Coimbatore(also known as Kovai) is one of the most industrialised city in india, and fastest growing cities in India

Its well known for its textile ,auto ancillary, electric pumps& motors and various other engineering industries...

Situated at the foot hills of Nilgiris, it is known for its pleasant climate, peaceful atmosphere, cosmopolitan outlook and private enterprise.

Coimbatore Stock Exchange Limited (CSX) is housed in its own building at Trichy Road, Coimbatore with about 2 lakh sq.ft. of built up area

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Its trading hall consists of 19000 sq.ft area. The Exchange has successfully implemented Screen Based Trading (SBT) system and commenced its operations with effect from 9th October, 1996. The system is capable of handling 25,000 trades per day

Coimbatore is situated in the western part of the state of Tamil Nadu. It has an area of 105.5 sq.km. Along with the nearby town of Tirupur has one of the highest concentrations of textile activity in the world. It caters to nearly half of the country's need of pumps & motors. The basic engineering skills acquired over many decades have logically been extended to other advanced and precision engineering fields like auto components, machine tools, electronics and consumer durables, Industrial automation equipment etc. Many companies in the city have technical, financial, and marketing tie-ups with several reputed global leaders from the USA, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, UK, France, Israel, Canada, Australia etc. The city is now all set to go places in the knowledge based industry. The annual export from this region is over US$ 1 billion. The newly built Codissia Trade Fair Complex, the first ever-private sector initiative, is the second largest permanent complex in the country. The city has many mini townships with independent villas and apartments all providing excellent amenities. State of the art health care facility is available in the city with many super specialty hospitals offering excellent services. The city is well connected by air, rail and road. There are direct flights to and from Bangalore, Calicut, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Sharjah. Coimbatore is a pleasant city with a small town atmosphere and is a convenient base for hill stations like Ooty.

-- info CIII

Here are some random pics of Coimbatore.

Raheja Enclave

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Avinash (L&T)

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Nilgiris Dairy Farm (Actually a Department store)

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SAS Global Towers

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HDFC House

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Kovai Building

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GEM Hospital

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Kovai Hospital

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Hindusthan College

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Karl Kuber Foundation

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Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding

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Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

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Bharathiyar University

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Residency Hotel

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Alankar Hotel

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Heritage Inn

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CAG Pride

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City Tower

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Nice pics..

A Truly prestigious Project Venture on a big scale of Rs.600 million and developed on 25 acres of land on Mettupalayam Road. The project comprises 145 Independent Villas, 48 Duplex Villas and 128 Apartments with exclusive amenities like ClubHouse, Community Centre, Swimming Pool, Landscaped Garden, Children’s play area etc
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Coimbatore(also known as Kovai) is one of the most industrialised city in india, and fastest growing cities in India

Its well known for its textile ,auto ancillary, electric pumps& motors and various other engineering industries...

Situated at the foot hills of Nilgiris, it is known for its pleasant climate, peaceful atmosphere, cosmopolitan outlook and private enterprise.


Never knew this city was this big. I was just there. Its extremely hot though. I just read Kamal Nath's notes on export growth. Going by what he says, if anything, this city should make its cityzens very rich indeed.

Only manufacturing and industrial production will alleviate the poverty of the millions. Services cannot do that. The negative side is manufaturing will bring with it a hefty amount of pollution and waste generation. I saw a BBC documentary where they showed the other side of Chinese industrialization. Bad rivers and water systems. I hope India goes the US way - responsible development - and not the China way - breeding environmental disasters.

Apart from being a manufacturing and textile hub , covai is getting ready to be one of the IT city of India..

A host of top-rung IT firms, such as Wipro,Cognizant Technology Solutions, Spectramind,Infosys, 24/7 Customer, have already announced their expansion plans in Coimbatore.

Already, Tata Consultancy Service, e-Brahma, KG Infotech, Pricol Instruments and other smaller IT firms operate in Coimbatore

The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu, the nodal agency to coordinate IT investments in the state, is developing 40 acres of land in Coimbatore for setting up an Information Technology Park. The park would have a built up area of 2.50 lakh sq.metres

Advantages of Covai:

Coimbatore was well connected by air, rail and road. "Coimbatore is one of the few tier-2 cities with an international airport with reasonably good domesticconnections

Coimbatore enjoys the advantage of the presence of 19 engineering colleges in and around the city that churn out over 6000 engineers every year.The city also has over 70 arts and science colleges and 14 polytechnics

Nice Photographs and details

Put Some Latest Buildings photographs.

TN Govt is planning to promote Coimbatore as the second hub after
Chennai for IT and ITES. They dont want chennai to go in the lines of
bangalore which rightnow faces a crumbling infrastructure.

Coimbatore like Chennai has a lot of well established hospitals. Coimbatore-Tirupur-Erode-Salem belt is famous for textile exports with a lot of small scale industries.

Last but not the least Kovai has a wealth of well reputed engg. colleges and a great university.

GOVENMENT COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (popularly known as GCT)


About GCT:

The Government College of Technology, Coimbatore formerly known as Arthur Hope College of Technology, was started in July 1945 in accordance with the general policy of the then Government of Madras to give high priority to technical education under the post-war reconstruction schemes in order to meet the demand for trained engineers for various industrial and development projects in the State and rest of India. Now it is one of the top Engineering College in the country having a very good infrastructure and facilities. I am a proud GCT alumni.
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Codissia Trade Fair Complex, the first ever-private sector initiative, is the second largest permanent complex in the country
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Thats all in coimbatore?

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) – Chennai has established Coimbatore's first state-of-the art 1,00,000 sq.ft. IT Park, complete with reliable, high quality infrastructure and supporting amenities.

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It is located off NH-209, it is merely 12 kms from the Coimbatore airport and the city center

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Its design looks like a rip off of the Vidhansoudha in bangalore

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yeah i too thought the same..

FDI in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu ranks third in the country in total foreign direct investment (FDI) with Rs. 22,582.64 crores, next only to Maharashtra (Rs. 36,602.41 crores) and Delhi (Rs. 30,303.79 crores). The State's investment constitutes 9.12 per cent of the total FDI in the country.

http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/22/stories/2005042211030100.htm

FDI Race - Where is Karnataka?

Tamil Nadu ranks third in the country in total foreign direct investment (FDI) with Rs. 22,582.64 crores, next only to Maharashtra (Rs. 36,602.41 crores) and Delhi (Rs. 30,303.79 crores). The State's investment constitutes 9.12 per cent of the total FDI in the country.

http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/22/stories/2005042211030100.htm

FDI Race TN won Bronze

Tamil Nadu ranks third in the country in total foreign direct investment (FDI) with Rs. 22,582.64 crores, next only to Maharashtra (Rs. 36,602.41 crores) and Delhi (Rs. 30,303.79 crores). The State's investment constitutes 9.12 per cent of the total FDI in the country.

http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/22/stories/2005042211030100.htm

Six leg road race to begin in Coimbatore on May 1

For the first time in the history of Indian motor sport, two-wheeler majors will be fielding their teams in the UCAL-Rolon National Road Racing Championship, the first of the six-leg event starting in Coimbatore on May 1.

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/007200504261823.htm

Freighter service to Coimbatore from April 27

SriLankan Cargo will launch a freighter service to Coimbatore on April 27 , the twice-a-week service would be operated on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Two AN12F aircraft, with a capacity each of 17 metric tonnes of cargo in ‘Palletts’, would be put into operation.

KARI RACE CIRCUIT....this race circuit is named after karivardhan-an engineer & motor racer, uncle of narain.
Coimbatiore-Narain Karthikeyan's home city...
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coimbatore to ooty
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I heard TCS, Cognizant and Wipro are all planning to set up shop in Coimbatore. Can somebody post any pictures of those if available? In general how is Coimbatore growing up in IT?

welcome to SSC-India, hope u enjoy this forum

its nice to know that we are getting more covai forumers..and expecting more posts in this thread.

TCS already exists in covai , Cognizant and Wipro are planning to set up their own campus.

TN Govts Tech park in the line of tidel park is yet to start..

TCS, which had housed its operations in over 1.3 million sq. ft. across Chennai, planned to complete its Siruseri campus by the end of next financial year. The Chennai centre was planning to recruit 3,000 professionals in the current year and this would be part of the 13,500 people that TCS as a whole planned to recruit, he added. It was planning to expand its operations in Coimbatore in a big way, he added.

http://spiritofchennai.com/news/local-news/8736.htm

CHENNAI: The new facility US-based Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS), on a sprawling 40,000 sq ft area, at Coimbatore, is scheduled to get operational in the next few weeks, a senior company official said on Wednesday.

Informing this at the sidelines of the NASSCOM HR Summit conference here, CTS Corporate Marketing and Communication Director, Mr R Ramkumar, said that about 400 software professionals had been identified to work at the new software development centre.

"In fact, so overwhelming has been the response, that we received twice our manpower requirement," he said.

He expressed surprise over the willingness shown by software professionals to move out of Chennai. Even from Kerala, considering the proximity of the Textile City, there had been a phenomenal response. Their in-house relocation programme had also worked, he added.

Were it not for the bomb blast incident, the complete infrastructure and climate advantage that Coimbatore had would have made it a popular IT destination, much ahead of other places, he said.

Currently, the Textile City is fast gaining prominence as an IT hub and with Industry bodies, such as the CII, working on the industrialisation of southern districts, Coimbatore is emerging as a tier-II IT destination.


http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blnus/15201306.htm

Interestingly, buyers are looking for great deals and money is not a constraint for them when it comes to purchasing IT goods. In fact, Coimbatore is one of the richest cities in the country and boasts of maximum number of Mercedes Benz plying on the city roads.

Coimbatore is set for another IT boom and the resellers should equip themselves to meet the market requirements.

http://www.dqchannels.com/content/reselleralert/105072202.asp

Coimbatore, July 26: The much awaited expansion works of runway by 1000 feet at the Coimbatore Airport would be completed by the middle of next month, a senior official in the Airports of Authority of India said today.


After completion of the first phase of runway in August, the airport would be able to accommodate widebodied aircraft, with a maximum weighload of 204 tonnes, C Vijayakumar, Airport Director, told reporters here.


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Coimbatore, July 29: The local chapter of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has appealed to the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa to initiate steps for starting work for setting up an IT park in Coimbatore at the earliest.


In a memorandum submitted to Jayalalithaa, when a delegation led by chamber president, A Shaktivel, met her at the secretariat, Chennai yesterday, the chamber said the Government had already identified about 30 acres of land at Coimbatore Medical College campus and order has been issued to hand it over to the Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu, the promoters.


However, the work for establishment of IT park was yet to start, the memorandum, a copy of which was released to the press, said, adding once the park become fully operational, it was expected to generate job opportunities for nearly 50,000 people.


Many Indian and Multinational IT companies have evinced interest in setting up their units and the IT park would give a boost the efforts for developing the region into an IT destination, Shakativel said.


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IT facility at Coimbatore
Coimbatore-based Rathinam College of Arts and Science is all set to house the first offshore development centre of US-based 365 Media Inc. - a firm involved in the field of e-publishing and content research, a release from the college said. The office for the development centre with the latest state-of-the-art facilities would be located in Rathinam Techno Park on the campus. It would be inaugurated by the vice-chancellor of Bharathiar University S Sivasubramanian in the presence of Matt Manning, vice-president of 365 Media Inc. Towards the development of the centre, the firm had recruited 50 graduates with interest in e-publishing and Internet research. The company had plans for recruiting another 100-odd graduates within six months.

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) – Chennai has established Coimbatore's first state-of-the art 1,00,000 sq.ft. IT Park, complete with reliable, high quality infrastructure and supporting amenities.

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It is located off NH-209, it is merely 12 kms from the Coimbatore airport and the city center

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Maran to inaugurate STPI-IT Park today

Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran is today scheduled to inaugurate an IT park at the Kumaraguru College of Technology here, the first one promoted by Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) in the campus of an educational institution.

Software major Cognizant Technology Solutions has already taken about 40,000 sq.ft of space, while medical transcription leader, Healthscribe India, has booked as much area area in the one lakh sq.ft IT park

Cognizant, which also starts its full time operations tomorrow, has plans to have 400 professionals in the first year of operations, Selvakumar said, adding that Healthscribe would be employing about 700 persons for its services in medical transcription and clinical documentation.

STPI has entered into an agreement with the college for establishing the park in the campus for enabling IT companies to set-up operations in Coimbatore, emerging as major IT destination

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/006200508060350.htm

Nice to see Tier-II cities being promoted. The IT park promoted by ELCOT should also be constructed soon at Kovai.

The IT park building looks Great.

Anantha

^^ anantha, are u basically from covai..if u have any friends in covai, please ask them to take some covai cityscape photos

COIMBATORE: : The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) expects the foundation for the information technology park here to be laid by the year-end.

Briefing presspersons on Monday about the new initiatives of the CII - Southern Region Council for 2005-2006, chairman ParasuRaman R said 30 acres of the Coimbatore Medical College land had been allotted to the Electronic Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT). The CII Southern Region's theme for 2005-2006 was to grow and sustain competitiveness globally.

http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/30/stories/2005083015090600.htm

http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/14/stories/2005091411410100.htm

Taj Hotels to unveil new hotel in Coimbatore

Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, an arm of India's leading business house Tata Group, said Thursday it would develop a new business hotel in Coimbatore as part of its domestic expansion strategy.

Taj Hotels has entered into a long-term license agreement with the owners of Coimbatore-based Hotel Surya International for the purpose.

http://www.newkerala.com/newsdaily.php?action=fullnews&id=22788

L&T to develop manufacturing growth centre in Coimbatore — Rs 500-cr marine structures unit also on cards

LARSEN & Toubro Ltd plans to develop a manufacturing growth centre in Coimbatore, its fifth such centre in the country. Simultaneously, the company is also considering having another facility to manufacture marine structures at an investment of about Rs 500 crore.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/10/02/stories/2005100201920100.htm

:dance2: :rock:

whoaaah , soon we will have two international cities in tamil nadu( already chennai and kovai soon).when will madurai join this club. it could be nice to have three cities in tier I . i think once sedusamudaram project kicks off there will be enormous development in madurai, as madurai is only 120 km from ramnad.

Healthscribe to employ 300 in coimbatore (http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/06/stories/2005100605731807.htm)

Spheris buys HealthScribe



BANGALORE: The U.S.-based Spheris on Wednesday announced its new facility in Coimbatore to be inaugurated on October 7 and added that it had acquired India's largest medical transcription firm, HealthScribe India Pvt. Ltd., in an all-cash deal for an undisclosed sum. Spheris President and CEO, Steven E. Simpson, told media persons that the Coimbatore facility would recruit 300 employees. By the end of 2006, Spheris plans to ramp up its headcount in India to 3,000 from 2,000, he said.

Maybe a mod should move this thread to the projects sub forum.

Maran has urged Microsoft to set up software development center in Coimbatore,it would be ncie is there is an announcements regarding this during Bill Gates Chennai visit on Dec 9. It is really brilliant move by Maran to promote Covai as an IT destination, the city which deserves for it. Already Cognizant,Wipro, IBM, Dell have announced their plans for Covai.

Interestingly Honeywell has moved to Madurai,our cultural capital, which breaks the conception of many that IT companies prefer only cities with pubs& discos..

Tennessee medical transcription company will open an office in the southern Indian city of Coimbatore (koh-ihm-bah-TOHR')

It's the latest Western company expanding outside India's traditional outsourcing cities such as Bangalore.

Spheris Inc. of Franklin, Tennessee, has hired 300 people for its new center in Coimbatore, in India's southern Tamil Nadu state, and plans to add another 700 workers in the next year, company president and chief executive Steven Simpson told reporters.

Spheris employs 2,000 people doing the same work in the southern city of Bangalore, one of the hubs of India's outsourcing business, but decided to expand to Coimbatore because of the city's large untapped pool of skilled workers, he said.

"The city has a strong foundation in education and is inexpensive," he said of Coimbatore, a city of one million people 360 kilometers south of Bangalore.

Among the companies that have chosen to set up operations lesser-known Indian cities are Honeywell International Inc., which has an office in the southern city of Madurai.

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Lotsa co.s turning up here! :) The IT revolution is now really spreading to the next line of cities like Coimbatore, Trivandrum and Pune. With the state of the Metros these days, this flow is gonna keep up....:)

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Russians plan power plant from Coimbatore waste

Russian company has evinced interest in setting up a 10 MW power plant in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu to generate power from solid waste.
A three-member delegation from the Innovative group of companies in Russia is in Coimbatore, 600 km southwest of here.

The Russians discussed with the mayor of Coimbatore and other senior officials on the modalities of setting up the plant, official sources said Saturday.


The company said it required 10 acres of land for the plant and a minimum of 80 tonnes of waste per day. Coimbatore, one of the most industralised cities in India, generates 650 to 700 tonnes of solid waste a day

At least Rs 550 crore would be invested to set up the 10 MW plant, the sources said adding that the city generates about 650 to 700 tonnes of solid waste per day.

The proposal would be forwarded to the State government for approval, the sources said


http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=160549&cat=Business

Government backs SEZ status for Coimbatore IT park

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VISION FOR FUTURE: S. Thiagarajan, president, ETL Infrastructure Services Ltd, (extreme left), showing a model of the IT park to C. Chandramouli, Secretary, Information Technology (second from right), in Coimbatore on Saturday


The State Government has recommended to the Centre that the proposed Information Technology (IT) Park here be given the Special Economic Zone status, according to C. Chandramouli, Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Government of Tamil Nadu.

The recommendation follows a proposal by the Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT).

Mr. Chandramouli told presspersons on Saturday that the land identified for the project on the Coimbatore Medical College campus had been transferred to the ELCOT. A model would soon be developed for the project, which would be executed as a public-private partnership. "Work is progressing very fast ... "

The other centres to be promoted as IT destinations were Madurai, Tiruchi and Hosur. Studies were under way to explore the potential of these centres. In Madurai, efforts were on to identify land for an IT park.

http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/20/stories/2005112006960500.htm

Three more cheers for Coimbatore....

