Please post your updates on this thread on hosur^^ ^^

Small-scale industries face manpower shortage .

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007082051500300.htm&date=2007/08/20/&prd=th&

hosur's got good potential to develop into a genuine satellite city............

IT SEZ IN HOSUR

COIMBATORE: The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) plans to involve private partners for development of some of its information technology parks in the State. The State Government gave its approval for the proposal recently, according to C. Uma Shankar, Managing Director of the ELCOT.

SEZ
He told The Hindu that sector-specific (IT and ITES) special economic zones (SEZ) were to be developed in Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchi, Hosur, Coimbatore and Tirunelveli. In Coimbatore, the Corporation was developing its facility apart from allotting land to a couple of companies.
New proposal
With the new proposal in hand, it planned to develop 50 acres in the Madurai SEZ, 50 acres in Tiruchi SEZ and 400 acres in the Tirunelveli SEZ through private partners. The Corporation could allot land to individual companies or develop its own facility too at these parks apart from the one through joint venture. In Chennai, an IT park was planned on 199 acres and the entire project would be through a private partner.
Technical expertise
The partner would bring in technical expertise apart from financial input. The ELCOT’s share would come in the form of land. A joint venture company would be formed with the private partner for each park to develop it. “This will enhance IT development in the State by taking up more projects,” he said.
Infrastructure
Further, the partner would have expertise in the field and would also develop the social infrastructure such as houses and commercial space at the park.These were the benefits in having the partners. Different models could be considered for development through private partner.The ELCOT would float tenders soon to select the partners, he added.

Geneva outsources, TN Naxal belt village gets a call centre

CHENNAI: Until six months ago, B Shivakumar from Kumbalam village toiled as a labour hand while C Rajkumar from Beeralam spent the day herding cattle.

Spotted by the district administration and sent for training, both speak accented English today, working as team agents at a rural call centre in Sanasandiram, one of the most backward hamlets in north Tamil Nadu.

This back-office of a Geneva-based IT firm, which helps them earn Rs 5,000 per month, is ushering in a revolution of sorts in Sanasandiram, located in the Naxal-affected Krishnagiri district.

District Collector Santosh Babu, who came up with Fostera (Fostering Technologies in Rural Areas) which is what the Azhaippy Maiyam or rural call centre is called, told this website's newspaper: “The transformation of the youths has been amazing. I was quite sceptical, was not sure if they would be able to speak English, let alone acquire a western accent.”

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Proposal to lay inner ring road in Hosur :)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/31/stories/2007083151660300.htm

link to news......... (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/08/31/stories/2007083151040300.htm)

TVS Motor Company today rolled out seven vehicles, including three variants of its new three-wheeler, marking its foray into the segment.

The products are expected to be launched in a phased manner between October and November this year and prices will be announced prior to the launch.

Fortunes to change

At a function branded Dhoom 7, in its Rs 125-crore new three-wheeler plant in Hosur, the company’s Chairman and Managing Director, Mr Venu Srinivasan, said the fourth quarter of this fiscal will witness a changed TVS with many more aggressive and focused products. The change will also reflect in the company’s fortunes, he said

Hosur: The State Government has appointed about 2,500 doctors and 3,000 village health nurses so far, Minister for Health K.K.S.S.R Ramachandran has said.

Partnership

Inaugurating the Trauma Resuscitation Centre (TRC) at NH-7 in Hosur on Wednesday the Minister said that the TRC was one of the first of its kind in the State under public-private partnership.

The Government has allocated Rs.2, 000 crore for public health in the current fiscal.

Mr. Ramachandran said that the Government had announced three medical colleges in the State so far. An amount of Rs.100 crore has been sanctioned for each hospital, which would be equipped with State-of-the art facilities.

Efforts would be taken to set up a medical college in Krishnagiri district, he said.

