Lenskart to invest ₹1,500 cr in Telangana facility
The New Indian Express Bengaluru|December 10, 2024
EYEWEAR major Lenskart will set up the largest eyewear manufacturing facility in Telangana with an investment of nearly ₹1,500 crore.
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Lenskart to invest ₹1,500 cr in Telangana facility

This new facility will create 2,100 jobs. Telangana IT minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu on X announced that an MoU has been signed with Lenskart and that the facility will produce eyewear, lenses, sunglasses, as well as accessories and other products catering to India, along with exports to other markets in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

"The facility will be established at Fab City, where land has already been identified and will be handed over to the company this week," he said on X.

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