TL promotes IT park in Coimbatore

Apart from the proposed software park here by the Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu, for which work is progressing fast, private initiatives in similar ventures during the last few months have given the city confidence that it will see more IT companies opening shop.
http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/21/stories/2005112108580100.htm

IMPRESSIVE: An architect's conception of the park.

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Tamil Nadu Agriculture University
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Jenners Club

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photo of Jenny Club in Coimbatore taken in 2003 by 'ts4wd'

link to news (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/12/03/stories/2005120302381900.htm)


...THE Chennai-based ETL Infrastructure Services Ltd, which has proposed to develop a home textiles park in Coimbatore, is to pair with Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS) for the project implementation.

ETL is in the process of setting up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) company for the home textiles project, which is to be developed on about 300 acres. ETL is also in discussion with IL&FS on the terms of equity participation in the proposed SPV, according to Mr S. Thiagarjan, Chief Executive Officer of ETL. ........

Link to the news (http://www.newstodaynet.com/07dec/ss4.htm)

.... H&M is in the process of expansion with an investment of Rs 75 crore. A techno-campus with a built-up area of 1 lakh sq ft is coming up in Coimbatore at a cost of Rs 50 crore. The company has shortlisted three sites for the building which was expected to be inaugurated by the end of 2006. A new corporate office cum delivery centre has been planned at an investment of Rs 25 crore and the management was hopeful of commissioning it by June 2006, which would be in addition to its existing four offices in Chennai.....

LInk to the news... (http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/08/stories/2005120805690400.htm)

On Tuesday, VDMA German Textile Machinery Association organised a textile technology symposium. "India is seen as a good and strong market," said Ragnar Strauch, Director, Export Marketing of the association.

For German textile machinery manufacturers, India is the fourth most important market and has the potential to move up to second place. Two German textile machinery manufacturers are planning to set up factories in the region.
China Texmatech Co. Ltd is planning to open an office here for after sales service and maintenance. Korean manufacturers held talks with about 90 entrepreneurs in a single day. At least 10 of them are to visit Korea shortly to finalise business deals.

New opportunities


For the textile units in the region, the phasing out of quotas has opened up a world of opportunities, and triggered a spurt in investment.

Gearing up for more entertainment; Covai to get new multiplex

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FOR ALL TO SEE: The site for the proposed multiplex on Avanashi Road


"I came here a few months ago. I like the people and the climate. It has vast business potential. But, there is a vacuum in the entertainment segment," says Vivek Agarwal, Chief Officer - Business Development (North) of E-City Entertainment.

Catering to people here with quality entertainment in a hygienic and pollution-free environment at a "very reasonable rate" is what Essel Group Enterprise aims at and has hence, come out with a multiplex proposal.

The plan is for a total built-up area of four lakh sq.ft on a 3.5 acre site on the Avinashi Road. The multiplex will have six cinema halls, food courts, games, shopping areas and health clubs. It will be a full family entertainment centre, points out Mr. Agarwal.

The project cost will be more than Rs. 50 crores and the civil works are expected to take off in another four months. It will be completed in a year from then. It will be a commercial hub and the initial investment by the space takers (shopping malls, food courts, etc) for their stocks is expected to be Rs. 400 crores.

Coimbatore is witnessing an economic boom and such projects will only give a thrust to the growth. However, building plan approvals need to be expedited for such projects so that more such initiatives are encouraged, adds K. Viswanathan, the local consultant for the project.

"It will be a landmark for Tamil Nadu," says Mr. Agarwal about the project and the company is looking at similar projects in Tiruchi and Madurai.

http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/11/stories/2005121103780200.htm

Making Kovai a city of jeans

For this, Mr Baalakrishnan intends to step up the number of sewing machines from 1,000 to at least 5,000.

Apart from the sewing machines, he will also be investing in machinery, laundry services and manpower at a cost of Rs. 10 crores to Rs. 12 crores. The machines, he says, are likely to be imported from Italy and Japan.

"This plan of mine, to be implemented in the next three years at a cost of about Rs. 50 crores, is also to increase the jeans per capita of the country," he says


http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/18/stories/2005121816280800.htm

Coimbatore gradually emerging as an IT hub

Coimbatore, a manufacturing hub for textile machinery, foundries is looking to attract Information Technology (IT) and Information Technology enabled Services (ITES) companies. At present, Coimbatore has been able to attract only a few software and Business Process Outsourcing companies. Per industry watchers, Coimbatore has intrinsic strengths like sound infrastructure and a domestic airport, which should help it to emerge as Tamil Nadu’s second most important IT destination in the near future.

Till date, three IT Parks have come up in Coimbatore. All the three have been promoted by engineering colleges on their respective campuses. Meanwhile, ETL Infrastructure Services has proposed the construction an IT Park on Avinashi Road. Spread out over an area of 14 acres, the Park will be built on an investment of Rs 140 crore. To be erected in phases, the first stage will see about 8 lakh sq ft of built-up-space being added out of a total proposed area of approximately 16 lakh sq ft. In a related development, additional land for a software park to be promoted by Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu has been procured. A public-private partnership model is soon to be organised to implement the project.

Coimbatore seems to be finally seeing IT-led activity in office real estate. Four months ago, Cognizant Technologies leased 40,000 sq ft space of the one-lakh sq ft software park promoted by Kumaraguru College of Technology. Looks like IT realty may finally become a reality for this southern city.

Spurt in Air Traffic

Coimbatore: Over the last four years, the Coimbatore Airport has witnessed a phenomenal spurt in air traffic, which is almost thrice the number of landings and take-offs that it had in 2001, when the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was entrusted with the task of airport security. Till then, the local police were in charge of airport security.

Prior to the induction of CISF, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BACS), Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the CISF surveyed the number of aircraft movements and passenger traffic to assess the scale of security that Coimbatore Airport required. In 2001, when the survey was done, Coimbatore Airport had only 41 aircraft movements including six international flights (landing and take-off) a week.

The CISF led by a Deputy Commandant and Assistant Commandant was inducted into airport security with a staff strength of 127 personnel. Now, there are six airliners operating services to and from Coimbatore and one of them has made Coimbatore the hub. The AAI carried out its runway expansion work. .

The Coimbatore Airport is linked to Kozhikode, Kochi, New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad besides weekly thrice international service to Sharjah.

http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/22/stories/2005122213610100.htm

Mmm good... more photos needed in this important thread

^^ - Good news abt Coimbatore airport. I heard it will be declared International pretty soon. That should makes things easier for a lot of people who had to depend up on other airports like Chennai, Trivandrum and Cochin. :)

Drive against encroachments along the Noyyal river begins

Coimbatore: The revenue administration on Wednesday commenced a drive against encroachments along the Noyyal river from its origination point at Solai Padugai, near Chadivayal.

The revenue authorities have joined hands with the Public Works Department (the custodian of this water course) and Siruthuli (a public initiative to conserve water bodies and waterways).

Noyyal begins at the culminating point of Chinnaru and Periyaru at Solaipadugai and runs through the revenue districts of Coimbatore and Erode. The 80-km-long flow of Noyyal through Coimbatore till Mannarai is expected to fill water bodies in the district. Siruthuli recently conducted a Noyyal yatra to awaken the public on the need to protect the river.

On the first day of the drive, the authorities were able to recover 3.5 acres along the river, which was used for cultivating coconut, arecanut, plantains and turmeric.

The value of land is close to Rs. 2.5 to Rs. 3 lakhs an acre, the officials pointed out. The authorities had not come across any civil structures so far. The PWD authorities said the cost involved for the drive was Rs. 20 crores.

http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/29/stories/2005122918210300.htm

True portray of coimbatore, hope somebody sees its potential.:)

MP seeks special plan to develop Coimbatore

`City emerging as a hub of domestic, international trade'

Coimbatore: The Member of Parliament for Coimbatore K. Subbarayan has sought a Special Project Plan for the infrastructure development of Coimbatore.

In a memorandum to the Prime Minister, he contended that it was a "compelling need" because the city was "emerging as a successful hub of domestic as well as international trade".

Mr. Subbarayan submitted that Coimbatore had been a centre of world trade for long. The high concentration of cotton spinning mills, which earned it the title `Manchester of South India', resulted in a number of ancillary industries too.

Now the district had around 4,000 registered factories, 300 large and medium units, thousands of small scale and cottage industries, besides several village and agro-based units. "About 60 per cent of the pumps used in India are supplied from here as also 40 per cent of motors and auto parts."

He pointed out that the industry here had shown remarkable resilience to face the global crisis and policy changes by adapting to them and through intrinsic innovation. It recorded annual earnings of Rs. 10,000 crores through exports last year.

The volume of software exports from here more than doubled this year. "It is the second largest Information Technology centre, only next to Chennai."

He also submitted that the recent survey conducted for the Confederation of Indian Industries had ranked Coimbatore fourth in growth potential in the country, only after Delhi, Mumbai and Chandigarh. "Even in the academic sphere, Coimbatore is poised to emerge as one of the largest suppliers of human resources by 2008."



Hinder progress

However, the infrastructure of the city was "very deficient to sustain this growth potential" and would hinder the city's progress, he lamented.

He suggested the following plan for improving its infrastructure: conversion of 100 km long roads in the city into high-tech roads, construction of stormwater drains through the entire stretch, road laying done with the co-ordination of various departments to avoid digging the road at will.

http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/29/stories/2005122915840300.htm

Good report there. Looks like a lot of development is underway. :)

A Happy New Year 2006 to you
Kovaiites

Link to the news.................. (http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7B862FAA7B%2DD124%2D4CD1%2D9957%2D6B8829E406F5%7D&CATEGORYNAME=Tamil+Nadu)


......"Alpha Systems ties up US-based RTC
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Coimbatore, Jan 7: New York-based Reporters Transcription Center (RTC) and Coimbatore-based Alphaa Systems have set up a joint venture named Trans-Venture BPO Solution PVT LTD.


The 50-50 venture, with US two million dollars investment, will have its own training and production facilities in Coimbatore, and would employ over 500 people during its first year of operations, Randall A Czerenda, RTC president, told reporters here today.


RTC has been dealing with Alphaa for the last six years and being very much impressed with its commitment to quality and business practices, picked Alphaa to go with, when it was decided to expand and set up production facility in India, Randall said.


Alphaa handles more than 40,000 lines per day from RTC, its CEO, C R Vasudevan said, adding that both Alphaa and Trans Venture would continue to source work from RTC and hope to build one lakh lines per day before the end of this year.


RTC and Alphaa would make Trans Venture a quality player in the transcription industry and "we will further venture into value added services of coding and billing," they said.


The US 36 billion dollar medical transcription industry in the US was growing at 10 per cent annually and 28 per cent of the work was done offshore and India has the lion's share of 17 to 20 per cent, Randall said. (Agencies)" ...........

Great ... :D
Guess, Kovai and Mangalore will be the next Intl' airports of South.

Shree Krishna expands in TN

Shree Krishna Collection (SKC), one of Chennai's leading apparel showrooms, will launch two more mega outlets in Coimbatore and Chennai on October 7th and 9th. This expansion will add 60,000 sq ft to the existing 67,000 sq ft and SKC will now command a total area of 127,000 sq ft thereby making Shree Krishna Collection one of the biggest players in the retail business in south India.

Plans are afoot to add another 35,000 sq ft by December 2005 to make a total of 165,000 sq ft. Each of these expansion plans has cost the company Rs 10 crore, making for an additional investment of Rs 30 crore.

Kicking off its expansion plans outside Chennai, SKC will enter Coimbatore where a 25,000 sq ft mega showroom will be inaugurated on October 7, at R.S Puram. The additional shworoom in T Nagar is of 35,000 sq ft. SKC will open more outlets in south India in the coming year.

http://www.chennaionline.com/fashion-lifestyle/Garments/2005/10krishna.asp



Maharaja group to open amusement park

Coimbatore: For entertainment-starved Coimbatore, relief is round the corner with the Rs 25-crore amusement park `Maharaja World' set to open on Tamil New Year's day (April 14, 2006).

Sathiyamoorthy said the park would be of "international standards" and great attention has been shown to create the perfect ambience for the visitors to enjoy. The amusement park will have seven distinct areas - the multiplex cinema with two a/c theatres, a food court, a miniature golf course, conference facilities and theme parks for kids and families and a water theme park. Each of the three parks will have fifteen rides. Since thrill rides need an investment of Rs 1.5 crore each, they will be offered later. Sathiyamoorthy said there would be a single entry ticket for offerings other than the multiplex and golf course. While for adults the entry fee would be around Rs 350, for kids it would about Rs 250. He was hopeful of the project achieving break-even in three to four years. But the company would have to continuously invest in creating new facilities to attract visitors. The park would be able to accommodate over 2,000 plus at any given time

Sathiyamoorthy said in the next phase he planned to develop a resort that will have a jungle ambience. It would have bamboo cottages and individual swimming pools; the 10-acre project next to the amusement park would cost about Rs 5 crore.

An artificial hill has been created using black soil. Sathiyamoorthy plans to build a restaurant atop the hill. He is also keen to establish a science and technology museum that will provide an interactive experience to visitors.

http://sify.com/finance/equity/fullstory.php?id=14055363

"Maharaja's world".....sounds interesting. Well, this should be competition at last for "Black Thunder", one of India's first water theme parks - near Coimbatore - on the road to Mettupalayam & Ooty! :)

Oracle to increase India headcount to 10,000

Under the new expansion plans, Oracle is scheduled to increase its presence in nine non-metro cities — Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Indore, Jaipur, Kochi, Lucknow, Pune and Vishakhapatnam. Oracle expects to increase its total headcount in India to 10,000 over the next eight months.

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jan112006/business172332006110.asp

Oracle to increase India headcount to 10,000

Under the new expansion plans, Oracle is scheduled to increase its presence in nine non-metro cities — Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Indore, Jaipur, Kochi, Lucknow, Pune and Vishakhapatnam. Oracle expects to increase its total headcount in India to 10,000 over the next eight months.

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Seems this thread is lacking photos....


http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/9707/kovai5ms.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Photo by Tony Stanley

Enchanting Ebbanad village near Kovai
(The Hindu Images)

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100 cr foundry park in KOVAI

Link to the news.... (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/01/12/stories/2006011202031500.htm)

In Arasur, the park would come up on a 102-acre site and in Manickampalayam the park would have an area of 65 acres. The Central Government has sanctioned Rs 5 crore for providing basic infrastructure like roads, office building etc.





Coimbatore , Jan. 11

THE Coimbatore Tiny & Small Foundry Owners Association (Cosmafan) is gearing up to begin work on the establishment of `Foundry Parks' at Arasur and Manickampalayam in Coimbatore district that would involve an investment of more than Rs 100 crore, including the cost of establishment of manufacturing facilities.

The association is elated that the move coincides with the boom time the foundries are witnessing because of increasing demand from various sectors such as engineering and auto components not only from within the country but from abroad too.

Speaking to Business Line, Mr P. Udayakumar, Secretary, Cosmafan, said the work relating to the `Foundry Parks' are being taken up as part of the Coimbatore Industrial Cluster project being implemented by the Southern India Engineering Manufacturers' Association (SIEMA) in collaboration with others.

While in Arasur, the park would come up on a 102-acre site, in Manickampalayam, the park would have an area of 65 acres. He said the Central Government has sanctioned Rs 5 crore for providing basic infrastructure like roads, office building etc.

He said the association was hopeful that the Tamil Nadu Government also would extend assistance to the project. Already, a few banks have shown interest in providing financial assistance on a long-term basis to the foundry units that would be established in the parks to meet the cost of construction of buildings, raw material, working capital requirements etc.

He said 132 foundry units have expressed a desire to establish their units in the two `Foundry Parks' and have booked land ranging from 50 cents to one acre. Work on road formation within the park area would commence later this month. He expected the land allotment process for the foundry units to be completed in about six months and was hopeful that the units would be able to begin their operations within one year.

Mr Udayakumar, explaining the advantages of the establishment of the foundry parks, said the units would be having induction furnaces and these would be modern foundries.

Hence, there would be no reason for concern over pollution. The units would produce steel castings for diverse industries like engineering, auto components etc.

Since each unit would require an investment of a minimum of Rs 50 lakh up to Rs 1 crore, the total investment in the project is expected to exceed Rs 100 crore. He said the foundry units have seen a buoyant demand and buyers from European countries have also been placing orders with the foundries here.

More pix, Kovaiites !!

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Photo by Tony Stanley

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photo: Tony stanley

Nice... :)

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hi iam pradeep working 4 a mnc in bangalore Coimbatore has a excellent potential but the political will is not there , is there any one to remind the government that till date the city has given lot of foreign exchange to our country and it needs the it parks and the it investment it deserves, always about 30% of it population here in Bangalore is from Coimbatore it is just amazing it is like mini Coimbatore , we all would like to make Coimbatore a happening city in it, some one please help us. city has the best human resources lacked by others.

link to news.......... (http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7BDE6C709E%2D1EA3%2D4AFE%2DA740%2DDF95DB5C3F6A%7D&CATEGORYNAME=TAMIL+NADU)


Aerospace academy at Coimbatore
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Bangalore, Jan 16: The Park Group of institutions has tied up with Link Aero Technologies of Malaysia and Groupe Aviation of Bangalore to set up an aviation and aerospace academy of higher engineering in Coimbatore, at an outlay of 10 million US dollars.


Park College of Engineering and Tekhnology currently offers graduate and post-graduate courses in aerospace engineering, besides specialised courses on manufacturing and activities related to aeronautics for employees of various companies including HAL, a Park Group statement said.


The proposed integrated flight-training academy would cater to the entire human resource requirement of an airline. It will have two divisions - one to train pilots and the other for ground staff, it said.