Ex-servicemen ward

The Minister inaugurated the ex-servicemen ward in Hosur Government Hospital, which was renovated at an outlay of Rs.3 lakh by the Hosur Industries Association (HIA). He also inaugurated additional buildings in the Hosur Government Hospital and distributed welfare assistance to the tune of Rs.18 lakh to 185 beneficiaries.

Health Secretary V.K. Subburaj said that the Government had set up 10 Trauma Care Centres so far.

An amount of Rs.1.5 crore has been sanctioned for each Centre. More than 100 accident victims were treated at the Trauma Resuscitation Centre in Hosur, he added.

According to Collector Santhosh Babu the dilapidated leprosy home on the NH-7 has been transformed into a TRC at an estimate of Rs.20 lakh. Land was being identified for establishment of a Trauma Care Centre in Kaveripattinam.

The Government has sanctioned Rs.1.60 lakh for conservancy workers and uninterrupted supply of drugs and other consumables through the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation.

Blood bank

The main objective of this centre is to stabilise the patient at the Centre and enroute to a major hospital, increasing his/her chances of survival during the golden hour. The services of the blood bank in the Government Hospital in Hosur would be utilised for treatment of accident victims.

care

While the patient is free to decide where he has to be taken for tertiary care, if he is taken to Sparsh hospital, then Sparsh Hospitals would charge only 50 per cent of their normal charges, Mr. Babu added.

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Farmers oppose setting up of SEZ near Hosur

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/31/stories/2007083162181200.htm

:cheers:Hosur (TN), Oct. 15 This compact industrial town may not reflect its prominence as an important industrial hub of Tamil Nadu, but with its strong engineering base for over two decades Hosur has the potential to rival any big manufacturing centre.

Seventy per cent of the units in the small and tiny sector are engaged in manufacturing important components for the automotive industry, with exports forming part of its main activity.

Industrial hub


It has been an industrial hub for more than two decades and home to manufacturing plants of Ashok Leyland, Titan Industries, TT Prestige, Reckitt Benckiser, Hindustan Lever, Carborandum Universal and TVS Motors. The basic infrastructure is firmly in place.

However, large number of small and tiny vendor units are operating from scattered locations waiting for dedicated industrial units to leverage on common facilities to cut costs and invest on capacity expansions.

Besides, with Bangalore also reaching a saturation point, Hosur with similar attributes of salubrious climate and on the Golden Quadrilateral highway route to Chennai, is ideally placed to attract fresh investments from large industries to create greater opportunities to the existing units to grow further, said Mr S. Ramani Srinivasan, President, Hosur Small and Tiny Industries Association (HOSTIA).

Talking to Business Line, Mr Ramani Srinivsan said the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) had given an initial thrust two decades ago in turning this small township into a vibrant industrial hub, with an annual turnover of Rs 10,000 crore, there has been no significant investments lately.

However, with globalisation offering opportunities, Hosur should realise its full potential with a planned approach in providing an integrated industrial infrastructure on priority basis.

Hosur boasts of 1,500 small and tiny industrial units, serving as key tier two and three vendors to powerful players in the automotive and engineering manufacturing companies.

It also accounts for the largest customs and excise revenue contribution of Rs 1,000 crore to the Central exchequer.

Infrastructure


With its proximity to the Bangalore airport, about 40 km, and the Mangalore Port, Hosur could become a new magnet for large investments if the township is provided direct rail connection to Chennai via Jalarpet and a feeder airline is developed to cope up with the future demands from corporates.

With two SEZs proposed to be set up in the town, the regional air traffic is bound to grow, Mr Ramani Srinivasan pointed out.

He said the real estate fever has not infected Hosur and hence the prices are competitive at about 25-30 per cent lower in areas closest to Bangalore.

