{"id":53361,"date":"2026-07-31T13:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T07:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/made-in-india-for-the-worlds-workplaces-inside-haworths-three-decades-of-manufacturing-journey-in-india\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T07:34:31","slug":"made-in-india-for-the-worlds-workplaces-inside-haworths-three-decades-of-manufacturing-journey-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/made-in-india-for-the-worlds-workplaces-inside-haworths-three-decades-of-manufacturing-journey-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Made in India, for the World\u2019s Workplaces: Inside Haworth\u2019s Three Decades of Manufacturing Journey in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Delhi [India], July 31: <\/strong>In 1997, when few global furniture brands saw India as anything more than a market to sell into, Haworth opened its doors here. Twenty-nine years later, the chairs and desks in some of the country\u2019s largest workplaces are not imported. They are built forty kilometres outside Chennai, by an Indian team, to the same specifications Haworth applies anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Twenty-nine years after becoming the first major international\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haworth.com\/ap\/en\/company\/made-in-india.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><u><em>workplace furniture<\/em><\/u><\/a><em>\u00a0manufacturer to enter India, Haworth is expanding its manufacturing footprint in Chennai with a second facility underway to support its global portfolio.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The company\u2019s India journey is underpinned by global quality standards, responsible production, sustainability and long-term investment in the communities it serves.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Learn more about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.haworth.com\/ap\/en\/company\/made-in-india.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><u>Made in India Workplace Solutions<\/u><\/a>\u00a0by watching the video.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That shift from \u2018selling in India\u2019 to \u2018building in India\u2019 is the story of Haworth\u2019s presence in the country, and it did not happen in a single announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIndia is one of our prime growth engines as the country embraces more and more technology and technology enabled services. The GCC\u2019s have further heightened the need for prime office spaces that enable innovation and help improve productivity.\u00a0The talent that India has to offer is unparalleled. This current generation also provides us huge insights to the emerging sphere of work and workplaces. We look to further democratising these insights through our products and services.The growth of our India manufacturing footprint is all in that direction. We aspire to not only meet the Made in India aspirations of the Corporate sector as also of the Government but also look to exporting product from India.\u201dsaid,\u00a0<strong>Praveen Rawal, Vice President\u00a0Sales,\u00a0Asia Pacific, Haworth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PNN-2026-07-31T104946196-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-686\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haworth entered India in 1997 as the first major international office furniture manufacturer to enter the market. Manufacturing followed in 2005 with a seating facility in Pune, the first such investment by a multinational in this category. Workstation production began near Chennai in 2011, and in 2014 the company consolidated everything into its own plant at Sriperumbudur. In March 2024, it broke ground on a second factory, reinforcing India\u2019s role in Haworth\u2019s long-term manufacturing strategy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, the Chennai facility spans 21,000 sq. m. and brings metal fabrication, plastic moulding, upholstery and complete workstation manufacturing under one roof, a degree of vertical integration uncommon in the category. More than 180 engineers, technicians and craftspeople work on the floor. An in-house pre-BIFMA laboratory tests products to destruction before they are cleared for customers, which means a chair built in Sriperumbudur is validated in Sriperumbudur.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manufacturing in India reflects Haworth\u2019s commitment to combining global design standards, engineering excellence, and local insight to create solutions that truly meet the needs of the market,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Manish Khandelwal, Managing Director, Haworth India<\/strong>. \u201cEvery solution we build is shaped through close collaboration with our customers, designed for the realities of\u00a0India\u2019s workforce, and crafted to the same quality standards that define Haworth around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work on Haworth\u2019s second Chennai factory, located near the existing plant at Sriperumbudur, is currently under way. Once completed, it will double the space of current operations and serve as a hub for\u00a0producing key Haworth products, reducing reliance on imports, fulfilling export demand and optimising delivery schedules across India and the wider Asia Pacific region. A facility originally built to supply India is now expanding to supply well beyond it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India-manufactured Haworth products today support some of the\u00a0country\u2019s most demanding workplace projects, including Synopsys\u2019 42,000 sq. m. Bengaluru campus for over 3,000 engineering, research and design employees, as well as a global insurance group\u2019s first Global Capability Centre in India at Thiruvananthapuram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company\u2019s India-made seating, tables and desks are certified by the Bureau of Indian Standards under IS 17631:2022 and IS 17633:2022. The Chennai plant runs on 100% renewable energy through on-site solar generation and\u00a0Energy Attribute Certificates and operates on a zero-waste-to-landfill basis. Across Haworth\u2019s portfolio, more than 70% of products hold BIFMA Level 3 certification and 83% of products by sales carry third-party verified Environmental Product Declarations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond manufacturing, Haworth has partnered with\u00a0Sevalya\u00a0since 2020 to support education, healthcare, clean water access, renewable energy and village development across rural Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNearly thirty years in a market teaches you something,\u201d Khandelwal added. \u201cYou stop asking what you can take from it, and start asking what you can build in it. That is the only reason we are still here, and still growing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Haworth:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haworth is a global design brand creating furniture and workplace environments that support people and\u00a0organizations\u00a0to thrive. As part of the Haworth Group,\u00a0founded in 1948 in\u00a0Holland, Michigan,\u00a0Haworth draws on a long heritage in workplace design and partners with customers worldwide to create spaces that balance performance,\u00a0well-being\u00a0and effective use of space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Visit <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haworth.com\/ap\/en\/company\/made-in-india.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><u>https:\/\/www.haworth.com\/ap\/en\/company\/made-in-india.html<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If you object to the content of this press release, please notify us at pr.error.rectification@gmail.com. We will respond and rectify the situation within 24 hours.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi [India], July 31: In 1997, when few global furniture brands saw India as anything more than a market to sell into, Haworth opened its doors here. Twenty-nine years later, the chairs and desks in some of the country\u2019s largest workplaces are not imported. They are built forty kilometres outside Chennai, by an Indian&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/made-in-india-for-the-worlds-workplaces-inside-haworths-three-decades-of-manufacturing-journey-in-india\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Made in India, for the World\u2019s Workplaces: Inside Haworth\u2019s Three Decades of Manufacturing Journey in India&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[54],"class_list":["post-53361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}