The academy would be of international standards, with modern teaching aids such as computer-based training, cockpit procedural trainers and maintenance trainers and simulators, said Dr K Ramchand, former director of DRDO and currently head of Groupe Aviation, Bangalore.


The institute, expected to commence operations in March, will initially train 100 pilots a year and 30 licensed aircraft maintenance engineers per batch. (Agencies)



Published: Monday, January 16, 2006

Coimbatore can well take the lead in this :cheers:

Taj Extends Its Domestic Presence- To Develop A New Taj Business Hotel In Coimbatore

As part of its domestic expansion strategy, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces has announced its plans to develop a new Taj Business Hotel in Coimbatore, the second biggest city of Tamil Nadu.

Taj Hotels has entered into a long-term license agreement with the owners of Hotel Surya International, Coimbatore. Situated on a 2.17 acre plot on Race Course Road, an upscale location in Coimbatore, the existing structure of Hotel Surya International will be pulled down to make way for a new Taj Business Hotel.

This 200-room hotel will be unveiled by October 2007, providing guests with all modern facilities and services. Located about 12 kms from the airport and 3 kms from the centre of Coimbatore, the hotel will also offer three food & beverage outlets, 15,000 sq ft of banqueting and meeting facilities (indoor & outdoor) and a state-of-the-art fitness centre.

Mr. Raymond Bickson, Managing Director, The Indian Hotels Company Limited, said, 'Coimbatore has been identified as one of the fast developing metros of India and is on the threshold of becoming the second largest IT centre after Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Given the rapid IT development and the growth in the textile and automobile industry, which will drive the business demand in the years to come, we feel that Coimbatore offers immense potential for the development of a business hotel. Furthermore, this expansion in second tier cities like Coimbatore is in line with our domestic expansion strategy.'

http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/154000320/4025951.search?query=coimbatore

Aviation Academy...new hotels...Kovai is goin great guns. :) It will join Vizag, Trivandrum and Mangalore as the growth centres of the future in the South. :)

Taj Extends Its Domestic Presence- To Develop A New Taj Business Hotel In Coimbatore
As part of its domestic expansion strategy, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces has announced its plans to develop a new Taj Business Hotel in Coimbatore, the second biggest city of Tamil Nadu.

Mr. Raymond Bickson, Managing Director, The Indian Hotels Company Limited, said, 'Coimbatore has been identified as one of the fast developing metros of India and is on the threshold of becoming the second largest IT centre after Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Given the rapid IT development and the growth in the textile and automobile industry, which will drive the business demand in the years to come, we feel that Coimbatore offers immense potential for the development of a business hotel. Furthermore, this expansion in second tier cities like Coimbatore is in line with our domestic expansion strategy.'

http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/154000320/4025951.search?query=coimbatore

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Coimbatore may well regain its status as manufacturing hub of South this decade.
Already it is one of the four fastest growing cities of India according to 2001 census, along with Pune, Vizag and Cochin

Coimbatore ONE - By ETL Infrastructure Ltd.,

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^^shankar , thanks for the pic. From where did you get these renderings. You are always the first to post the designs of new buildings, are you an architect.

Kovai runs into bumps on IT highway


COIMBATORE: Coimbatore has jumped on the IT bandwagon. It is now a happening city. But the ride ahead seems a bit bumpy for the city indicating the need for a facelift in infrastructure.

Industrialists, who are optimistic that Coimbatore will transform itself into a vibrant IT hub in the near future, point out that the city’s infrastructure development is not on a par with the industrial growth that has been taking place for the last several years.

Several representations have been sent to the State Government by associations here, seeking to address this issue and spurring the IT growth in the Textile City.

The ever growing pool of competent technical manpower, low attrition rate, cosmopolitan culture, salubrious climate and the presence of hill stations like Ooty and Kodaikanal, and tourism spots are listed as advantages for Coimbatore.

Moreover, several reputed engineering colleges located in and around the city roll out IT professionals in Coimbatore which already boasts of more than 100 IT companies that have set up businesses in areas ranging from IT-enabled services to high-end telecom software.

The success of these companies has attracted the attention of global IT majors and funding agencies like Intel, GE Caps and Barings.

Cognizant and Spheris have already launched their operations here. Wipro has already announced its arrival to Coimbatore. Apart from all these, a score of small and medium units is coming up in Coimbatore.

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has been taking initiatives to showcase Coimbatore as a favourite IT destination.

Speaking on behalf of his chairperson Nandini Rangaswamy, CII, Coimbatore Zone’s E B Rajesh said that during the past four years, the CII had been marketing Coimbatore. Now things were happening. ‘‘Coimbatore is moving ahead. A lot of enquiries are flowing in, and many are becoming a reality. The investments in IT alone during the last two years have been resounding.’’

As of now, two new IT parks were coming up, one promoted by the State Government and another, a private initiative, he said. ‘‘We have to accept that Coimbatore is a tier II city. We are expecting an IT boom since tier I cities have started choking,’’ he added.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20060118000127&Topic=0&Title=Southern%20News%20-%20Tamil%20Nadu&Page=T

Construction sector second hottest in India

Coimbatore: With a huge gap in availability and demand of houses in India, the construction industry was witnessing an average 50 to 70 per cent growth annually, a leading builder of South India said today

In South India, Bangalore topped the list of costliest real estate prices, followed by Chennai, with increased industrial and IT activities. Land prices were also shooting up in Coimbatore and Kochi, Mehta said.

The company is coming out with a four-floor project of 128 flats on sprawling two acre land on Avanashi Road in the city, which would be completed with 15 months, Mehta said.

http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=14122714

Coimbatore one looks great :cheers:

^^shankar , thanks for the pic. From where did you get these renderings. You are always the first to post the designs of new buildings, are you an architect.

Hi Anniyan,

:-) I am a Web Designer, due to my profession i will be surfing the net always :-)

City poised to emerge as major IT hub

IT majors and ITES firms at the national and international level have started showing interest on centres like Coimbatore due to the advantages they offer.

The most recent of the foreign investments in the city include the US based ‘Novantus’, which has established its unit here.

The German based ‘Bosch’ has also shown interest and is expected to produce a feasibility report following the study it conducted on the city’s infrastructure about six months back.

Balasubramaniam further added, ‘‘Tata Consultancy Services had already instituted a centre of excellence for product design at a cost of Rs 4 crore in the city.’’

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20060119010959&Topic=0&Title=Southern%20News%20-%20Tamil%20Nadu&Page=T

link to the news (http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/20/stories/2006012013380300.htm)

Six CETPs begin civil works

Staff Reporter




TIRUPUR: Under the judiciary's scanner on textile processing units' progress in attaining zero effluent discharge, six newly formed common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) here on Thursday performed boomi puja to lay pipes for carrying effluents from the units to the plants.

164 units


The CETPs at Arulpuram, Rayapuram, Murugampalayam, Kallikkadu, Mangalam and Eastern comprising 164 dyeing and bleaching units have entrusted the work with the Tamil Nadu Water Investment Company Limited.

They have formed two companies, namely Noyyal Common Effluent Treatment Company Limited (NCETCL) and Mangalam Eastern Water Recycling Company Limited, to carry out the task.

S. Sivasamy, the Chairman of NCETCL, says the contractor will lay pipes at an outlay of Rs. 39 crores.

Let us hope these CTPs solve the woes faced by agriculturist along the banks of Noyyal

link to the news (http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/20/stories/2006012013380300.htm)

Six CETPs begin civil works


TIRUPUR: Under the judiciary's scanner on textile processing units' progress in attaining zero effluent discharge, six newly formed common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) here on Thursday performed boomi puja to lay pipes for carrying effluents from the units to the plants.

164 units


The CETPs at Arulpuram, Rayapuram, Murugampalayam, Kallikkadu, Mangalam and Eastern comprising 164 dyeing and bleaching units have entrusted the work with the Tamil Nadu Water Investment Company Limited.

They have formed two companies, namely Noyyal Common Effluent Treatment Company Limited (NCETCL) and Mangalam Eastern Water Recycling Company Limited, to carry out the task.

S. Sivasamy, the Chairman of NCETCL, says the contractor will lay pipes at an outlay of Rs. 39 crores.

Let us hope these CTPs solve the woes faced by agriculturist along the banks of Noyyal

Yep! Better late than never :)

CETPs are a great idea.:) Especially since there has been a lot of negative publicity concering the textile industry. Coimbatore has become one of the industrial powerhouses of the South, and it needs a lot of infra to support its growth.

Major infrastructure work is required for this city. Something along the lines of IT Corridor would be a big boost to this city- an IT highway with government acquiring about 2000 acres of land. If CTS , TCS,infy (if possible) start building thier own campuses(wipro has already acquired 12 acres of land), private builders will start pouring money in to build thier own IT parks and FDI would also increase. hopefully in five years there will be a really strong Southern IT power in the led by bangalore, chennai and hyderbad followed by coimbatore, trivandram, cochin, mysore,vizag and magalore. Doubt if madurai will fall into it, be nice if it joins the IT bandwagon.

Coimbatore has another opening with the manufacturing sector reviving slowly. This will attract more IT industries too..

Well.. it was interesting to see that photos taken by me of Coimbatore were here even before I could join....Pretty happy to see this forum going on with interesting news...

I have created a group for sharing fotos for Coimbatore city in the Online Foto sharing community called FLICKR... the URL is given below...

http://www.flickr.com/groups/coimbatorecity/

Following are some news I did not find in the thread....
THE HINDU
Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Sunday, Dec 11, 2005
Coimbatore
Gearing up for more entertainment
by
M. Soundariya Preetha

COIMBATORE: "I came here a few months ago. I like the people and the climate. It has vast business potential. But, there is a vacuum in the entertainment segment," says Vivek Agarwal, Chief Officer - Business Development (North) of E-City Entertainment.

Catering to people here with quality entertainment in a hygienic and pollution-free environment at a "very reasonable rate" is what Essel Group Enterprise aims at and has hence, come out with a multiplex proposal.

The plan is for a total built-up area of four lakh sq.ft on a 3.5 acre site on the Avinashi Road. The multiplex will have six cinema halls, food courts, games, shopping areas and health clubs. It will be a full family entertainment centre, points out Mr. Agarwal.

The project cost will be more than Rs. 50 crores and the civil works are expected to take off in another four months. It will be completed in a year from then. It will be a commercial hub and the initial investment by the space takers (shopping malls, food courts, etc) for their stocks is expected to be Rs. 400 crores.

Mr. Agarwal says that the success of the project depends more on the facilities that will be offered rather than the income of people. The city has a potential and the complex will cater to the requirements of all sections of society.

Coimbatore is witnessing an economic boom and such projects will only give a thrust to the growth. However, building plan approvals need to be expedited for such projects so that more such initiatives are encouraged, adds K. Viswanathan, the local consultant for the project.

"It will be a landmark for Tamil Nadu," says Mr. Agarwal about the project and the company is looking at similar projects in Tiruchi and Madurai.

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I recently went home for vacation.. I got a chance to chk out the New Barista E'spresso bar on the East TV swamy Road..The place is bigger than Cafe Coffee Day on the West TV swamy Road... Barista is made up of two floors.. and has ample room..And Barista in Coimbatore is the Second largest outlet in India after the one in New Delhi.....

Then the Cherran Plaza on the trichy road which was lying without completing construction has swung back..The plaza just had ICICI bank in the ground floor..
They are busy completeting the construction now.. It looks like the front elevation is gonna be completed with full glass.. the latest trend...

The Multiplex site is the one opposite to the graveyard on the Avanashi road, Just before the Bridge near to Rajshree ford..

Welcome to the club, Tony... :cheers1:

I am honoured with the privilege to have posted your photos in this thread, came to know it through Sun's post in highways thread... :)

Hope you would bring Coimbatore city to our desktops.... :D

Well.. it was interesting to see that photos taken by me of Coimbatore were here even before I could join....Pretty happy to see this forum going on with interesting news...

I have created a group for sharing fotos for Coimbatore city in the Online Foto sharing community called FLICKR... the URL is given below...

http://www.flickr.com/groups/coimbatorecity/

The plan is for a total built-up area of four lakh sq.ft on a 3.5 acre site on the Avinashi Road. The multiplex will have six cinema halls, food courts, games, shopping areas and health clubs. It will be a full family entertainment centre, points out Mr. Agarwal.

that's a decent proposal. Any perspectives available ?

Well.. it was interesting to see that photos taken by me of Coimbatore were here even before I could join....Pretty happy to see this forum going on with interesting news...

I have created a group for sharing fotos for Coimbatore city in the Online Foto sharing community called FLICKR... the URL is given below...

http://www.flickr.com/groups/coimbatorecity/

Following are some news I did not find in the thread....
THE HINDU
Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Sunday, Dec 11, 2005
Coimbatore
Gearing up for more entertainment
by
M. Soundariya Preetha

COIMBATORE: "I came here a few months ago. I like the people and the climate. It has vast business potential. But, there is a vacuum in the entertainment segment," says Vivek Agarwal, Chief Officer - Business Development (North) of E-City Entertainment.

Catering to people here with quality entertainment in a hygienic and pollution-free environment at a "very reasonable rate" is what Essel Group Enterprise aims at and has hence, come out with a multiplex proposal.

The plan is for a total built-up area of four lakh sq.ft on a 3.5 acre site on the Avinashi Road. The multiplex will have six cinema halls, food courts, games, shopping areas and health clubs. It will be a full family entertainment centre, points out Mr. Agarwal.

The project cost will be more than Rs. 50 crores and the civil works are expected to take off in another four months. It will be completed in a year from then. It will be a commercial hub and the initial investment by the space takers (shopping malls, food courts, etc) for their stocks is expected to be Rs. 400 crores.

Mr. Agarwal says that the success of the project depends more on the facilities that will be offered rather than the income of people. The city has a potential and the complex will cater to the requirements of all sections of society.

Coimbatore is witnessing an economic boom and such projects will only give a thrust to the growth. However, building plan approvals need to be expedited for such projects so that more such initiatives are encouraged, adds K. Viswanathan, the local consultant for the project.

"It will be a landmark for Tamil Nadu," says Mr. Agarwal about the project and the company is looking at similar projects in Tiruchi and Madurai.

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I recently went home for vacation.. I got a chance to chk out the New Barista E'spresso bar on the East TV swamy Road..The place is bigger than Cafe Coffee Day on the West TV swamy Road... Barista is made up of two floors.. and has ample room..And Barista in Coimbatore is the Second largest outlet in India after the one in New Delhi.....

Then the Cherran Plaza on the trichy road which was lying without completing construction has swung back..The plaza just had ICICI bank in the ground floor..
They are busy completeting the construction now.. It looks like the front elevation is gonna be completed with full glass.. the latest trend...

The Multiplex site is the one opposite to the graveyard on the Avanashi road, Just before the Bridge near to Rajshree ford..

Hi Tony ,

Welcome to the Skyscrapercity. Finally we got one covai forumer for photos.

I think im supposed to be the first person to post your pictures here.

http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6450299&postcount=54

I found it in flickr and posted it immediatly here, i even wrote comments for ur picture in flickr.

You can also start a thread in showcase gallery in this forum to show your pictures to us.

Then that news abt the multiplex was already posted by me on Dec 10 http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6562645&postcount=58 :)

I recently made a one day trip to Covai. went to RS Puram, Saibaba Colony, and Gandhi Puram but cudnt take much photos due to several reasons.

Kovai sees 2000cr investments in Textile industry

Link to the news..... (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/01/26/stories/2006012600262100.htm)

THE textile industry in Coimbatore region has pumped in Rs 2,000 crore as new investments in the past two years or so.

This investment is based on the rough estimate of about one million new spindle equivalent capacity creation seen by the spinning and composite mills in the region, according to SIMA officials.

According to Mr Vijay Venkataswamy, former SIMA Chairman, the new spindle creation as well as modernisation of old spindles that would have happened in recent years in the region would be 10-15 lakh.

Mr Arumugham, SIMA Chairman, said that in addition to this, the weaving and processing sectors which have seen renewed investment interests of late would have attracted another Rs 500-crore worth of investment in the past two years.

Much of it was triggered by the soft loan package allowed for the textile industry by the Government under the technology upgradation fund scheme (TUFS).

Under the TUFS route, financially well-managed textile enterprises stand to get term loan from the financial institutions and banks at as low rate as three per cent for their modernisation and capital investment programmes.

Tamil Nadu and Gujarat occupy top slots in the list of States that have availed large chunk of bankable funds under the TUFS route.

The other States which claimed huge amounts under TUFS are Punjab and Rajasthan, besides Maharashtra.

OLHO Technik to set up manufacturing facility in Coimbatore
Link to news... (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/01/27/stories/2006012701581700.htm)

L.N. Revathy

Coimbatore , Jan. 26

OLHO Technik, which is into design and development of plastic injection moulding parts for car interiors, is looking to set up a manufacturing facility in Coimbatore.

The Chairman and promoter of OLHO Group Mr Lothar Oleff is in the city to oversee the company's India operations.

Speaking to Business Line, he said the company's Indian arm — OLHO Technik India Private Ltd - was a subsidiary of OLHO Group, Germany. "We commenced operations here in July last. We are now trying to identify a land for setting up our manufacturing facility to cater to the South East Asian market."

He said the company was started in the mid-60s as a small machine tool shop at Lohne in Germany. "We now have four manufacturing plants in Germany, one each at Brazil, Portugal and Czech Republic. India would be added to this list soon. At present, we have an office here and in the UK," he said.

He expects the India facility to take to production within the next two to three years. The company is trying to acquire 8-10 acres for this purpose.

OLHO (India) plans to open an office in the northern part of the country as well.

"Our revenues have touched $180 million. We are expecting this to increase further, consequent to our foray into the Czech Republic."

The company has 120 injection-moulding machines and five painting lines.

"We have 12 main products, which include the plastic air-condition panel, ash-tray, cup holder etc. But if all our products (including the plastic sockets) were put together, it will cross a hundred. OLHO is an automobile OEM, supplying to Volkswagen , BMW, Ford, Bentley , Jaguar, Lancer, Mercedes Benz etc."