Mr Ramani Srinivasan said Small Industries Development Corporation Ltd set up a new industrial estate on 500 acres for relocation of the existing units and for new units to be set up to meet the growing demands of the industry. :banana:

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/10/16/stories/2007101651762300.htm

The government is setting up a new IT park spread over 192 acres at Hosur near Bangalore, which is expected to get an investment of Rs 2,000 crore

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=11&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=29495

Hi all..
post more threads on Hosur(Industrial town)
let others know more on this Little England

Tamil Nadu, which is focusing on building the state as the most preferred IT and ITeS destination is confident of emerging as the leader in these sectors by 2010, two top officials said on Tuesday.

A total of 2,340 acres of government land across the state has been acquired and earmarked for development and Rs 100 crore has been allocated to the Electronic Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) for infrastructure development, ELCOT Director C Umashankar told reporters here.

"Tamil Nadu is promoting its seven Tier II cities including Hosur, where it is establishing a smart city," he said.

Hosur is located close to IT capital, Bangalore.

The state attracted Rs 15,000 crore investment in the first 10 months of this year in IT, electronics and automobile sector, Umashankar said.

Tamil Nadu Guidance Bureau (Single window agency) Director Velumurgan said by 2008 at least USD 1 billion investment would be made in the manufacturing sector alone.

Of the seven automobile giants in the state such as TVS Group, Ford Motors and Hyundai Motor, two had agreed to expand manufacturing capacities and a new player would enter the field soon.

However, he refused to name the new entrepreneur,saying it was in the process of signing a MoU.

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200710301531.htm

Checkpoints on inter-State borders will be equipped with weigh bridges :

The checkpoints, to be established at Pethikuppam, Hosur, Kandanchavadi (Valaiyar) and Kaliyakavalai, would be equipped with weigh bridges. They would ensure better enforcement and prevent revenue loss. Violations such as overloading, tax evasion and operation of vehicles without permits would come down. Officials of other departments could also make use of the checkpoints

http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/01/stories/2007110161891200.htm

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Bangalore s high real estate prices have forced IT companies here to look beyond the city office space. And Hosur is all set to become the next IT destination. Located just 30 km form Electronic City ( a 30 minutes drive ), Hosur enjoys a proximity to Bangalore s talent pool. Relatively low land rates, a sound infrastructure and a pleasant climate make it a great alternative to Bangalore. The approval of a Hosur Special Economic Zone (The Hindu, Bangalore Edition, 3rd Oct 2006), plans for a software technology park, a floriculture park and further development of the infrastructure here will only quicken the moving in of IT companies. The demand for residential space is directly linked to the demand for commercial space. It is only a matter of time before the need for living spaces will be realized and developed will flock to Hosur. Investing in Hosur now, is like investing in Gurgaon before the prices went up permanently.

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Hosur emerges as ‘Little Sivakasi’
Monday November 12 2007 14:11 IST
Anitha Jaishankar

HOSUR: Hosur has emerged as ‘Little Sivakasi’ with cracker sales crossing Rs 200 crore this Deepavali, thanks to increasing customers from neighbouring Bangalore.

For the past ten years, about 200 fireworks manufacturers, including Standard and Anil Fire works from Sivakasi, have been setting up direct wholesale depots in Hosur during Deepavali to woo customers from Bangalore, where the Karnataka government has imposed several restrictions on cracker sales.

In fact, traders in Bangalore were allowed to carry out fireworks sales only through temporary sheds, installed by the government in playgrounds and retailers were not allowed to sell them in private places.

In addition, restrictions on maintaining the stock, high rate of Sales Tax and other stringent rules, imposed by the government, prevented the traders from carrying out their cracker business in a big level there.

According to revenue department sources, the wholesale depots in Hosur region almost doubled to 197 outlets this season when compared to about 100 in the last year.

The sales also increased to Rs 200 crore this year from around Rs 100 crore in 2006, S Venugopal, Proprietor of Ganesh Annamalai Cracker depot said.

Starting from the state border at Zoozuvadi village, the cracker shops were lined up through Hosur till Perandapalli village on National Highway- 7. Unlike in the past, many wholesale merchants set up depots in Bagalur town too, 15 km away from Hosur and located.

