the Group aims at more than doubling its sales in the country by 2030.”
He noted that the company’s expansion in India was core to its strategy of “geographical diversification of our sales.” Being in India, Favre said, would also reinforce OPmobility’s engineering, digital and software capacities, therefore improving the firm’s overall competitiveness.
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By GlobalDataThe Badhalwadi plant is equipped with solar panels meeting 35% of the energy demand and predominantly employs women. OPmobility is also financing new digital equipment and the enhancement of facilities for a nearby school.
OPmobility’s expansion drive in India consists of four R&D centres that cater to both local enterprises as well as global markets. The firm also recently secured a significant contract from an Indian automotive manufacturer. The group’s specialised software division, OP’nSoft, recently set up a centre in Bangalore, Karnataka.