Coimbatore region witnessing investment boom

Link to news..... (http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/27/stories/2006012710140100.htm)
M. Soundariya Preetha




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Areas covered: Coimbatore, Erode and Salem districts
Spinning sector: Rs. 2,000 crores
Post-spinning: Rs. 750 crores to Rs. 1,000 crores
Employment generation: 50,000 (approximately)
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COIMBATORE: More orders, more production and more investments - this is what has happened to the textile sector in this region during the last one year.

"The rough estimate is that investments to the tune of Rs. 3,000 crores would have been made in the region during the last one year," say S.V. Arumugam, chairman of the Southern India Mills' Association and Vijay Venkataswami, its former chairman.

Increase in demand


After the much-awaited phasing out of quotas in January 2005, the textile units have seen a steady increase in the demand and hundreds of manufacturing facilities have sprung up across the entire region, covering Coimbatore, Erode and Salem districts. While a number of garment and made-up units have been set up, these are not capital intensive. On the spinning segment, nearly one million spindles have been added during the last one year.

"The demand for spindles is 100 per cent more than the domestic availability," they say. This includes integration, expansion and green-field projects.

Investments in the post-spinning segments should be Rs. 750 crores to Rs. 1,000 crores and in the spinning sector about Rs. 2,000 crores.

`Negligible'


However, compared to China the investments happening here are negligible. Between 1997 and 2005, China has added 50 million spindles where as the addition here is not so high, they say.

A significant impact of this growth is employment generation, they add. The number of new jobs created during the last one year (totally in all segments of the textile sector here) is at least 50,000.

@ Sudeesh !!

Thanx for the great welcome !!

@ Anniyan

Thanx for the welcome...
I think i must have missed your posting in the thread abt the multiplex...
Thanx for the comments in the flickr....
Next time when I go to cbe i shall try to get more pics....

Well.. it was interesting to see that photos taken by me of Coimbatore were here even before I could join....Pretty happy to see this forum going on with interesting news...


That happens in SSC! Hopefully you don't mind because we are picture starved.

:)

Welcome on board!

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copyright: photos1.blogger.com

@ Suncity

I dont mind abt sharing the fotos... I actually created it for ppl from Cbe staying abroad and who want to have a glimpse of the latest happenings in Cbe....

I am really happy that my fotos are serving the purpose....

Tony, we expect more from you... :)

@ Suncity

I dont mind abt sharing the fotos... I actually created it for ppl from Cbe staying abroad and who want to have a glimpse of the latest happenings in Cbe....

I am really happy that my fotos are serving the purpose....

I would like to see the pics of DB Road, Ring Road, and then the view of urbansprawl from Marudhamalai

Can anybody tell me the location in the image posted above ...

i think that place will be about 50km away from the city ;)

Anniyan

I was just wondering if it were one of those places like Madukkarai, one sees while travelling in train. It looked quite familiar. Is Madukkarai 50 kms from Coimb. ?

Kovai- Among the fastest growing airports
Link to the news.... (http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/31/stories/2006013117390300.htm)

Airport records surge in traffic

Staff Reporter

As on December, passenger movement: 60,062; aircraft movement: 1,028





Coimbatore: The Coimbatore Airport recorded the highest ever aircraft and passenger movements during December 2005. A release from the Airport Director, C. Vijaykumar, said that the earlier highest monthly figure of passenger movement was 49,505 in May 2005 and it touched 54,372 in November 2005 and 60,062 in December. Similarly, the monthly aircraft movements had crossed the 1,000 mark to reach 1,028. Coimbatore Airport is one of the fastest growing airports in India in terms of aircraft and passenger growth. To keep pace with the growing traffic, the Airport Authority of India was taking up expansion works in respect of more parking bays and other facilities. Recently, the AAI Board has approved the cost of acquisition of 60.98 acres at a cost of Rs 4.93 crores. The district administration had been asked to initiate land acquisition proceedings, he added.....

Cool... as Sutton said once... thats where the money is.
Business potential propels Kovai into big league. It is already among the top 20 metros of India with million plus population. It has the potential to break into top 10 certainly.

TTK Prestige to set up 2 plants -- one in Kovai

Link to news.. (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/02/01/stories/2006020102131402.htm)

MUMBAI: Transforming itself from a pressure cooker company to a total kitchen solutions company, TTK Prestige has decided to set up manufacturing base in Coimbatore and Himachal Pradesh.
With the aim to expand capacity and avail itself of excise benefits, the company also hopes to increase its penetration in the North-Eastern States.
Marking an investment of Rs 20 crore in the next two years, TTK Prestige intends garnering the funds through internal accruals.
Besides, it has also earmarked a budget of Rs 50 crore for its brand-building initiatives and intends building up a presence in the rural markets of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
The Rs 182-crore TTK Prestige has recorded a 93-per cent growth in profit after tax at Rs 3.17 crore for the quarter ended December 31 over the same period last year.

Seems it is the Palakkad road, the road sign reads "Palakkad-50"

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Coimbatore ONE - By ETL Infrastructure Ltd.,

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Set for takeoff


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Setting out is in progress at the site where ETL is promoting an IT park in Coimbatore


Coimbatore has never had it so good. Talks of investment pouring in are thick in the air. Some have become public knowledge like the L&T planning to establish a massive engineering facility near the city; or Gangotri Textiles going for Rs 350-crore investment to ramp up capacity in weaving, processing and garment manufacture.

Others are quietly going ahead with their expansion plans but being privately owned, there is little talk of their investment decisions. According to the grapevine, new players waiting in the wings include the Rane group of Chennai and the wind energy major Suzlon. The city is on course to become a software hub with Cognizant Technology Solutions establishing its facility at the software park in the Kumaraguru College of Technology. Elnet Technologies Ltd (ETL) has begun work on its IT Park at Peelamedu. The Sate Government's ELCOT also has acquired 30 acres of land to build an IT park on the lines of Chennai's Tidel Park behind the Government Medical College. The basic infrastructure alone will cost about Rs 250 crore in these two projects.

Other big- ticket investors include Precot Mills, K.P.R. Mills and S.P. Apparels. The Coimbatore Tiny and Small Foundry Owners Association is establishing foundry parks at Arasur and Manickampalyam involving an investment of about Rs 100 crore.

The hospitality industry is also in for good times and the Tata group has begun preliminary work in building a hotel in the city. There are reports that a Chennai-based hotel group is also interested in the city.

What has suddenly made Coimbatore an investment hotspot? While many of the investment plans are still to crystallise, their impact is unmistakably felt in several spheres such as the hospitality sector, real estateand retail business. The general mood is upbeat though there is hardly any attempt by either the Centre or the State Government to hard-sell Coimbatore as a preferred alternative to Chennai or Bangalore, where the civic infrastructure seems to be cracking up.

Coimbatore is consolidating its position in the industrial map of the country in a variety of fields — textiles, auto components, pump manufacture, readymade garments, textile machinery, castings and software.

The city, which was in the grip of prolonged recession in the 1990s due to the twin blows — industrial recession and the serial bomb blasts that rocked Coimbatore in 1998 — has in the last couple of years shaken off their crippling impact. Taking the buoyancy in retail as a yardstick one can safely conclude that Coimbatore has scripted a perfect growth story.

In the last two or three years, large textile and jewellery showrooms have been established by Alukkas and Kalyan group from Kerala, Ganapathy Silks from Sankarankovil and Shree Krishna Collections from Chennai.

Another indication of growing interest in the city is the spurt in the number of flights to and from Coimbatore. From a handful of daily flights, as many as 19 flights operate here and more airlines are eyeing the Coimbatore skies. There has been phenomenal growth in the passenger traffic in the past two years — from around 24,000 in December 2003 to 41,000 in December 2004 and 60,062 in December 2005.

The growth in the number of two and four-wheelers in the last two years in a city already known for its love for automobiles is yet another proof that Coimbatore has finally arrived as an investment destination. Nandini Rangaswamy, Chairperson, CII, Coimbatore Zone, says the textile mills in the region have seized the opportunity offered by the Textile Upgradation Fund (TUF) to modernise and expand capacity. With textile mills in developed countries like the US closing down, the manufacturing activities have shifted to countries such as China and India. Some of the blue-chip textile mills of Coimbatore had regularly modernised their operations, maintained high quality and productivity and kept their costs under check. These mills were able to weather the difficult times of the 1990s. Many mills in the private sector have quietly gone for forward and backward integration.

With metros like Chennai and Bangalore witnessing saturation, the attention of investors is turning towards Tier-II cities and surveys have shown that Coimbatore figures among the top 10 cities as a potential investment destinations. She points out that L&T would have done its homework before buying a vast stretch of land near Coimbatore to establish a manufacturing unit. The availability of skilled and technically qualified manpower, pleasant climate, facilities like water and power, and quality educational institutions have catapulted the city as a top investment choice.

Nandini adds that five years ago when the CII began its promotion of Coimbatore as an IT destination, Bangalore and Chennai were still evolving as IT hotspots. At that time there was very little talk of any investor coming to Coimbatore. But in the last two years the inquiries have increased; the IT sector has started looking at Coimbatore because of saturation in tier-I cities.

"But I hope the development of Coimbatore will be sustained and widespread and we don't go the Bangalore way." While it would be premature to quantify the investment that the city will soon witness, land prices are shooting up, havingappreciated by 40-50 per cent in a year.

Aiming for the sky

The Tirupur-based Park group of institutions has aligned with the Malaysia-based Link Aerospace Ltd to promote an aviation academy in Coimbatore.

The joint venture intends to train human resources needed for the aviation industry like commercial pilots and aeronautical maintenance engineers and is to be set up with an investment of Rs 50 crore.

"The proposed aviation academy will be a separate business entity. The Park Academy of Aviation will partner with Link Aerospace Ltd in the 50:50 venture," said r R.V. Ravi, the group Chairman.

The Park group, which runs educational institutions including an engineering college, will provide the required infrastructure and faculty for the `Aerospace Academy'. The academy would be located at the Park College of Engineering at Kaniyur near Coimbatore.

more..http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/02/04/stories/2006020400040200.htm

An emerging IT hub
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/02/04/stories/2006020400070200.htm



Bracing up for IT competition

As companies such as L&T and software majors prepare to enter Coimbatore, the question is: Can traditional industries retain talent in the face of better remuneration elsewhere? Already, a lot of churning is taking place but mostly in the textile space. But now engineering industry too seems to be waking up to the reality of competition in the manpower space.

Nandini Rangaswamy, Chairperson, CII, Coimbatore Zone, says in her personal capacity as an industrialist, "It is very, very difficult now" to find qualified manpower at mid-level managerial positions and above in Coimbatore. The existing industries "feel threatened by IT" and the attractive salaries the sector offers. Cost of living would go up too, but the service industry would welcome this development since it would give a boost to the general economy.

She said unlike many tier-II cities, Coimbatore was already a highly industrialised town, and more investment would improve the city's economy. Though she's not against competition, development should be in a sustained way as not to hurt existing industries

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/02/04/stories/2006020400030100.htm

Enterprise reborn

The past decade saw a lot of change, so much so that the saying "Change is the only constant in the world" seemed appropriate for India and, in particular, the city of Coimbatore. It saw its main industry, textiles, battered and the other trades also reduced to a shadow of the original due to various problems, including communal issues.

Multinational companies had spotlighted Coimbatore as a potential destination for manufacturing facilities before the mid-1990s and after the slowdown the general feeling was that this was a ghost city, which had missed the opportunity and may not make the grade amongst the leading cities of the country. The New Year sees Coimbatore as busy as ever; there are six flights a day to Chennai, five to Mumbai, and all of them flying full. There is even talk of Singapore and Frankfurt being linked to the city. The hotels are full and one cannot get rooms at short notice. (more)..http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/02/04/stories/2006020400130400.htm

Enterprise reborn

The past decade saw a lot of change, so much so that the saying "Change is the only constant in the world" seemed appropriate for India and, in particular, the city of Coimbatore. It saw its main industry, textiles, battered and the other trades also reduced to a shadow of the original due to various problems, including communal issues.

Multinational companies had spotlighted Coimbatore as a potential destination for manufacturing facilities before the mid-1990s and after the slowdown the general feeling was that this was a ghost city, which had missed the opportunity and may not make the grade amongst the leading cities of the country. The New Year sees Coimbatore as busy as ever; there are six flights a day to Chennai, five to Mumbai, and all of them flying full. There is even talk of Singapore and Frankfurt being linked to the city. The hotels are full and one cannot get rooms at short notice. (more)..http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/02/04/stories/2006020400130400.htm

This is what I had mentioned a few posts earlier... great that media is waking up to Coimbatore http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) is now the talk of the town, and everything seems to revolve around it. From employment opportunities to entertainment, the city is all set to gear up for a character makeover with more IT ventures taking shape.

For many, this opens up scope for setting up entertainment avenues such as shopping malls and multiplexes. Thus, entertainment comes as a package with the IT dream. Builders too seem to be cashing in on the trend by catering to the corporate clientele.


For instance, Mayflower Enterprises, builders specialising in residential projects, has announced their latest IT Park coming up at ATT Colony


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Plans for a bigger terminal


http://www.blonnet.com/2006/02/04/stories/2006020400050200.htm

Nice one after a break...

:)

Chinese textile machinery makes inroads into India

As the textile machinery manufacturers from Germany, China and Korea bet high on Indian industry, taking advantage of the post quota period, the indigenous machinery manufacturers are losing out due to the delay in delivery. Therefore units in India prefer imported machines.

Going by the current surge in the export of German machinery to India, the VDMA, the trade body of the German Textile Machinery Association, expects that the export to India would touch 200 million euros, says an industry report.

India imported machinery worth 140 million euros from Germany in 2004, an increase by 30 per cent. It again increased by 84 per cent during 2005.

China is also gaining advantage in this field. A ten-member delegation, on behalf of the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (Texprocil) and the Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA), visited China in November last year to evaluate the machinery there.

As of now, 40 to 50 textile mills from Coimbatore have evinced keen interest in placing orders with Chinese machinery manufacturers. “More than five mills have placed bulk orders for their projects, and 15 mills are mulling importing machineries,” K Selvaraju, secretary, SIMA, told Business Standard.

The China Texmatech Company Limited (CTMTC) is likely to set up its shop in Coimbatore by the end of this month which will warehouse all critical components so that the mills in the region can make use of them.

Commenting on this, S V Arumugam, chairman of the association, said that the textile mills prefer spinning machines from China mainly because of the longer time taken by indigenous manufacturers for delivery.

“In order to survive in the highly-competitive market, India’s cotton-centric textile manufacturers need to focus on upgrading their machinery besides creating new facilities and additional capacities. They require better machinery. Though domestic machines are competitive in terms of quality and price, the delivery schedule, which even extends to two to three years, is a matter of concern. Chinese machines require a delivery time of only four to six months,” he added.

Moreover, the Indian textile machinery manufacturers are not able to bridge the demand-supply gap. The demand for the frames is almost double the supply in India, with a requirement of 4 million spindles a year.

To take advantage of the huge demand the Chinese textile machinery suppliers are planning to come out with a uniform pricing policy in order to enable the textile mills in India to firm up their orders.

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=214279

LMW to increase spinning machine output

COIMBATORE: Lakshmi Machine Works (LMW), the Coimbatore-based textile machinery manufacturing major, has embarked on an expansion and modernisation programme to increase its spinning machinery production.

"We hope to complete it by mid-2006-07," says R. Rajendran, Chief Financial Officer. Orders have been placed already for the mother machines.

Through the Rs. 200-crore expansion and modernisation programme, the company hopes to increase its annual production from about 1.8 million spindles to about 2.7 million spindles.

We are also creating capacity and trying to meet the industry's requirement," he said. The company's spinning machine production (in terms of volume) went up by about 45 per cent in 2004-05. It is expected to go up by 35 per cent this year and by another 35-40 per cent during the next fiscal.

LMW's turnover in 2004-05 was Rs. 990 crore and this was expected to increase by 35-40 per cent during the current fiscal, he said.

http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/08/stories/2006020804031800.htm

During the days of "old economy" LMW use to be the pick. How many remember I dont know :)

CBE-Mettupalayam NH work to begin soon

Coimbatore, Feb 10: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, T R Baalu, today said the works for Coimbatore-Mettupalayam and Coimbatore-Tiruchy National Highway would be taken up soon, even though only one tender was received at present.

Speaking after laying the foundation stone for strengthening and upgradation of Karur-Coimbatore section of NH-67, here, he said that only one tender has been received at present.

Though the department was not in a position to go ahead with a single tender, he would try to begin the works for the project as early as possible, in view of the demands made by various speakers at the function, Baalu said.

He also assured to consider the demand for a ring road around Coimbatore, to avoid traffic congestion in the city.

When brought to his notice on continuation of collecting toll even after the expiry of the contract period, Baalu said though after transfer of the road to the Government, the toll, in some cases, was being collected for maintenance.

The 114 km long Karur-Coimbatore road, at a cost of about Rs 176 crore would be completed within two years, the minister said, adding that the project connecting the two cities would tremendously enhance the industries and commerce in the region

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Kovai is a main nod on the Bangalore - Cochin freeway proposed to be built by Malaysia as part of freeways connecting important business cities of South

Tirupur- Indian Textile hub & Its hurdles

NOBODY could have imagined that a small, drought-prone town would see such an explosive growth in two decades. After having gained an international repute as a reliable cotton knitwear supplier, Tirupur, in western Tamil Nadu, has emerged as the knitwear capital of India with annual exports over Rs.6,000 crores.

For an international buyer who wants to source cotton knitwear, Tirupur has emerged as the second best choice, next to China. Seventy per cent of the country's total cotton knitwear exports originate from here.