S Krishnan, another fireworks wholesaler in Hosur, said around one lakh people from Bangalore purchased crackers from Hosur this season.

Apart from Bangalore, customers from other Karnataka towns like Ramanagaram, KGF, Malur, Anekkal, Tumkur, Jigini and Kolar also made their purchases from Hosur, traders said.

In 2006, cracker depots in Hosur had witnessed dull sales due to the heavy rains that lashed the area continuously for five days during the Deepavali season. But this time the cracker wholesale depots witnessed bumper sales as there were not much rains.

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TN expects $3bn investment in auto sector

BS Reporter / Bangalore October 30, 2007



Tamil Nadu is likely to further consolidate its position in the automobile industry with the state government likely to sign MoUs with two car companies for their expansion in the next two weeks.

According to a senior official in the department of industries, the government of Tamil Nadu has approved three more proposals involving a cumulative investment of $1.6 billion.

"Two automobile companies are setting up brownfield projects, while one company is setting up a greenfield project in the state. We have prepared the MoU documents, and the Chief Minister is likely to sign them in the next two weeks," M Velmurugan, director, Guidance Bureau, Industries Department, Tamil Nadu, said.

He said the state is expected to get an investment of $3 billion in the automobile sector during the next couple of years. Tamil Nadu already has 15 auto and auto related companies.

The state is also stepping up its efforts to boost the IT industry. C Umashankar, managing director, Electronic Corporation of Tamil Nadu, said the government is expected to get an investment in the range of Rs 20,000 crore by various IT and electronics companies in the next two years. The government is setting up a new IT park spread over 192 acres at Hosur near Bangalore, which is expected to get an investment of Rs 2,000 crore, he said.

"The government is working in a big way towards IT-SEZs in the state. About 2,340 acres of government across the state has been taken over and earmarked for development of IT industries," he said.

The state is aiming at a growth of 50% in software exports during the current financial year. Last fiscal, the state exported $5.1 billion worth of software. Most of the big software companies like TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant, Satyam are expanding their presence in the state, he added.

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Hosur an IT hot spot?

Hosur is a mere 23 km away from Electronic City, Bangalore's IT hub,
and the Tamil Nadu government wants to make the industrial township a
giant satellite town like Gurgaon or Noida.


The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) has already
commenced the leveling work and formation of the IT SEZ park at Hosur
in 190 acres the largest in Tamilnadu.


And GMR Infrastructure is planning to setup a 2600 acres of IT AND
ITES and MULTIPRODUCT SEZ one of the largest in South India. The Govt.
is likely to stop the TAX holiday after 2009 in India. Therefore, It
will attract all the IT cos., from all over india to set up their new
projects inside this Hosur SEZ, as they will get another 10 years of
TAX holiday benefit.


Already about 20,000 people working in Electronic city are located in
Hosur. They travel daily by Pool Vehicles, Staff bus from Wipro and
Mini cabs from IT co's.


Hosur, he says, has been chosen as it can dovetail the strengths of
Bangalore's deep talent pool and salubrious climate with Tamil Nadu's
infrastructural forte and relatively inexpensive real-estate rates.


Making Hosur an IT hub, however, will be a tough task. In 2003-04,
when Tamil Nadu exported Rs 7,643 crore (Rs 76.43 billion) worth of
software, Hosur's contribution was zilch. Tamil Nadu is keen on
changing this.


"We will consider building a 250,000 sq ft facility, on the lines of
TIDEL Park in Chennai, at a cost of between Rs 35 crore (Rs 350
million) and Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million). This initiative, has
created a light-house effect and boost investor confidence,"
Harinarain says. He says the Tamil Nadu government is likely to use a
private-public partnership to upgrade Hosur's present infrastructure,
including schools, hospitals and shopping malls, to build Hosur into a
viable satellite town.

