India Gets Its First Dedicated Nanocoatings Plant as Pellucere Technologies Bets on Solar Glass Boom
The Chakan, Maharashtra facility gives the company a three-country manufacturing footprint, putting India-made anti-reflective coatings within reach of Asia’s fast-growing solar sector
Glass coatings specialist Pellucere Technologies has opened its first Indian manufacturing plant, setting up shop in Chakan, Maharashtra with what the company describes as India’s first facility dedicated specifically to nanocoatings for solar, architectural, and automotive glass applications.
The plant enters production with capacity for 8,500 metric tons of coatings annually, and its output spans a fairly wide technical range. Anti-reflective and anti-soiling coatings are aimed squarely at solar panel manufacturers, while hydrophobic, hydrophilic, photocatalytic self-cleaning, and anti-fog formulations serve architectural glazing, mirrors, glass partitions, and automotive glass.
Why India, Why Now
The timing tracks closely with where India’s solar sector is headed. Industry projections cited by the company put India’s solar energy market growing from roughly $10.4 billion in 2023 to nearly $25 billion by 2030, a trajectory that translates directly into rising demand for the kind of anti-reflective and anti-soiling glass coatings that improve panel efficiency and reduce maintenance costs over a solar installation’s lifetime.
With production now running in India alongside existing facilities in Germany and the USA, Pellucere is positioning itself to offer something its import-dependent competitors can’t easily match: faster turnaround and closer technical support for manufacturers across Asia, rather than shipping coated glass or coating materials across continents.
Nirmal Simon, Managing Director of Pellucere Technologies India, tied the launch to the company’s ambitions for the region, noting that the new facility represents a major step forward for the global glass industry.
Industry Turnout Signals Market Confidence
The plant’s inauguration drew a notable customer and partner turnout, including glassware major Borosil and float glass producer Gold Plus, both signaling early confidence in Pellucere’s India-made coatings from within the domestic glass manufacturing ecosystem itself.
The Bigger Picture
The Chakan facility fits into a broader pattern this year of global glass and coatings players (AGC, Şişecam, and now Pellucere) treating India not as an export destination but as a manufacturing base in its own right. For a coatings specialist in particular, local production matters more than for bulk glass, since coating formulations often need fine-tuning for regional climate and application conditions, something that’s far easier to iterate on with a plant on the ground than with imported material.
With India’s renewable energy build-out continuing at pace, Pellucere’s bet is that demand for high-performance coated glass in solar, construction, and automotive glazing will keep expanding well beyond what imports alone could economically serve.
Based on statements and information released by Pellucere Technologies.