Robust growth

Along with export-led growth, Tirupur is one of the few Indian towns that took advantage of globalisation and economic reforms. Tirupur began exporting knitwear in the early 1980s. In 1985, the turnover was just Rs.15 crores. It touched Rs. 5,700 crores last year and is expected to cross Rs. 7,000 crores this year.

Tirupur's success story began modestly with producing innerwear for the domestic market in the 1940s. The town still produces knitted garments worth Rs. 1,750 crores for the domestic market. The industry has evolved tremendously in the last 20 years. "Whenever a new apparel machinery is introduced anywhere in the world, Tirupur is the first buyer. We never hesitate to invest in technology upgradation. It has become routine to invest our profits in expansion and modernisation," says A. Sakthivel, president of the Tirupur Exporters' Association (TEA). Coimbatore MP, K. Subbarayan, says the robust growth has positively influenced the socio-economic profile of the region. Land prices have gone up and the agrarian community that was earlier frustrated due to acute water scarcity has got a fresh lease of life.

The industry employs more than 3,00,000 workers and expansion requires 1,00,000 more skilled workers. Labour is sourced mostly from the southern districts of Tamil Nadu and, to an extent, from neighbouring Kerala. Buses ply up to a 50-km radius every day in search of workers. Every day 10-15 families come into Tirupur looking for employment. Since it caters to all segments, including fashion and high value garments for all age groups, all leading brands and chain stores source their garment needs here. Bulk orders are more the norm than the exception now.

With new avenues opening up, the size of the units and investment in them has increases dramatically. "Earlier a company with five machines and 20 workers was considered a basic unit. If one had 25 machines and 100 workers, it was rated big. But now factories are coming up in 20,000 sq.ft. to 1,00,000 sq.ft. premises with 1,000 machines," says G. Karthikeyan, the TEA secretary.

Earlier, an order of 2,000 T-shirts was considered big, but exporters now talk in terms of lakhs. "Buyer preferences are predominant. We are flexible enough to accommodate the demands, irrespective of the volume or style," says Karthikeyan.


Adverse impact

The staggering growth has had adverse impact in the form of air, land, river and groundwater pollution. Textile effluents from 700-odd dyeing units discharged 100 million litres of treated effluents a day and irreparably damaged the Noyyal, besides leaving behind hundreds of tonnes of hazardous sludge as residue. Thousands of acres of agricultural lands downstream of Orathupalayam Dam have been seriously affected. Under constant pressure from the Madras High Court, where the affected farmers and polluters are locked in battle, there has been some progress in attaining zero effluent discharge.

N. Kandasamy, President, Dyers Association of Tirupur, says, "Without active support from the government, it is difficult to mobilise resources to put up reverse osmosis plants."

"The State government pushed the ball to the Centre's court saying export is a Central subject and has refused any financial assistance. In fact pollution control is a State subject. It is unfortunate that the Government washes its hands off when the industry badly needs its help," charges Subbarayan.

Dozens of Mercedes Benz and hundreds of other luxury cars ply in Tirupur; but there are hardly any good stretch of road. There is growing discontent among the citizens over poor infrastructure. People complain about poor quality of life. Children are the worst affected due to recurring respiratory diseases caused by dust allergies. At any given time, one can spot at least 50 foreigners in Tirupur.

"Through hard work and risk-taking entrepreneurship, we built up the business. We fear the poor infrastructure may drive buyers away," complains Ramu, a trustee of Valam, a private initiative, launched to create infrastructure. Valam is now building a bridge and road at a cost of Rs.2 crores through public donations to reduce traffic congestion.


Workers' conditions

The other side of the dream is even more pitiable. Says M. Chandran, a CITU leader: "After hours of toiling, workers still lead a pathetic life. They do not have access to good housing or quality education for their children. The living conditions of poor migrant women workers are even more pathetic."

Thousands of migrant workers lead a subhuman life in small rooms (called "line houses") on the banks of the stinking Noyyal and the outskirts of Tirupur. Open defecation is a common sight.

Unplanned growth has led to a sharp rise in land prices and exorbitant house rents. Lack of housing, health care and entertainment and high cost of living are the reasons for the constant shortage of labour.

As a positive step, an export house, Stallion Garments, is now constructing 400 low-cost houses for its workers. At least 20,000 more houses will be needed to accommodate the expanding workforce.

There is a long-pending demand from the South India Hosiery Manufacturers Association and other trade bodies to make Tirupur a district headquarters and Corporation.

"One-fifth of the town does not have a road, drainage and water supply. If the Centre gives back to us just one per cent of the foreign exchange that we earn, we could carry out tremendous changes," asserts Municipal Chairman M.N. Palanisamy.

Normally workers spend 12-14 hours a day in the workplace. The busy town has nothing as entertainment or recreation. As far as infrastructure is concerned, the town requires to be rebuilt.

Many say the success behind Tirupur is that there is no trade secret.

It is on open secret that the exporters' cherished goal of achieving Rs.15,000 crores exports in 2010, may remain a pipedream unless the issues of pollution and creating infrastructure including the construction of low cost houses on a massive scale are addressed.

http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/02/12/stories/2006021200190400.htm

Generally Kovai had and TN have a better quality of life. Govt must ensure this by financing more
health and other welfare schemes

Sub-contracting exchange a reality now

The Tirupur Industrial Federation (TIF), an umbrella organisation for the job-working units comprising South India Imported Machine Knitters Association, Computer Embroiderers Association, the Knit Compactor Association and Tirupur Raising Association, will run the exchange. The Development Commissioner of Small Scale Industries, New Delhi, has granted Rs.6.5 lakhs for establishing the exchange and to meet recurring expenditure for three years.

According to Ahill M.S. Mani, president of TIF, any job-worker who undertakes works on sub-contract basis for knitwear exporters can become a member. "Now exporters get different types of orders requiring different washes and finishes.

To execute the order they find it difficult to identify the right unit that has required machinery. And sometimes all the orders are being dumped at a place or two due to lack of information.

The exchange will help them in identifying the right supplier ,'' Mr. Mani said. Even an operator who has only one knitting or embroidery machine can get his share.

http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/10/stories/2006021013430100.htm

Real Value Promoters bullish on Coimbatore

Real Value Promoters expects to build a shopping mall of 5 lakh sq ft and a software park of 4.7 lakh sq ft in Coimbatore.

The two projects would see close to Rs 300 crore investments. V S Suresh, managing director, Real Value Promoters, told Business Standard, “We have purchased two adjacent properties of over 5 lakh sq ft (about 11 acres) in Avanishi Road for the shopping mall project and are looking at acquiring additional land as well.”

The real estate builder's investment in the shopping mall is expected to be close to Rs 200 crore, which it expects to fund through bank borrowings. This project is planned to be completed by the beginning of 2007. The shopping mall will contain shops, multiplex, food court, restaurant, and a huge parking area.

Real Value Promoters will be promoting its largest a software park of 4.7 lakh sq ft near the Coimbatore airport

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu1&leftindx=1&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=215136

Coimbatore textile industry eyes used machinery in Europe

After China and Germany, it is now the turn of Europe and the United States to make inroads into the Indian textile industry with their second-hand spinning and weaving machines.

Many units in the textile industry in the Coimbatore region are evincing interest in importing second-hand ring spinning frames offered by textile units in Europe which were closed down after the abolition of textile quota.

Most of the textile units in the region are scaling up their production capacities in spinning, weaving and processing but they are strapped by the delay in the supply of machinery from indigenous manufacturers.

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu1&leftindx=1&lselect=6&chklogin=N&autono=215133

Coimbatore textile industry eyes used machinery in Europe

After China and Germany, it is now the turn of Europe and the United States to make inroads into the Indian textile industry with their second-hand spinning and weaving machines.

Many units in the textile industry in the Coimbatore region are evincing interest in importing second-hand ring spinning frames offered by textile units in Europe which were closed down after the abolition of textile quota.

Most of the textile units in the region are scaling up their production capacities in spinning, weaving and processing but they are strapped by the delay in the supply of machinery from indigenous manufacturers.

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu1&leftindx=1&lselect=6&chklogin=N&autono=215133

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^^nik , are you trying to increase your post count:lol:

Bosch development centre in Coimbatore

The Bosch Group, a global major in automotive, industrial and building technology and consumer goods, will set up its second development centre in the country in Coimbatore.


"Bosch India needs a second location here for risk mitigation. Coimbatore has been selected owing to the availability of a good talent pool," Dr. Grote said. "The Coimbatore development centre will focus on automotive and industrial engineering, especially software development," he added.


The new centre will start functioning this year, initially from rented premises, with a few hundred employees. Later, Bosch plans to develop a campus and increase employee strength to 2,500, Dr. Grote said.

http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/17/stories/2006021709960500.htm

Pilot project at Coimbatore for e-filing of company documents — TCS develops software, infrastructure support
G. Gurumurthy

About 53 physical front offices across various States will be set up to supplement the efforts of RoCs as many industry centres may not be located close to the offices of RoC





Coimbatore , Feb. 15

THE Ministry of Company Affairs (MCA) is set to roll out its e-governance programme `MAC21' with the launch of a pilot project for e-filing of company documents at the registrar of companies (RoC), Coimbatore this weekend.

E-filing, part of MAC21's e-governance programme to help corporates meet statutory compliances, will be gradually introduced to all the RoC offices across the country by April 2006.

The Union Minister of Company Affairs, Mr Prem Chand Gupta, will launch the pilot project here on Saturday.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will be the operator of MCA's on-line services for the next seven years. TCS has developed the software and IT infrastructure support for the MCA. It will also run 53 physical front offices (PFOs) across various States to assist certified professionals and companies in filing documents online. These centres are meant to supplement the efforts of RoCs, as many industry centres may not be located close to the offices of RoC. In many areas, companies may not have access to e-filing facilities. Thus, PFOs would be able to process electronic documents for such companies and transfer them to RoCs.

Coimbatore RoC was identified for the launch of the pilot project, after considering the compact size of the corporates there, and their adoptability and adherence to statutory compliances. As against the all-India average compliance (in filing of returns) of 50 per cent, Coimbatore's statutory compliance with company laws is 60 per cent.

With Coimbatore RoC having a jurisdiction over seven districts, the average number of companies being incorporated by the office in a month is around 45-50. As on February 14, 2006, the total number of companies incorporated by the RoC Coimbatore was 12,573.

The National Institute of Smart Government (NISG) devised MCA's online filing system. A unique director identification number (DIN) and a digital signature certificate for the use of authorised signatories mandated to handle online filing by companies will be issued under the system. Once the network gets stabilised, statutory company documents such as the memorandum of association, annual returns and balance sheets can be filed in 24 hours.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/02/17/stories/2006021703071300.htm

Long time since I visited this forum....

Btw if u ppl had joined orkut.com

chk out this community abt Coimbatore in it

http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=46076

There is one thread " Will CBE bear an IT boom? "

U can find strange postings in that.... b cos it went from infrastructure to moral and culture after IT boom....

Bracing up for IT competition
R.Y. Narayanan

Traditional industries in the city are waking up to the reality of competition in the manpower space. And companies are going all out to retain employees.

As companies such as L&T and software majors prepare to enter Coimbatore, the question is: Can traditional industries retain talent in the face of better remuneration elsewhere? Already, a lot of churning is taking place but mostly in the textile space. But now engineering industry too seems to be waking up to the reality of competition in the manpower space.

Sustainable development

Nandini Rangaswamy, Chairperson, CII, Coimbatore Zone, says in her personal capacity as an industrialist, "It is very, very difficult now" to find qualified manpower at mid-level managerial positions and above in Coimbatore. The existing industries "feel threatened by IT" and the attractive salaries the sector offers. Cost of living would go up too, but the service industry would welcome this development since it would give a boost to the general economy.

She said unlike many tier-II cities, Coimbatore was already a highly industrialised town, and more investment would improve the city's economy. Though she's not against competition, development should be in a sustained way as not to hurt existing industries. D. Balasundaram, Managing Director, CPC Ltd, said compared to textile, the engineering industry, which is more professionally managed, faces less attrition as it offers better wages. While export-oriented companies would be able to face the pressure on wages, others would find the going tough. Many would be forced to shift their production bases further South where salaries were more affordable. Normally the engineering industry gives a 5-10 per cent annual pay hike, but qualified employees get up to 20 per cent. He added there was apprehension that the IT sector would draw their skilled employees with the glamour of international travel, something the manufacturing sector could not match.

J. Balu, President, Coimbatore District Small Industries Association (Codissia), said most of the major engineering companies in Coimbatore were working at full capacity and some were even refusing fresh orders. While a majority continue to expand their capacity, about 20-30 per cent of the companies were stagnating. As the entrepreneurial skill was high, the overheads were less and the products were cost competitive.

Smaller units hit

Smaller engineering units face more pressure on the rising wage front. "There is a limit to the wage burden they can absorb."

Even among the big players, there was intense competition in the compensation package between the old and new companies, with some of the newer companies matching IT/ITeS wages, as they did not want to lose orders. Balu added that like the textile mills, in the engineering industry too contract labour has come into existence.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/bline/2006/02/04/stories/2006020400030100.htm

An emerging IT hub
L.N. Revathy

Coimbatore is an emerging IT hub; however, the city has a long way to go before it can catch up with a Hyderabad or Pune.

This has been any entrepreneur's dream. The relentless campaign by the Coimbatore zone of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in marketing this town is beginning to yield results, though slowly. After years of sustained efforts, CII has finally managed to convince the Government to moot an IT project here.

But the project is yet to see the light of the day, even after nine months of passing a Government Order, setting aside 29.08 acres belonging to the Coimbatore Medical College in favour of the Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) for developing the IT park. "We have completed the liasing and firmed up the plans. Now it is for ELCOT to set the ball rolling," says the regional CII Chairperson, Nandini Rangasamy.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has rated the city among the top four with considerable IT potential. But even as early as 1998, IT initiatives in the city got a boost from the facility at the PSG-Science and Technology Park (STEP), established in association with the Department of Science and Technology and financial institutions. It currently houses over 35 ITeS companies, and also functions as an incubator for start-up companies.

Companies like Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) and Tata Consultancy Services have identified potential pockets for their presence in the city with help from enthusiastic project promoters. The IT park at the Kumarguru College of Technology campus, for instance, has come up on a one-lakh-sq-ft area. The single-window clearance from the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and readily available data connectivity enabled CTS and HealthScribe (in the medical transcription space) commence operations immediately.

The CTS facility here has attracted talent from its existing operations across India, and also from the entire region, including Kerala, both at the entry and lateral levels. "The city's rich talent pool, entrepreneurial culture, salubrious climate, and decent infrastructure in terms of road, power, railways and air connectivity have played a great part in the growth of this centre," says Vishnu Potty, Director and Head of Coimbatore operations.

The company had, at the time of the inauguration of this centre in August 2005, planned to recruit about 400 professionals in the first year of operations. "We have already exceeded 300 professionals," says Potty. Its operations here centre round applications maintenance, testing and IT infrastructure services for its global customers.

The city has five universities, 25 engineering colleges and 85 arts, science and commerce colleges that provide the required qualified manpower for the ITeS companies. Industry sources say that the operational costs are at least 25 per cent cheaper than Chennai and attrition rates are low.

Apart from the proposed software park by ELCOT, ETL Infrastructure Services Ltd, promoted by Elnet Technologies Ltd and Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd, has started work for establishing a software park with world-class facilities. The project, in an area of 14 acres on Avinashi Road, would be completed by September 2006. Says Thiagarajan of ETL, "In the first phase, eight lakh sq ft will be constructed at Rs 140 crore. It will be an intelligent building with business and training centres, food court and car parking facilities. Another eight lakh sq ft will be constructed in the second phase."

With a lot of IT companies evincing interest in Coimbatore and with the enquiries generated, Thiagarajan does not expect "renting out space to be a problem".

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/bline/2006/02/04/stories/2006020400070200.htm

This thread lacks cityscape shots..

Time to see some photos in this thread.....

Anybody from Coimbatore could help?

Pilloor second phase cleared

The Coimbatore Corporation has begun efforts to implement the Pilloor Second Phase drinking water scheme, pending for more than five years. The State Government's technical committee has cleared the scheme and the final clearance may come soon, the Mayor, T. Malaravan, said on Tuesday.

The good news is the city will get an additional 61.84 million litres a day (mld). It already gets 65.97 mld from the first phase (from the Pilloor dam) and 85 mld from the Siruvani scheme. The second scheme can supply 96.74 mld in 2021 and has an ultimate capacity of 139 mld supply for the city.

It has been designed mainly to provide additional supply to the city considering the pace of growth. "The city is growing and we will need more water as multi-storeyed housing complexes are on the rise," the Mayor said after discussing the implementation of the scheme with councillors, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board and Corporation officials.

http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/22/stories/2006022214990100.htm

Corporation plans infrastructure at Rs.1300 crores

The Coimbatore Corporation has drafted a fresh proposal to provide flyovers, ring roads, subways, multi-tier parking lots, more drinking water and a clean city at Rs.1,311crores. The Corporation has added more schemes to its earlier proposal of projects for Rs.534 crores.

Besides the Corporation, proposals for new roads or improvements to existing ones under the Highways (national and State) within the city have been made for Rs.1,436 crores. Slum development programmes are to be implemented by the TNSCB at Rs.281.50 crores.

The proposal will be placed in the Council on Wednesday for approval and forwarded to the Centre through the municipal administration department in Chennai.

http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/22/stories/2006022222090300.htm

The Corporation plans to construct two flyovers for Rs.115 crores and 16 subways at a cost of Rs.45 crores. Subways will be built at Gandhipuram, Railway Junction, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Ukkadam, Town Hall, Oppanakara Street-Big Bazaar Street Junction, Clock Tower, P.S.G. Tech. Junction, Ramanathapuram, Singanallur, Uppilipalayam, G.R.G. School, P.S.G College of Arts and Science, Women's Polytechnic, Lakshmi Mills and Aarvee Hotel Junction.