A sprawling five-acre property, the luxury-cum-business hotel is part of the U.S.P Group of Companies. The hotel has 60 elegantly furnished rooms in Phase I, 40 rooms in Phase II and two executive suites. For a delightful gourmet experience, the hotel boasts Fusion, a multi-cuisine restaurant, and Roots `n' Shoots, a vegetarian restaurant. Well-landscaped gardens, a swimming pool, a gym, an ayurvedic massage parlour and children's playing zone are other features. Three banquet and conference halls, which can accommodate up to 500 people, are ideal for corporates.

Price: A package for two costs Rs. 2,499 for 24 hours including bed and breakfast, which includes a South Indian and Continental spread.

Contact: The Rennaaissancce Grand, No. 422, SIPCOT, Phase II, Krishnagiri Main Road, Hosur — 635109, ph: 04344-261111/261112 or 93644-67067 or email: hotelrennaaissancce@yahoo.co.in




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^^ you are doing an excellent job. keep it up..

can u post some information regarding the proposed IT sezs in Hosur.. like location.. status...

Special Economic Zone Hosur - SEZ More than 1000 Hectores have been identified in Krishnagiri District.
A multi product SEZ near Bangalore in Krishnagiri District.
90 Kms. from New Bangalore International Airport at Devanahalli.
Area-2600Acres.
Land Procurement Process Commenced.
Project cost - Rs. 2300 Crores.
"In-Principle" approval of Govt. of India obtained.
GMR infrastructure Ltd has been selected as JV Partner to implement this SEZ.
MoU was signed on 6.8.2007 in the presence of Hon'ble Chief Minister of Taminadu.

http://www.tidco.com/sez3.html

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Some views of Hosur from the temple

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having any night view??

Hello raj

These are 2 year old photos. Sorry I have no more but will take a few when I come that side next

Rgds
Slakhs

hi friends, why u people have stopped posting the comments on developments in hosur region?..

please put the updates to know about this industrial city having many companies like titan, tvs and ashok leyland.. i think no other city in TN has this many big corporates like here other than chennai..

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Hosur stands 2nd in TN in manufacturing industries next to Chennai!!

It is sad that till now this town is not connected to Chennai. Atleast if proper rail connectivity(new Hosur-Krishnagiri-Jolarpet line) is there, then some Chennai auto industries may consider Hosur as their destination.

Most of the parts for TVS and Ashok leyland is manufactured by Hosur small scale industries and SIPCOT. So Hosur has an added advantage to become an auto hub next to Chennai provided if Hosur has good infrastructur! TN gvt should take steps to develop Hosur as auto hub once Chennai get saturated. Proximity to Bangalore is an added advantage for Hosur.

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s.. these days hosur is considered as a suburb of bangalore itself. so if TN govt takes steps it will be not only useful to hosur but for whole TN

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Hosur stands 2nd in TN in manufacturing industries next to Chennai!!

It is sad that till now this town is not connected to Chennai. Atleast if proper rail connectivity(new Hosur-Krishnagiri-Jolarpet line) is there, then some Chennai auto industries may consider Hosur as their destination.

Most of the parts for TVS and Ashok leyland is manufactured by Hosur small scale industries and SIPCOT. So Hosur has an added advantage to become an auto hub next to Chennai provided if Hosur has good infrastructur! TN gvt should take steps to develop Hosur as auto hub once Chennai get saturated. Proximity to Bangalore is an added advantage for Hosur.

I think proximity to Bangalore is its primary advantage not an added advantage, Well Auto majors could still use Roadways to transport vehicles.

From a backward district to a prospective BPO hub

HOSUR: Over 30 young employees of a business process outsourcing unit in the Chanachandiram village near here have proved that a backward area such as Krishnagiri district can be turned into an employment generating centre.

Carved out of the once naxal-infested Dharmapuri district, Krishnagiri has been witnessing an exodus of youth in search of employment. But with this pilot project by the district administration to provide means of livelihood locally, there are hopes of more such job-oriented development schemes in the district.

