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Saab starts construction of new Carl-Gustaf factory in India

Saab has today marked the start of the construction of its new Carl-Gustaf® manufacturing facility in India with a ground breaking ceremony. The factory will be located in the state of Haryana.

March 4, 2024 Photo(s): By Saab
(Left to Right) Tapan Rishi Bhatnagar – Senior Vice President Saab FFVO; Bo Thörn- Board member Saab FFVO; Col. Per Galvér – The Defense Attaché in India; Cecila Oskarsson; Jan Thesleff - Ambassador of Sweden to India; Håkan Jevrell- State Secretary to Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade; Mats Palmberg – Chairman and Managing Director Saab India Technologies; Görgen Johansson - Senior VP Saab AB; Magnus Bergström - Head of Global Expansion, Saab Business Area Dynamics; Stefan Bogren; and Rajiv Thapar - Board member Saab FFVO

After receiving approval of 100 per cent foreign direct investment, Saab has established a new company, Saab FFVO India Pvt Ltd, which will fully own the new manufacturing facility and produce the Carl-Gustaf M4 weapon.

"I am proud to start constructing our first facility outside Sweden for Carl-Gustaf, a product that has a long history with the Indian Armed Forces. We look forward to starting production of our excellent product, now engineered and made in India", says Görgen Johansson, Senior Vice President and Head of Saab's business area Dynamics. "Today is an important milestone for Sweden and India. Saab's factory will be the first foreign fully-owned defence production facility in India. It is a testament to the strong bilateral relationship between our countries," says Håkan Jevrell, State Secretary for Foreign Trade, Sweden.

Saab FFVO India Office

The facility is being built in the state of Haryana at the MET City at Jhajjar. The state has a strong industrial base of good potential partners and skilled employees.

Saab will partner with Indian suppliers and will fully meet the requirements of "Make in India" for the systems manufactured in the facility. At the new factory, Saab will deploy complex technologies including the latest sighting technology and advanced carbon fibre winding to manufacture Carl-Gustaf M4 for the Indian armed forces, and components which may be included in other users' systems.

The Carl-Gustaf system has been in service with the Indian Army since 1976 and is established as the main shoulder launched weapon in the Indian Armed Forces.