Drought in Kenya proves a blessing for South Indian tea

Industry sources estimate a 25 per cent drop in the Kenyan tea production this year, owing to severe drought. Against a 328 million kilo production in 2005, the country estimates a 82 million kg drop this year.

“Kenya exports almost its entire produce to Pakistan and the UK. India can now utilise this opportunity to raise exports and gain markets in these countries which consume good CTC teas,” an auctioneer told Business Standard. It is noteworthy that only Indian teas match the Kenyan quality, he added.

Due to the drought situation in Kenya, the demand has suddenly shot up and there is a huge mismatch between the demand and supply gap, particularly in the CTC varieties that have begun to trade dearer, according to a source in the Coimbatore auction centre.

The four consecutive auctions at the two centres in the region- Coimbatore and Coonoor- saw the entry of exporters in a big way. The support comes from the buyers even as the production has been affected by the frost in South India.

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=216117

‘Centre would provide adequate subsidy’

COIMBATORE: The Union Government will provide adequate subsidy to the dyeing/bleaching units of Tirupur which have been directed by the High Court to install effluent treatment plants, said EVKS Elangovan, Union Minister of State for Textiles.

Talking to newsmen, Elangovan said the effluent treatment plants using the reverse osmosis (RO) technology should be erected as per court directives in all the dyeing and bleaching units and it needs huge investment.

The owners of the dyeing and bleaching units have also appealed to the Central and State Governments seeking subsidy for the same, he added.

The Central Government would grant the subsidy sought by the industry, Elangovan said.

Referring to the demand of the textile industry for extending the age limit of the second hand machines, which were being imported under the Technology Upgradation Fund (TUF) scheme, he said the government would take up this for consideration and a decision on the same would be announced soon.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20060220235600&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+-+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0

I heard from unofficial sources yesterday that.....

1] SHOPPERS STOP is coming up on the DB road R.S.Puram...The construction of the building is almost over it seems...
2] SPENCER is planning to build a shopping mall in the Brooke Bond Plot....

INDIA: Sharadha Terry on expansion plan

COIMBATORE: The city based Sharadha Terry Products is planning to introduce the `Microcotton' brand in Japan next year after successfully establishing presence in the US and UK, Chairman and Managing Director Mr G. Kannappan said here on February 22.

The company which began operational in 1994 with sixteen looms, is a 100 pct export oriented unit. The company product ranges from home towels to institutional towels. Further the company has increased its capacity to 128 looms and are in process to add another 70 by September 2006 to meet the increasing demand.

The company recently launched the ultra soft, low twist and high absorbency towels under the `Microcotton' brand as this towels commands premium. Also the company in the initial days of the rollout, priced the towel at $20-$24 range.

The company has established direct contacts with retailers such as Macy's, Bed Bath & Beyond, Restoration Hardware, Matalan, Dillard, Kohl's in the US, the UK and the rest of Europe, as the company are not into the mass market, but within the store.

The company has invested Rs 60 crore to set up a spinning unit with 33000 spindles for backward integration to meet yarn requirements. Further Sharadha Terry has also started manufacturing bed sheets and blankets during the current year.

http://www.bharattextile.com/newsitems/1998792

I heard from unofficial sources yesterday that.....

1] SHOPPERS STOP is coming up on the DB road R.S.Puram...The construction of the building is almost over it seems...
2] SPENCER is planning to build a shopping mall in the Brooke Bond Plot....

There is no construction work taking place in DB road... Then how SHOPPERS STOP ?

Photo Courtesy: Ganga Bhavanik

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/5600/kovai9jl.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^ - Good one Sudheesh! :) The Amrita Group of institutions has a strong presence in and around Kovai, right?

Cargo company opens distribution centre

Coimbatore, Feb 25: Gati Ltd, a leading retail express cargo movers, today opened its Express Distribution Centre (EDC) in the city.

http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7B4C4A8C70-3E46-405F-905A-DCC5BD9E99ED%7D&CATEGORYNAME=Business

Photo courtesy: Ganga Bhavanik

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Is that a temple? It's beautiful.

SUN, it is the Guest house of Amritha Viswa Vidyapeetam

^^^

Is that a temple? It's beautiful.

Thanks.

:-)

Work on Palladam Hi-Tech Weaving Park progressing

TIRUPUR: Work on the Palladam Hi-Tech Weaving Park, which is being established on the barren land off Coimbatore National Highway, 6 km from Palladam, is progressing fast. Nearly 900 construction workers are engaged in the construction activity that is progressing day and night.

"We are speeding up the work mainly to catch up with the deadline. In all probability we will complete the work by June,'' says M. Senthil Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director of the Park.


Common facilities

Construction of 105 sheds, including six sizing and warping units, and common facilities such as roads, display hall, training centre, working women hostel, crèche, canteens and hospital are on. Workers from far away places such as Nagerkoil, Tiruchy, Pudukkottai and Andhra Pradesh are engaged in the work and temporary shelters have been provided for them.

The Park that promises to make Palladam a hub for home textiles will house 720 airjet looms that produce 153-inch wide bed linens and curtain clothes, sources said.

And, it is expected to provide employment to more than 3,000 persons.


Project cost

Of the total project cost of Rs. 44 crores for construction of buildings and creating public amenities, the Union Government would provide a grant of Rs. 17.60 crore (40 per cent) under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks. The State Government also extended financial assistance of Rs. 4.87 crores recently. Machinery worth Rs. 150 crores is expected to be installed here.

Mr. Kumar says the response from the banks is encouraging.

"When it comes to capacity building we are far behind China. We have to do it in a very aggressive and swift manner to capture the international market,'' he adds.

According to Mr. Kumar, machinery installation will be over by September.

http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/01/stories/2006030108170200.htm

Bosch development centre in Coimbatore


http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/17/stories/2006021709960500.htm


:cheers:

Oracle India expanding to smaller cities
Friday March 3 2006 00:00 IST
PTI

PUNE: Pune has become the first non-metro to be selected by Oracle India for launching its expansion plans in the country.

As part of its commitment to the city, Oracle has selected and trained local partners to meet the requirements of small and large organisations across key industries, Oracle India managing director Krishan Dhawan told reporters here.

The expansion plans that would be completed in the next few months. It would be carried out in other non-metro cities including Ahmedabad, Kochi, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Vishakapatnam, Indore, Jaipur and Lucknow in phases, Dhawan added.

A world class highway

Six-lane road; flyovers at five junctions

The Confederation of Indian Industry, Coimbatore zone, has released a feasibility report on upgrading the Avinashi Road into a world-class urban highway.

The report suggests developing the stretch, covering 16 km from L and T Bypass to Nanjappa flyover, into a six-lane one with median, service road and footpath-cum-drain on either side.

The rough estimate for this is Rs. 110 crores and the report suggests forming a special purpose vehicle to implement it.

http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/04/stories/2006030414580100.htm

TCS sets up engg center to help SMEs

COIMBATORE: The information technology arm of Tata Group, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has opened its first “engineering center of excellence” in Coimbatore. This consulting-led initiative is expected to enable Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to innovate and access global markets.

http://www.siliconindia.com/shownewsdata.asp?newsno=31171

Initiative Launched For Asian Sourcing Network

First ASN Center, in Coimbatore, India, Will Focus on Engineered Machined Parts


CHICAGO, PLANO, Texas and COIMBATORE, India, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions, a leading global sourcing services firm, and UGS Corp., a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today launched a groundbreaking initiative designed to enable manufacturers to connect companies from low-cost countries to their global innovation networks through a first-ever joint solution of information technology, software and consulting services.

Calling the new joint solution the Asian Sourcing Network (ASN), the companies are teaming with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading information technology and engineering services organization, to open the first ASN center in Coimbatore, India. Through the ASN center, which the companies opened on March 4, the three companies will find, develop and on-board companies from low-cost countries from which manufacturers and their suppliers can electronically source engineered machine parts. ASN will provide companies with a perpetual local presence, which is critical to the success of low-cost country sourcing activity.

"Identifying and building effective long-term relationships with the right low-cost suppliers will be a distinguishing characteristic of leadership companies going forward," said Joseph Raudabaugh, President, A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions. "Finding, developing and on-boarding these key suppliers and getting them fully embedded into supplier-partner networks is critical."

"ASN combines the extensive supplier research assessment and negotiation capabilities of A.T. Kearney with the collaboration, content exchange, and sourcing enablement of UGS technologies and the far reaching business experience and recognized quality services of TCS to offer low-cost country sourcing as a packaged solution," added Raudabaugh.


Maximizing Global Innovation Networks

ASN targets the increasing need for manufacturers to tie low-cost country suppliers into their global innovation networks to help reduce cost. According to the Aberdeen Group, the leading provider of fact-based research and advice for the global technology-driven value chain, medium and large enterprises expect to double their average spend in low-cost countries from approximately 20 percent in 2005 to 40 percent in 2008.

The new category-specific ASN center, focused on engineered machine parts, will include 100 dedicated collaboration workstations, engineering support and supplier development services. The center will initially target over 400 small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) that provide machining services.

"ASN represents a major step forward in enabling companies to leverage global innovation networks by establishing the local presence critical to the success of low-cost country sourcing activity," said Raj Khoshoo, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, UGS. "The fusion of technology, services, content, data integration and best practices deployment is a logical extension for existing UGS Teamcenter customers. In addition, both existing and new customers will reap benefits including improved process coordination, reduced travel demands and radically enhanced supplier performance."

"This initiative by A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions, UGS and TCS will enable the global manufacturing industry to achieve desegregation of their value chain and restructure their supply chain to include global suppliers based on the selection criteria of an optimum combination of capability and cost," said Dr. Ravi Gopinath, Vice President, Engineering and Industrial Services, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. "TCS' extensive understanding of the manufacturing industry puts it in a unique position to make this initiative a big success. TCS is committed to enhance the competitiveness of the manufacturing and SME sector in low-cost countries through supply network management and guiding continuous improvement cycles."

ASN focuses on addressing both classical sourcing needs, such as supplier identification, supplier assessment and evaluation, and sourcing negotiations, as well as providing for critical process and supplier management requirements, such as:


* Supplier participation through "global" collaboration to enable key
operational processes, for example, quality monitoring, engineering
changes, and inter-company teaming

* Supply market transparency in low-cost countries

* In-country engineering services support

* Technical capabilities mapped to support requirements-driven sourcing
analytics

* Version control and tracking of all inter-company documents and
communications

* Joint project management and issue tracking

* Configurable workflows and performance tracking


http://www10.mcadcafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&articleid=249152

I think this thread needs to be moved to Projects ....

TCS unveils centre of excellence in Coimbatore
March 6, 2006, 10:03 am
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As a part of its initiative to tap the engineering potential of the small and medium enterprise segment, Tata Consultancy Services, a technology service and consulting company, unveiled its first engineering centre of excellence here. The centre will target automotive and aerospace verticals here even as the company has plans to launch similar such processes in various

manufacturing clusters across the country in a phased manner, S. Ramadorai, managing director and CEO of TCS, told reporters here.

Mr Ramadorai said, "If India has to succeed in the global market, then it must strengthen its manufacturing base. Engineering SMEs from India are gaining momentum globally and Coimbatore accounted for 11 per cent of the total SMEs in the country. TCS’ superior IT and engineering capabilities will help establish SMEs in the global arena further".

He said if this business model of Centre of Excellence took root here, then the model will be replicated in 30 to 40 processes across India. He also said that a "right ecosystem" must be created for the SMEs to develop in the country..

Leaf tea plucking rates improving

Coimbatore: Leaf (tea) plucking rates have improved in the last three years, from Rs 3 a kg in 2003 to around Rs 8/kg now. For quality grades, the rates have even crossed the double-digit mark.

While the small growers are happy about this trend, the rise has not brought about any change in their livelihood. Growers say that they are neck-deep in debt and it would take a while for them to come out of the clutches of the local moneylender. The small growers of Alakarai village, a hamlet about 11 km from Kotagiri recall the days when they used to get Rs 18-plus on a kg of green leaf (years ago), before reaching rock-bottom levels - Rs 3/kg during the late 90s.

http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=14158717

dil maange more Kovai pics...

SKM Egg to set up arm in Japan

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1444954.cms

I think this thread needs to be moved to Projects ....

I can move this there if most of you who contribute to this thread agree.

Yep I agree

:)

I can move this there if most of you who contribute to this thread agree.

Ya, I also think the same.

Call to tap US medical market
Saturday March 11 2006 11:42 IST
COIMBATORE: India can tap the emerging medical services outsourcing market and provide cost-effective healthcare services to the US corporates, said chairman, Healthcare Sub Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) -Coimbatore Zone, Dr G Bakthavathsalam, on Friday.

However, he said the Indian hospitals should create exclusive infrastructure for corporate medical tourism, which would comply with international service and quality standards recognised by the international insurance industry.

In a press release, Bakthavathsalam, who is the chairman of K G Hospital and Post Graduate Medical Institute, Coimbatore, pointed out that exclusive corporate medical tourism and medical services outsourcing infrastructure could include chartered flight services and attractive tourism packages.

Pointing out the case of General Motors, which had recently sacked 20 percent of its workforce primarily to reduce its annual healthcare cost of over five billion dollars, he said that there was a potential demand from the US corporates for cost effective healthcare solutions that could be met by low-cost healthcare destinations like India.

Bakthavathsalam said the US corporates had the opportunity to reduce the healthcare cost by one-tenth with the partnership of hospitals in India. For instance, a bypass surgery or kidney transplant would cost around 20 times cheaper in India than in the US.

The joint-knee replacement in India would cost Rs 2 lakh whereas it would be Rs 20 lakh there. He urged the governments to promote India as a corporate medical tourism destination.
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20060311012107&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0&

Rs 34 crore to improve city traffic
Saturday March 11 2006 11:27 IST
COIMBATORE: Through the state government, the city police would get Rs 34 crore from the Centre for infrastructure development, Police Commissioner Karan Singha said here on Friday.

Coimbatore was one among the 200 cities shortlisted for improving infrastructure, which, in turn, would enable streamlining of traffic, Singha said and added that the amount sanctioned by the Centre would be utilised for modernising existing traffic signals and setting up new ones.

He said vigilance cameras would be installed at traffic signals in certain important city areas and modern equipment would be procured for effective patrolling.

“However, to solve the city’s traffic problems in an effective manner, the existing narrow roads, which are major traffic bottlenecks, need to be widened,” he stressed.

In an attempt to make the city roads accident-free, the city Corporation had also envisaged a plan to modify the narrow city roads at a cost of Rs 200 crore, Karan Singha said.
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20060311010557&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0&

Bosch India to open development centre
Saturday March 11 2006 11:44 IST
COIMBATORE: Robert Bosch India Limited, of the Bosch Group of Germany has decided to open a development centre in Coimbatore.

Hailing the decision of the German company, Jayakumar Ramadass, chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Coimbatore zone, said “Robert Bosch is the latest addition to the growing list of IT companies starting business here. IT majors like Wipro, TCS, Cognizant and Healthscribe have either announced or already started their operations.’’

He detailed the initiatives taken by the confederation to project the Cotton City as an ideal destination for IT companies. He said a multimedia film and brochure released by CII had been sent to various foreign embassies and trade attaches apart from leading Indian IT companies for attracting investments in Coimbatore.

The confederation had also released a report on the city in 2003 highlighting it as a fitting destination for IT/ITES industry. Following this the state government had earmarked a 30-acre land for establishing an IT park, he said.

“This apart, we have facilitated the coming up of an IT park in the private sector in the heart of the city,” he said.

The confederation was engaged with the German company for almost six to eight months facilitating its evaluation process and also assisted Dr Walter Grote, managing director of Robert Bosch and his officials in meeting some agencies and companies.

The company, a global major in automotive, industrial and building technology besides consumer goods, would be setting up its development centre as part of its de-risking strategy, he added

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20060311012328&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0&

Gangotri mulls mega expansion plan

COIMBATORE: The city-based Gangotri Textiles Limited, engaged in the manufacture of fabrics and trousers, has embarked on a Rs 351-crore capacity expansion project.

Addressing mediapersons here on Friday, C R Vasudevan, president (projects), said the project would strengthen the dyeing, weaving and processing sectors – the weakest link in the textile industry –, which are looking up in the post-quota regime.

The project envisages the setting up of textile production facilities comprising two ring spinning units, a weaving and processing plant and a modern garment unit. The ring spinning units, proposed to come up at Pushpatthur and Midapaddi near Udumalpet would have a total of 50,000 ring spindles.

A weaving and processing plant with a capacity to produce 51,000 metres of bottom weight and shirting fabrics a day would be set up at the SIPCOT industrial estate in Perudurai near Erode. A modern garment unit with a capacity of 3,000 pieces a day would also come up at the industrial estate.

The ring spinning unit at Pushpatthur would become operational from January, 2007, followed by the second unit at Midapaddi in October 2007 while both the weaving/processing unit and the garment unit would commence their production in October 2006.

After the expansion, the company would produce 18 million meters of fabrics a year.

“To finance this massive project, the company has obtained a long-term loan of Rs 257 crore from a consortium of banks arranged by SBI Capital Markets Limited,” said R Nadanasabapathy, vice president, SBI’s regional office, Chennai.

The consortium of bankers included Corporation Bank, Syndicate Bank, United Bank of India, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Travancore and Canara Bank, the lead bank.

“The loan is repayable over a period of 11 years. To meet part of its fund requirements, the company is coming out with a follow on public issue of Rs 55 crore and it is expected to venture into the capital market by April, 2006,” he said.

Manoj Kumar Tibrewal, managing director of Gangotri, said the company had proposed to install six windmills with a total generation capacity of 9.90 mw to meet its power requirements.

Of the proposed six windmills, three would be commissioned in July this year and the remaining by October, 2007, he added.