A year ago, the district administration attempted to take advantage of information technology-enabled services for the rural youth, whose minimum qualification was a pass in the X Standard. Making use of the available resources of the District Rural Development Agency, the country’s first rural business process outsourcing unit-cum-call centre was started in the village. And, it has lit up the lives of many youngsters who got their salary through AXIS Bank debit cards.

According to Collector Santhosh Babu, 37 employees of FoSTERA (Fostering Technologies in Rural Areas) comprising team leaders, team agents and proofreaders, received their first salary on Saturday from the U.S.-based All State Insurance (ASI), a NASDAQ-listed company. LEOsoft Technologies, Bangalore, is another client.

While team leaders and proofreaders are paid a salary of Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 7,000 a month respectively, team agents get Rs.3,500 to Rs.5,000 depending on their accuracy level.

The good news for non-graduates is that their entry-level salary is on a par with that of graduates. Those who have passed only X standard and Plus-Two are trained in basic computer, English grammar, accent and communication and soft skills for personality development.

FoSTERA has signed a memorandum of understanding with ASI for three years. The salaries come from the U.S. to Hosur via Singapore through AXIS Bank. The debit card covers health insurance and the payment will be credited in the bank on the 10th of every month.

FoSTERA has also tied up with Electronic Data Systems, U.S., for supply chain management. The district administration has decided to operate similar BPOs in Denkanikottai, Uthangarai and M.C. Palli.

The innovative exercise is expected to go a long way in motivating unemployed youths to pursue education. The Collector is optimistic that the unit will set the trend for BPOs in rural areas.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/03/stories/2007120358390100.htm

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Hosur City in the Wonder at Night

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KOLKATA: Kansai Nerolac is reorienting its decorative paints strategy to leverage the recent boom in the housing sector. The company is sprucing up its emulsions business as part of this strategy.

The company is all set to splurge nearly Rs 50 crore for a decorative paints branding exercise in 2008-09, a major slice of which will go into promoting the emulsion paint category. The company is increasing its emulsion paints capacity.

The company has just acquired over 50 acres at Hosur to set up a greenfield water-based emulsion paints unit at a capital outlay of Rs 67 crore. The company is likely to start construction in February 2008.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Cons_Products/Kansai_Nerolac_plans_to_cash_in_on_housing_boom/articleshow/2642367.cms

It is integration time at the Indian abrasives major Carborundum Universal Limited (Cumi) which acquired and set up plants in Russia, India and China.

The last two years saw the Rs526 crore turnover Cumi going on shopping and expansion binge within and without India.

In September this year, the company acquired $54 million turnover Volzhsky Abrasive Works (VAW), Russia. Cumi acquired a 96 per cent stake in VAW for $37 million through its special purpose vehicle Cumi International Limited, Cyprus. An open offer to acquire the balance from other shareholders is on and would close on 23.1.2008.

In August, Cumi acquired the Rs12 crore revenue industrial ceramics division of IVP Limited at Aurangabad, Maharashtra for around Rs6.25 crore on a slump sale basis.


In China, the Indian company's joint venture company Jingri Cumi Super Hard Materials Company Limited has started commercial operations of its new 3,000 tpa bonded abrasives plant.

The fag end of 2006 saw Cumi buying two units in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh for Rs3.2 crore.

While one unit manufactures monolithic refractories, the second is engaged in the manufacture of high quality refractory cement, an input for the former. The acquisition provided Cumi an additional monolithic manufacturing capacity of 12,000 tonne per annum (tpa) catering to markets in Central India.

According to company officials, these are exciting times as they are in the process of integrating the new acquisitions in their supply chain dynamics and chalking out which plant would supply where.

In order to interact with the two companies located in the non-English speaking countries of Russia and China, Cumi has hired three Russian and one Chinese translator to facilitate communication. This apart, top Cumi officials have started learning Russian and Chinese languages.

VAW-It is wow

Like a newly married couple, Cumi and VAW are excited and are eagerly exploring and evaluating different integration possibilities. The Russian company is the world's second largest silicon carbide manufacturer with capacity of 65,000 tpa. The first is Saint Gobain, said to have a capacity of around 1.1 lakh tpa globally.

