Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurates Optiemus’ tempered glass factory entailing ₹870 crore investment

Union Electronics and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday (August 30, 2025) inaugurated Optiemus Infracom’s tempered glass screen protectors factory in Noida with an outlay of ₹870 crore.

Earlier this month, the company launched RhinoTech — Made-in-India tempered glass screen protectors, which uses glass engineered by U.S.-based Corning.

Optiemus Infracom has invested ₹70 crore in the first phase of the factory with installed capacity of 25 million units per annum, generating direct employment for over 600 people.

An employee works at a newly inaugurated manufacturing unit for tempered glass used in mobile phones, in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated the factory.
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“Optiemus is the new gem in the fast growing electronics manufacturing ecosystem in the country. By the end of this year, production of covered glass from Corning will also commence,” Mr. Vaishnaw said.

The Minister said that Optiemus should consider increasing its research team headcount of 40 to 400.

Optiemus Chairman Ashok Kumar Gupta said that in the second phase, the company will scale up capacity to 200 million units per annum for local and global markets, with an additional investment of ₹800 crore, creating over 4,500 direct job opportunities.

Earlier, he had said it is the first time in India that such advanced screen protection, developed with glass from Corning will be produced locally and made available for both domestic and international markets.