After the completion of the expansion project, the sales turnover of the company would be around Rs 500 crore with the share of export earnings accounting for Rs 70 to 100 crore, he said.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20060311010833&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+-+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0

SEZ for engineering sector proposed

Coimbatore, March 14: CII, Coimbatore Zone, was exploring the possibility of setting up a special economic Zone (SEZ) for the engineering sector, its Chairman, Jayakumar Ramdass said today.

Briefing reporters on the CII's "work plan" for 2006-07, Jayakumar, who assumed charge as Chairman recently, said an agency had been appointed to study the feasibility for the SEZ and its report would be ready soon.

Saying that with simplified procedure for SEZ, it would not be difficult to get 250 acres of land in and around the city, he said that a good number of companies, Export Oriented Units have shown interest to invest in the SEZ.

To make the region as a favoured investment destination, a series of activities and events would be organised to showcase Coimbatore and its inherent strength like entrepreneurship, industrial work culture, skilled manpower, healthcare facilities, quality of life and excellent educational institutions, he said.

Stating that it was proposed the theme +Destination Coimbatore-Harness the potential,+ for the year, Jayakumar said CII had planned to prepare CDs showcasing the sectoral strengths of the region, which would be sent to Foreign Embassies, trade attaches and potential investors.

Dialogues were on with leading airlines across the World to connect Coimbatore with major international centres, such as Singapore, Dubai and Malaysia, he said. (Agencies)

http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7B40C5150D-1FD4-452C-87C1-307101087CD0%7D&CATEGORYNAME=TAMNA

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PVR planning multiplexes in Chennai, Coimbatore and Visakhapatnam: Sanjeev Bijli.

Gurgaon-based PVR is making its presence felt, literally, across the country. Having set up its first multiplex way back in 1997 in Saket, South Delhi, it has managed to scale up the number to 50 screens.

While the growth has been a tad slow so far, considering that only 50 screens have been set up in almost a decade, PVR is now, however, switching to the fourth gear. The company recently raised Rs 150 crore via an IPO and will be investing in increasing the screen count to 200 in the next few years.

The investment lined up for the expansion is high at approximately Rs 400 crore.

Sanjeev Kumar Bijli, executive director of PVR, shares his insights with Business Standard on the multiplex scenario.

PVR seemed to have focused on the north of India for quite some time. The company is now enhancing its presence in the south as well.

How is the south Indian audience different from its northern counterparts?
There is a greater propensity to watch movies in south India. It has been noted that the per capita visitation to a theatre is high in the south when compared to the north. Therefore, while a viewer in the south may visit the theatre 10-11 times a year, in the north it may be 5-6 times a year.

Besides, as a multiplex operator, one can exhibit only Hindi and English movies in the north. But in the south, the audience is equally good for local language movies as well. In fact, there is more inclination towards Hindi movies rather than English movies in the north in contrast to the south Indian audience that has an equal number of patrons for Hindi, English as well as local language movies. A case in point is West Delhi where the ratio between English movie viewing and Hindi movie viewing is 10:90.

So what are the company's plans with regard to setting up more screens in the south?

While we already have some presence in Hyderabad and Bangalore, we are looking at more sites in these cities. In fact, India's largest multiplex with 11 screens has been set up by us in Bangalore. We will also be expanding to Chennai this year where we'll be setting up a seven-screen multiplex. The other cities that we are looking at in the south include Coimbatore, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam.

It’s been quite some time since the multiplex trend started in India. Has the profile of its patrons changed with time or is it still skewed towards the youth?

Majority of our audience continues to be in the age group of 18-26. However, we are trying to change this by exhibiting different kinds of movies, including mass-market ones. Our initiative to display multilingual movies has also been taken up to reach the aforesaid end.

Do you think that the cost factor is a deterrent in making this happen as the occupancy rates at multiplexes continue to be 45-55 per cent?

The ticket rates vary from city to city. Besides, in some cities we have adopted the flexi-pricing method, wherein based on either the day or the time of the day we vary the price points. So we even offer tickets at Rs 50, with the maximum being Rs 150. However, some states do not allow flexi-pricing. Ideally, we would like to adopt this method of pricing across India.

PVR has used the services of different design specialists for its multiplex in different cities. Is this a conscious attempt to avoid replicating the environment across all areas of operations?

Yes. We have used the services of different design specialists ranging from London-based Jestico & Whiles to even our in-house team. We would like the ambience at each multiplex to reflect the culture of the city. For instance, we have used red in Hyderabad to represent its bright and colourful environment. In Delhi, we have used black and blue.

Coimbatore is a fast emerging metropolis.

IT is boom time in Coimbatore. The textile industry, foundries, agriculture, poultry farming, real estate and Information Technology, among other sectors, are touching new highs in growth. The gloom that engulfed Coimbatore from 1995 to 1999 in the wake of the recession and the high interest regime that hit the textile and foundry industries hard, the slump in tea prices, the bomb blasts and the collapse of retail trade has vanished. The city's tradi tional entrepreneurial spirit has re-asserted itself. Coimbatore is an emerging metropolis today, eager to cast off its tier-II city status.

The entire "Kongu Nadu" region with Coimbatore as the hub is witnessing an economic resurgence. Manufacturers in Coimbatore have stopped exporting yarn because they get a better price for it in the domestic market. Tirupur, the garment town, is doing good business. Karur, the city of home textiles, is brimming with export orders. Salem is doing well in fabrics. As for the adjoining Nilgiris district, tea prices are ruling high.

Coimbatore has a long history of manufacturing textiles, pumpsets and castings. What is important is it has achieved the leadership in textile and engineering industries even though it has no public sector undertakings. Its industrious and enterprising citizens have helped Coimbatore gain a reputation as an industrial hub....

http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20060324001808300.htm

COIMBATORE rivals Chennai in providing quality health care through its multi-speciality and super-speciality hospitals of international standards.

The city's hospitals attract patients from the world over.

http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20060324002109600.htm


Higher educational institutions and Information Technology parks give the city a high-tech environment.
http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20060324003209800.htm



COIMBATORE is walking tall again. Its residents would like to forget what happened to the city and its industry and trade from 1995 to 1999 as "a bad dream". The shock and distress caused by the recession, skewed tax policies and the serial bomb blasts of 1998 has given way to a jubilant mood.

Four major groups of industries hold the key to Coimbatore's economy. They are textiles, engineering, a variety of small industrial units, and tea estates in the adjoining Nilgiris district. The textile industry is the cornerstone of the economy.
http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20060324001908600.htm

COIMBATORE today accounts for 48 per cent of the pumpsets manufactured in India. What turned the region to this business was its geography. Much of the land in the district is arid and is fit only for cotton cultivation, the water table being several hundreds of feet below the ground. Foundries came up for manufacturing pump components. Next came units manufacturing automobile components. Now Coimbatore produces wind turbines too.
http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20060324002009200.htm

Link to news... (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1438991,curpg-2.cms)

On Friday, the company’s shares closed at Rs 99.30, down 2.32%. “Of the amount raised, around Rs 7 crore will be utilised for capacity expansion at our three manufacturing plants in Coimbatore,” he said. Singhi & Associates Advisors acted as advisors to the transaction.

Salzer is a manufacturer of CAM-operated rotary switches, automobile switches, load brake switches, proximity and modular switches, wiring ducts, terminal connectors and toroidal transformers (a device used to transfer electric energy from one circuit to another).The company had a turnover of Rs 26 crore in FY05 and is targeting Rs 42 crore this fiscal.

KGiSL IIM signs MoU with Microsoft Corp

COIMBATORE: The city-based KGiSL Institute of Information Management has entered into an MoU with Microsoft Corporation to launch Microsoft IT Academy Centre at the KGiSL IIM campus.

KGiSL is claimed to be the first institution in Coimbatore to sign the agreement with Microsoft.

The MoU was signed by Ashok Bhakthavatsalam, managing trustee of the KGiSL Trust and P P Sunil, National Manager, Education, Microsoft, along with Quadra Systems, Microsoft’s first Gold Certified partner in India.

‘‘This agreement would add value to students studying in the MCA programme at KGiSL and to those undergoing the various under-graduate programmes at the KG College of Arts and Science,’’ said Ashok Bhakthavatsalam.

The Microsoft IT Academy would empower academic institutions to deliver IT training - from desktop and application skills to networking and developer technologies for IT professionals. The programme would meet the diverse needs of students, schools and the demands of the local workforce.

Microsoft will train the faculty of KGiSL IIM and help them in delivering the highest quality of technical education to their students.

Armed with the latest technology skills, the students would be in a select group that would receive early information and training on new product releases, beta variations, guidelines and tips on new courses, online and instructor-led training.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20060318114917&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0&

Precot acquires 32,256 spindles for Rs 20cr from Philippines-based mill

Precot Mills, Coimbatore to invest Rs.20 crore to set up a facility in Pollachi to house 32,256 spindles acquired from Litton a Philippines textile mill in an e-auction for Rs. 20 crore. The Pollachi facility is expected to start operation by January 2007.

Since Indian textile mills have to wait for about 32-36 months to purchase textile machinery from domestic players leading to a long gestation period, Precot Mills struck a deal with the Philippines-based mill to buy their machinery. Countries like Philippines, which enjoyed an advantage in textile exports due the quota, are now finding it difficult to cope with as the quota regime has been phased out.

Precot’s merger with Meridain Industries will enable Precot to enhance its spinning capacity by 25%. The synergies resulting from the merger would enhance the earnings per share in view of the better profitability of Meridian.

While the Precot’s proposed forward integration into garments has now been rescheduled for April 2007 compared to the earlier plan of September 2006 in view of the expansion in the spinning and weaving areas. The capital expenditure for the next three financial years for the merged entity has been planned at Rs 140 crore.

http://yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=8849

NTC mill gearing for modernisation

COIMBATORE: This seven-decade old textile mill, one of the profit making units of the National Textile Corporation (NTC) here, is soon to get a new lease of life

http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/19/stories/2006031905420400.htm

Kerala based Nest group looks at 100 acres to setup mechanical economic zone in kovai
Link to news (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/03/20/stories/2006032002551500.htm)

The group's turnover in 2005-06 would be between Rs 500 and Rs 600 crore. It employs around 3,500 people. Its clients include Hitachi, Toshiba and Panasonic. Mr Jehangir said NeST would invest Rs 100 crore during the next year in setting up a `special technology park' in Kerala and a `special mechanical economic zone' in Tamil Nadu.

The technology park, likely to come up in Kochi, will house software and related companies. The mechanical economic zone will come up in a 100-acre plot in Coimbatore.

It is also expanding its manufacturing base in Cochin Special Economic Zone and that in Bangalore. The software development division, based at Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram, is also being expanded to house up to 2,000 engineers from the present 700.

LGB group to setup a forging plant in Kovai
Link to news... (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/03/21/stories/2006032101920200.htm)


Speaking to Business Line, Mr Vijayakumar said of the proposed Rs 200 crore, Rs 60-Rs 80 crore would be used to repay high-cost short-term debt. The rest of the money (Rs 120 crore-Rs 130 crore) will be utilised for capital expenditure in the next three years.

On the mode of raising the required funds, he said the company proposed to raise around Rs 60 crore by way of long-term debt. Another Rs 20 crore would be raised through a preferential offerto a financial institution.

The company would come out with a rights issue of optional convertible debentures of Rs 100 crore, whose ratio and pricing would be decided on Thursday. He said the company had initiated steps to build a forging plant in Coimbatore and land acquisition has been completed. The orders for machinery have been placed. Since the existing chain factory of LGB was working at 100 per cent capacity, it wanted to establish two new chain manufacturing units — one at Pune and another most probably at Uttaranchal.

Coimbatore turns hot spot for foreign textile machinery makers


The cotton city of Coimbatore is fast becoming a hot spot for overseas textile machinery manufacturers to set up their own shops.

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?chklogin=N&autono=219364&lselect=4&leftnm=lmnu1&leftindx=1

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is keen on developing smaller airports in Tamil Nadu to ease congestion at Chennai Airport.

Releasing a CII report on `Traffic Assessment for Madurai Airport' at a function here today, Regional Executive Director of Airports Authority of India, K Ramalingam, said the AAI had plans to develop the airports at Pondicherry, Salem, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Coimbatore, and Tuticorin.

Source (http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=14167304)

New IT park planned in Coimbatore

The Salzer Group here, switch and switchgear manufacturer, plans an Information Technology (IT) park here in association with Global Technical Talent (GTT) Inc, a U.S.-based IT consulting service provider.

http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/23/stories/2006032310140100.htm

Sharadha Terry targets $100m topline

The company, which recently established a 33,000 spindle Greenfield spinning unit at Mettupalayam at a cost of Rs 60 crore, is in the process of setting up a 100-loom weaving unit at Annur. Earlier it was sourcing its yarn requirements from group companies.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1462073,curpg-2.cms

Engineering growth

T.S. SUBRAMANIAN

COIMBATORE today accounts for 48 per cent of the pumpsets manufactured in India. What turned the region to this business was its geography. Much of the land in the district is arid and is fit only for cotton cultivation, the water table being several hundreds of feet below the ground. Foundries came up for manufacturing pump components. Next came units manufacturing automobile components. Now Coimbatore produces wind turbines too.

http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20060324002009200.htm

Hey.....a couple of days back i did come to know that many International Airlines are eying on COIMBATORE into their network......if any oy u guys do have an idea regarding this, would you plz let me know.

There is a lot of potential in coimbatore, and air traffic has grown at a very fast rate in kovai airport. AAI is supposed to start working on the extension of runway to accomodate heavy jets. Once that is complete they, are going to renovate the airport.

I would like to see a brand new gleaming terminal and a new runway in kovai

There is a lot of potential in coimbatore, and air traffic has grown at a very fast rate in kovai airport. AAI is supposed to start working on the extension of runway to accomodate heavy jets. Once that is complete they, are going to renovate the airport.

I would like to see a brand new gleaming terminal and a new runway in kovai

Only recently, the AAI completed the runway expansion from 7,500 ft to 9,000 ft for handling wide-bodied aircraft and in the next phase it would be expanded to 10,000 ft.

A Sweden-based consultant has begun a techno economic feasibility study on behalf of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) for modernising Coimbatore Airport.

The Swedish agency, Sweedavia, a subsidiary of the LFV Group handling the Sweden Airport and Air Navigation Services' along with the Chennai-based Global Resources Representative (GRR) is doing the study. http://www.thehindu.com/2006/03/12/stories/2006031212290100.htm

For Coimbatore, does it hold cargo air services ?

For Coimbatore, does it hold cargo air services ?

Yes.

Riding the realty boom

Coimbatore is in the grip of a construction fever. Whether it is plush apartments or medium budget houses or commercial/office complexes, the city has not witnessed such a frenetic construction activity in the past as it is seeing now.

Always billed as one of the most liveable cities in the country, Coimbatore is finding that its core strength in the manufacturing sector, particularly in engineering and textiles, has given a new impetus to the real estate industry. More importantly, it has given it greater stability, as Coimbatore has also emerged as a global outsourcing hub for the manufacturing sector. But what has made the realty industry really hot is the fact that there is an air of expectancy about the rush of IT majors to Coimbatore.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/03/28/stories/2006032802352000.htm

He said one mall would come up on the Brooke Bond road and apart from the multiplex being put up by the Essel group another was expected to come up within the city. Any shopping mall would need 4-5 acres of land and some of the potential investors were looking for ideal locations.

The boom in real estate business in Coimbatore has brought in its wake an influx of builders from other cities and market players indicate that a few from abroad too might pitch their tent here.

Jain Housing from Chennai and Sahara group have announced projects in Coimbatore.

Some companies from the US have plans to promote projects in the city.

Bangalore-based Puravankara group to enter Coimbatore market.

Chennai-based Coromandel Engineering Co Ltd of the Murugappa group had advertised for purchase of land in Coimbatore for real estate promotion and the name of DBS group was also doing the rounds.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/03/28/stories/2006032800192100.htm

Tatz gr8 ANNIYAN.........itz seems tat COIMBATORE is goin' big way..........

Suzlon to set up manufacturing base in Coimbatore

Suzlon, a China-based leading manufacturer of wind turbine generators, is scouting for a place in Coimbatore to set its manufacturing base. The move comes close on the heels of a number of Chinese textile companies such as Shanghai TT Machinery and Pacific Mechatronic evincing interest in opening their shops in the region.

The German auto major Bosch is also planning to open its development centre in Coimbatore.

At a seminar on wind energy evacuation organised recently by the Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA) here, a presentation from Suzlon stated that during the next two years, the company plans to install around 1,500 MW in Coimbatore alone.

The proposals have been already approved by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB), the paper mentioned.

Suzlon already has a sales and marketing office in Coimbatore, which has been experiencing a surge in windmill activities in the recent past

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu1&leftindx=1&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=220231

Coimbatore hospital selected as research, reference centre

Coimbatore, March 30. (PTI): The city-based Ganga Hospital has been selected as the reference and research centre for Computer Navigated Surgery (CNS), for Asia Pacific Region by the US based BrainLAB, pioneers and World leaders in the field.

The hospital was selected at the 73rd annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons held on Tuesdayat Ilinois, Chicago, a hospital release said on Wednesday.

The hospital has been recommended as one of the three Centres for training and research in the cutting-edge technology of orthopaedic and spine surgery, which would be the standard care in the future. Other two centres were University of Leizpig, Germany and the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell University, the release said.

Ganga Hospital would also be the recognised centre for conducting courses and workshops for surgeons in the Asia Pacific region, the release said.

The meeting honoured Dr S Rajasekaran, Director and Head of the Department of Orthopaedic and spine surgery of the hospital with "clinical Excellence Award 2005," the first by an Asian, it said.