According to Cumi officials, the Russian acquisition has come at the right time when globally there is a capacity shortage in the grains segment.

''We can now become a global player in the micro grains segment,'' said one official.

Western countries discourage new plants in this field. Plants in Europe are closing down and even China that contributes 50 per cent of the alumina grains is tightening its environmental laws.

Hence no major new investment has taken place in this segment.

According to Cumi officials, alumina grains are short in supply and the prices have gone up by 35 per cent recently. Cumi's alumina grains needs are around 12,000 tpa and it sources majority of that from China with long term deals.

VAW also makes bonded abrasives (capacity 35,000 tpa) and specialised refractories (3000tpa) similar to what Cumi has in India.

According to Cumi officials, the Russian company sells around 9000 tpa of bonded abrasives and there is a good scope to increase the capacity.

Interestingly nearly 52 per cent of VAW's workforce is women.

For Cumi, the immediate focus is to improve efficiencies and fitting VAW in with its global supply chain.

The Indian company is handling its first overseas acquisition with utmost care. Finding the existing VAW management capable of handling the Russian end, Cumi didn't disturb the set up there. Nor did Cumi post its official there to oversee. According to Cumi officials the operational integration between Cumi and VAW is happening SBU wise.

Presently different teams - production, marketing and technology - from Cumi are meeting their Russian counterparts. While the Indian team imparts production efficiency techniques in Russia, they also learn the way huge capacities are handled with minimum work force.

The results have already started showing. During the first nine months of operations VAW has posted a turnover of $50 million. For the whole year the company is expected to have a turnover of $60 million. Additional investments in Russia will happen only after consolidating the existing operations and scaling up of capacity utilisation.

In the abrasives segment, Cumi now has a total capacity of around 50,000 tpa (VAW 35,000 tpa, new bonded abrasives plant in China 3,000 tpa and Cumi's own in India 12,000 tpa). The new Chinese plant which makes resinoid products, will also make vitrified products soon. As per indications, the Chinese plant will cater to the Middle East market.

Similarly in the refractories segment Cumi will align its Indian operations with that of VAW.

Cumi is also expanding its domestic refractories capacity with a new 3000 tpa plant at Ranipet in Tamil Nadu, at an outlay of Rs25 crore.

Land to the extent of 18 acres has been acquired for the purpose, and the plant is expected to start operations in June 2008.

The company is also setting up a Rs37 crore metallised cylinder plant at Hosur, which is expected to go on stream next year.

Recently Cumi's major projects like expansion of industrial ceramics capacity at its Hosur plant to 6,000 tpa, bonded abrasives plant at Uttarakhand with a capacity of 3,000 tpa and the power tools plant at Bangalore went on stream.

According to officials, the full benefits of these investments will accrue from next fiscal onwards, when all its new plants stabilise operations and reach better capacity utilisation.

For Cumi the third quarter results will be sober. The bottomline growth may not be commensurate with growth in the topline, on account of higher depreciation and interest costs starting to kick in.

The company has raised $5 million from external commercial borrowing to meet the acquisitions and other investments. Cushioning the interest burden is the revenue of Rs57 crore from the sale of land in Chennai, which was used for settling some bank loans.

The company is also seriously looking at disinvesting some of its non-core investments and also synergising operations of its subsidiaries.

Meanwhile the officials expect the consolidated turnover to for this fiscal to be in the region of Rs1000 crore.

http://www.domain-b.com/companies/companies_c/Carborundum_Universal/20071229_cumi_on_integration.html

TN Govt should propose a new airport in Hosur ASAP.
It doesn’t have to be huge. Just a medium size airport with at least 2 daily flights to Bombay, Delhi and Chennai. It can be built and maintained by a private company or it can be a joint venture. TN Govt can initiate talks with GVK group which is investing in Hosur SEZ and has prior airport building experience or any other group.