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/004200603300312.htm

IT firms seeking space in Coimbatore
COIMBATORE: "A lot of Information Technology companies are showing interest in Coimbatore. If someone creates the infrastructure, the space will be easily occupied," says Jayakumar Ramdass, Chairman of Confederation Indian Industry, Coimbatore zone, about the demand for space in Coimbatore from IT companies.
Potential centre
With nearly 250 IT and IT-enabled service companies already operating in the district, bigger IT companies have started looking at Coimbatore as a potential centre. However, what is needed is infrastructure (such as fully-furnished buildings), he says.
Plans confirmed
A couple of big companies have confirmed their plans for Coimbatore. And, with the enquiries received by the CII from IT companies, "we foresee a requirement of 10 lakh to 12 lakh sq.ft right now," he said. The average minimum space requirement for a Business Process Outsourcing firm is 50,000 to one lakh sq.ft and for a software development company it is 30,000 to 50,000 sq.ft.
Facilities
According to him, "it is not just space. It is like plug and play. The companies are looking at ready availability of all facilities so that they can start operations in, say, a week." The city currently does not have such large spaces and facility required by the IT companies.
Viable projects
In order to encourage more private initiatives, the CII planned to hold discussions with local builders. "May be it is scepticism about the potential here that is holding back local promotion of such projects," he said. These were commercially viable projects and there was a demand for space by IT companies. Roughly, the cost of construction and finishing (excluding land cost) would work up to Rs. 2,000 a sq. ft, he said.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/02/stories/2006040212530100.htm

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Suzlon to set up manufacturing base in Coimbatore

Suzlon, a China-based leading manufacturer of wind turbine generators, is scouting for a place in Coimbatore to set its manufacturing base. The move comes close on the heels of a number of Chinese textile companies such as Shanghai TT Machinery and Pacific Mechatronic evincing interest in opening their shops in the region.

The German auto major Bosch is also planning to open its development centre in Coimbatore.

At a seminar on wind energy evacuation organised recently by the Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA) here, a presentation from Suzlon stated that during the next two years, the company plans to install around 1,500 MW in Coimbatore alone.

The proposals have been already approved by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB), the paper mentioned.

Suzlon already has a sales and marketing office in Coimbatore, which has been experiencing a surge in windmill activities in the recent past

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu1&leftindx=1&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=220231

Suzlon is not Chinese. It is an India based company. Suzlon has a large presence in India and has been the undisputed market leader in the world's fifth largest market, for past eight years in row. India is the largest market in Asia, it is also where the Suzlon group's head quarters are located. Suzlon has manufacturing facilities, state-of-the-art R&D centres and training campuses in India.

Pioneers of the concept of large wind parks in Asia, Suzlon has successfully established a host of large wind parks across the country, including Asia's largest - the 200 MW Vankusavade wind park.

http://www.suzlon.com/Investors%20Presentation.pdf

Hell ya, Suzlon is so India, owned by one Tulsi Tanti.

Medical tourism on upswing in Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: They are coming from the land of the world's super power, the US, oil-rich Gulf and even from New Zealand. Hospitals here are cashing in on medical tourism that is set to run a close second to - if not rival - the Information Technology boom taking shape.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/04/stories/2006040412420100.htm

Suzlon is not Chinese. It is an India based company. Suzlon has a large presence in India and has been the undisputed market leader in the world's fifth largest market, for past eight years in row. India is the largest market in Asia, it is also where the Suzlon group's head quarters are located. Suzlon has manufacturing facilities, state-of-the-art R&D centres and training campuses in India.

Pioneers of the concept of large wind parks in Asia, Suzlon has successfully established a host of large wind parks across the country, including Asia's largest - the 200 MW Vankusavade wind park.

http://www.suzlon.com/Investors%20Presentation.pdf

man, this is the last thing i expected from Business Standard. I hate it when supposedly credible journalists dont do their homework. Idiot English Press. First to suck up to anybody but India.

Isnt Tulsi Tanti like one of the top 2 richest men in India?

man, this is the last thing i expected from Business Standard. I hate it when supposedly credible journalists dont do their homework. Idiot English Press. First to suck up to anybody but India.

Isnt Tulsi Tanti like one of the top 2 richest men in India?

not top 2 richest, but he's in the Forbes India's Richest club.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/77/QD9Q.html

Angel group to produce polyester yarn in Tirupur

TIRUPUR: The Tirupur-based Angel Group will set up a texturising plant to produce polyester yarn in Tirupur.

"The plant is the first of its kind in Tamil Nadu. We are planning to produce 500 tonnes of polyester textured/twisted yarn a month,'' says its president D. Sachithanantham.

http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/03/stories/2006040307350300.htm

Dubai’s ETA is setting up an IT park in Coimbatore

Work is expected to begin by July.

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1022369

Dubai’s ETA is setting up an IT park in Coimbatore

Work is expected to begin by July.

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1022369

Anniyan! is it different than the ETL infrastructure IT park being setup on 8 acre land. The names sound very similar. dont they???

:)

xcuse me my friend kvijayasundaram.......u hav mis taken it.....it is ETA Star......a Dubai based Real Estate firm.........which is coming up with an IT park at CBE.....

:cheers.

Cost factor brings foreign patients here
Friday April 7 2006 12:03 IST

COIMBATORE: It is medical tourism again. City hospitals are found bringing smiles back on the faces of foreign patients.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20060407014159&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0&

Speedy treatment surprises NRI
Friday April 7 2006 11:59 IST
COIMBATORE: What would have been a six-month-long wait for an MRI and CT scan in UK has taken only three hours here in India... Sivapillai, a Brit, who was here for treatment at PSG Hospital on Thursday for the continuous pain he suffered in his back, head and knee was all smiles when he said this.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20060407013823&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0&

Arm reimplanted at city hospitalFriday April 7 2006 11:59 IST
COIMBATORE: Doctors at Rex Ortho Hospital here have saved Kalaivani (24), a resident of Sundakkamuthur on the outskirts of the city, from what would have been a life-long handicap by successfully reimplanting her forearm.

Kalaivani sustained a mutilating injury on her right arm from a plastic crusher machine. Her right arm below the elbow was totally damaged. At Rex Ortho Hospital, she underwent a surgery and her arm was reimplanted.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20060407013745&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0&

hai....i am new to this group...i want to know what is comming up in brook bond(road)

hai....i am new to this group...i want to know what is comming up in brook bond(road)

a warm welcome to 'ganeshram' to this HOT SPOT thread.............

well my dear friend... i believe WIPRO had purchaced land of Brook Bond factory for setting up its new Software Development Centre here.....coming up of SHOPPER's STOP in that road are also on the lines.......

:cheers:

-- Coimbatore to Colombo

- Srilankan Airlines
- Deccan Lanka

-- Coimbatore to Dubai

-- Coimbatore to Singapore

- Silk Air
- Singapore Airlines

-- Coimbatore to Malaysia(Kula lampur)


:cheers:

:)

Even Air India, Kingfisher Airlines......have shown intrest on Coimbatore.

:cheers.

-- Coimbatore to Colombo

- Srilankan Airlines
- Deccan Lanka

-- Coimbatore to Dubai

-- Coimbatore to Singapore

- Silk Air
- Singapore Airlines

-- Coimbatore to Malaysia(Kula lampur)


:cheers:


InnovaCool,
Do you have the source for this news. If you have please cut and paste it here.
Thanks
-k

InnovaCool,
Do you have the source for this news. If you have please cut and paste it here.
Thanks
-k

:)

Another indication of growing interest in the city is the spurt in the number of flights to and from Coimbatore. From a handful of daily flights, as many as 19 flights operate here and more airlines are eyeing the Coimbatore skies. There has been phenomenal growth in the passenger traffic in the past two years — from around 24,000 in December 2003 to 41,000 in December 2004 and 60,062 in December 2005.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/02/04/stories/2006020400010100.htm


More air links to Coimbatore are also on the cards. Besides Silk Air and Kingfisher, Air India is keen to introduce its service to Coimbatore. Air India is believed to have approached the AAI for introducing the bigger Airbus 310 aircraft on the Coimbatore sector, possibly linking it with an international route.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/02/04/stories/2006020400050200.htm

There is even talk of Singapore and Frankfurt being linked to the Coimbatore City.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/02/04/stories/2006020400130400.htm

Air Deccan Lanka plans flights to 3 cities in South

The new airline plans to start operating daily flights from Colombo to Chennai, Cochin and Coimbatore within three months. Earlier this week it was given permission by the Sri Lankan authorities to start regular services between Sri Lanka and India.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com...40604481200.htm

:cheers:

COIMBATORE INDEED CAN BECOME A SPECTACULAR CITY! LETS ALL WAIT FOR 1 MORE YEAR TO SEE THE DRASTIC CHANGE! IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS!

HAI GUYS...DID ANY BODY KNOW THE PRESENT POPULATION OF COIMBATORE AND TIRUPUR.....

HAI GUYS...DID ANY BODY KNOW THE PRESENT POPULATION OF COIMBATORE AND TIRUPUR.....


POPULATION:

Coimbatore: 23 lacs..

Tirupur: 8 lac..

:)

Dear ppl......do any one let me know regarding the introduction of International flight in Coimbatore - Dubai Sector??????????

COIMBATORE INDEED CAN BECOME A SPECTACULAR CITY! LETS ALL WAIT FOR 1 MORE YEAR TO SEE THE DRASTIC CHANGE! IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS!

What major infrastructure projects are going on?

If u r from Kovai, u sure will know better. The media doesnt have much coverage as usual.

POPULATION:

Coimbatore: 23 lacs..

Tirupur: 8 lac..

:)

Population of Coimbatore as on 28th Jan 2006 is 1,725,000

http://www.citypopulation.de/World.html

ICCI Coimbatore pitches for better infrastructure

What they want:

The constitution of `Coimbatore Urban Area Development Authority' as a statutory body

The Government must to take up the ELCOT project

Ring Road

Iimplementation of a marine discharge project to solve the effluent problem of Tirupur

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/04/15/stories/2006041502491300.htm

Local Planning Authority finalising master plan

The city has grown leaps and bounds and has seen many changes, especially during the last 10 years. And, the Local Planning Authority (LPA) is in the process of finalising the revised master plan for the city (the current one was approved in 1994).

Apart from some modifications, the revised master plan will see some new proposals too. "The review and survey are over for the revised plan," says S.A. Balasubramanium, Joint Director of the LPA. Apart from revising the current plan, the LPA has prepared a projection of the land use for another five years.

The projection has more land earmarked for industries in the outskirts (mainly along the Avanashi Road), an increase in residential land for future use and a 16-km ring road connecting Avanashi Road and Mettupalayam Road through Sathyamangalam Road.

more..http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/17/stories/2006041709050300.htm

Air Arabia !!!!!
The Indian government has confirmed that Air Arabia has been granted rights to fly between Kochi and Sharjah from May, Rohit Ramachandran, Air Arabia, Manager, India, told a press meet here.

While initially, it will be operating four flights a week, from May 12 the airline would be having daily flights on the sector. |Vacation Travel: A summer special feature|

The airlines has asked the Union government for operating its services from many other cities, including Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, Tiruchirapalli, Coimbatore, Amritsar and Lucknow, he said.

http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=14187105

Hey guys! i saw a kingfisher ATR 72 aircraft roaming around our city (coimbatore)since 3 PM till night! i think they are trying to understand and learn the landing practices at coimbatore airport! does anyone know whether kingfisher is gonna start services to coimbatore! i heard about silk air, air india, singapore airlines , deccan lanka, srilankan airline's interest in coimbatore...any other updates!

Another Newly formed International Indian Based Airlines to start its operation 3 months after ....

Coimbatore is one of their destination from Colombo....

So One more International DAILY Flight to COIMBATORE...

for more stories....

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/Apr92006/national192316200648.asp


:cheers:

Oracle to strengthen presence in Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: Oracle India Private Limited (Oracle India) will strengthen its presence in Coimbatore and nearby areas as part of its expansion plans into non-metro cities in India. According to a release, it has selected and trained eight local partners to meet the needs of industries here. "These partners have the domain knowledge to address the needs of the textiles and engineering companies in Coimbatore and have the technical knowledge of Oracle's product offerings." "The non-metro cities in India will have an unprecedented level of choice in enterprise software," Anup Varma, Regional Sales Director, Mid Market Technology, Oracle India, said.

http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/19/stories/2006041902321600.htm

Hey...Do any one know about any NEW INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS for COIMBATORE?????????

Hey...Do any one know about any NEW INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS for COIMBATORE?????????
http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7965096&postcount=218 :)

U.S. company to start unit in Coimbatore (from hindu on apr 21)
COIMBATORE: A team of five entrepreneurs from the United States had discussions with office-bearers of the Coimbatore District Small Industries Association here recently. The team evinced interest in setting up a balloon factory here. The entrepreneurs have identified land at Kinathukadavu, near here, said J. Balu, president of the association. The team visited Coimbatore six months ago and came again this month. The association had helped the U.S. entrepreneurs identify land and also guided them on other issues to start a unit here.

According to him, more industries are likely to start operations here owing to availability of labour. Mr. Balu said the salary that a welder received in Europe for five hours was the monthly payment made to a welder here. Though not a large number of foreign investments had come here so far, starting a couple of units would stimulate further investment, he said.

http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7965096&postcount=218 :)

xcuse me my dear friend ANNIYAN the hyperlink provided by u leads to the info given by myself......

I wanted to know about any new International routes for CBE apart from the info provided my me....... :)

The team evinced interest in setting up a balloon factory here.

It may be a condom-making factory. Is not baloon the other term for condoms. :runaway:

Maxwell plans to set up new comprehensive - integrated manufacturing facilities at Bangalore and Coimbatore -

http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?rep=2&aid=289950&ssid=53&sid=BUS

A Pizza Tower model in Race Course Rd.

http://i3.************/w6tkxx.jpg

CSS group to hire 150 more in Kovai (http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/25/stories/2006042503801900.htm)


CHENNAI: CSS Group, an IT services Group with offshore facilities here, has acquired Coimbatore-based e-Brahma Technologies for an undisclosed sum. ...

Paramasivam Venkataramasamy, founder of e-Brahma, will join the CSS group as Vice-President (Engineering) and G. Ramasubramaniam, co-founder, will head the ERP offerings of the CSS group.

The acquisition marks CSS Group's foray into Tier-II cities in India. CSS plans to add about 150 IT professionals in Coimbatore this year.

.....
The CSS Group currently employs over 3,500 professionals operating out of its offshore facilities in Chennai.

:)
GRT Group of Hotels eying COIMBATORE for a new Budget Hotel.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1492486.cms

TN’s textile industry set to create 50 lakh jobs
:)

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1489661.cms

:cheers:

:)

Intex technologies to expand

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1493450.cms

TCS plans to expand in Coimbatore.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1495552.cms

:cheers:

For decades Coimbatore progressed on its own, through contributions from its industrial houses in the form of jobs, education and health care. With rapid development taking shape, it is time for active Government involvement in providing quality basic infrastructure than effecting cosmetic changes.

THERE'S NO stopping its growth. The city seems to strain at stretching its boundaries beyond the 105.5-sq.km. Such is the hectic pace at which apartments are being built in the city; there is very little space left for independent houses.

If builders are into projects for apartments in the suburban Vadavalli or Thudialur, it is definitely an indication of land becoming scarcer for independent houses in these areas also. This, in turn, points to the near-blurring speed at which houses are coming up around the city.

On the commercial side, private players are planning Information Technology (IT) parks even as the city waits for the one planned by the Government. Other types of commercial ventures such as multiplexes, theme parks and even shopping malls are on the cards.

The communal tension attributed to Coimbatore's economic slump (apart from recession in the textile sector) is no more a factor. With the economy looking up on all fronts, Coimbatore is at a crucial point - where development will have to be holistic and necessarily include infrastructure.

"Coimbatore has developed on its own, without much Government help" is the famous refrain of every section of society in this region; mostly told with a great sense of pride - and rightly so - by the industrialists.

Industrial families have provided scores of employment opportunities through their units, educational institutions and hospitals. The last two have earned Coimbatore prominence in the list of the country's top-notch institutions. It has even a private medical college and hospital. Business process outsourcing firms are already here. And, now, IT players are set to come in.

Having come thus far `on its own', Coimbatore now demands serious attention, and not a mere cursory glance in terms of development of infrastructure. Other than declaring Coimbatore as the next IT destination, nothing much seems to emerge from the Government's side.


(more)http://www.hindu.com/pp/2006/04/30/stories/2006043000040100.htm

Air Traffic (passengers) in no:s

1) MUMBAI : 16732306
2) DELHI : 14601897
3) CHENNAI : 6112044
4) BANGALORE : 5111788
5) KOLKATA : 3959707
6) HYDERABAD : 3591558
7) COCHIN : 1719749
8) AHMEDABAD : 1696364
9) GOA : 1471862
10) TRIVANDRUM : 1199463
11) CALICUT : 880289
12) PUNE : 805910
13) GUWAHATI : 662985
14) COIMBATORE : 514182
15) LUCKNOW : 503034

for more info:

http://www.airportsindia.org.in/aai/news.htm

:cheers2:

Guys, When i went to Covai last December, i noticed a very huge building under construction behind the Lakshmi Towers( near Saibaba Colony market/police station). Do any one know about that building? is it completed?

Guys, When i went to Covai last December, i noticed a very huge building under construction behind the Lakshmi Towers( near Saibaba Colony market/police station). Do any one know about that building? is it completed?

hiiii...I visited Kovai this feb....I did notice that huge building behind Saibaba Colony Market...I belive its a Residential Apartment coming up...there were 2 building ... exactly like twin tower....by that time one was almost in completion stage with painting works and the other was under construction...

Such is the hectic pace at which apartments are being built in the city; there is very little space left for independent houses.

If builders are into projects for apartments in the suburban Vadavalli or Thudialur, it is definitely an indication of land becoming scarcer for independent houses in these areas also.http://www.hindu.com/pp/2006/04/30/stories/2006043000040100.htm

Anniyan, it seems that the real estate scene of Coimbatore is very much poorly showcased (I mean persps & photos) in this forum. Who can help by providing the details & renderings of Apartments/highrises of Coimbatore?