The airport will be definitely viable in short and long term for the following reasons.

The proposed new airport at Bangalore is out of reach (may take 2-3 hours to reach the airport) for most of the people in electronics city and other parts of Bangalore.

It will definitely beneficial for the people of Northen TN, parts of Andhra & Bangalore

The airport will serve the proposed Chennai-Bangalore industrial corridor.

And finally the airport will be much cheaper to build and operate than the big metro airports.

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Taneja Aerospace has a huge manufacturing plant and 1.2 KM long Runway along with hanger facilities at Hosur. AAI/central Govt. can tie up with them if they have any such plans for Airport expansion.

Taneja Aerospace & Aviation Ltd (TAAL) is the only private sector company in India to manufacture aircraft. In the General Aviation Aircraft category, TAAL manufactures the P68C, a six seat twin piston engine aircraft; the Hansa, a two seat single engine trainer aircraft and the Thorpe, a two seat single engine aircraft. TAAL is also the authorized sales representative of the Cessna Aircraft Company, U.S.A. for their Citation range of Business Jets and for the Cessna Caravan aircraft...

http://www.premiuminvestments.in/result-analysis-7454/109/All-set-for-takeoff-.html

CHENNAI: The State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu has identified six hotspots along the Chennai-Hosur National Highway for setting up industrial complexes as part of the proposed Industrial Corridor of Excellence.

Further, the SIPCOT has identified more than 10,000 acres of land to set up the ‘Land Bank’ mentioned by Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi in the New Industrial Policy 2007.

Several international and local promoters are already queuing up before government agencies seeking land to set up their ventures in and around Chennai. The Chief Minister had proposed setting up of the ICE during the last week of October 2007 to boost the State economy.

Talking to The Hindu, SIPCOT Chairman and Managing Director N. Govindan said, “We have moved in swiftly and have identified the land required for setting up of industrial township, industrial complexes, sub stations, logistics and airport. Further, we have floated a tender for choosing a consultant for the project. The consultant will be selected during the third week of January 2008 and will be given two months’ time to submit the feasibility study. In all probability, it will be ready by April 2008.”

As per the proposal, the industrial complexes are likely to come up in Panapakkam (Walaja), Iyepedu (Arakkonam), Ranipet, Vellore, Kethandipatti (Jolarpet) and Sulagiri (Krishnagiri).

The SIPCOT has three industrial complexes at Ranipet. The third unit – Leather SEZ – would be commissioned shortly, while the fourth unit would take some more time.

“In Sulagiri, we have already identified 5,000 acres of land and in Panapakkam and Iyepadu around 2,500 acres and 2,000 acres respectively. In Kethandipatti and Ranipet, we have identified 1,000 acres each. In fact, the State Government had given us five years to set up the Land Bank. But, we might be achieving it in the first year itself. These are all dry lands and we are waiting for administrative sanction,” Mr. Govindan said.

However, the consultant would state how much it would cost, where to house the industrial complexes, townships, sub stations and logistics. The ICE was being developed in two phases.

The first phase runs from Chennai to Ranipet and the second phase from Ranipet to Hosur.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/29/stories/2007122950080100.htm

Russia-based Kamaz to set up truck assembly plant in TN
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MOSCOW: One of the Russia's largest truck maker, Kamaz incorporated, is eyeing a joint venture with its Indian partner, Tatra Vectra, to expand into the region.

The agreement, to set up a truck assembly plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, could be signed on the sidelines of Indo-Russian business summit during Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov's New Delhi visit next month.

"If our plans are implemented, this will be Kamaz's largest assembly enterprise outside Russia," the company's Asia-Pacific director, Denis Trifonov was quoted as saying by Ria Novosti.

Kamaz would hold a controlling stake in the proposed JV and organise a complete knocked down (CKD) assembly of Russian trucks in Hosur in Tamil Nadu, he said. Kamaz already has assembly plants in Iran, Pakistan, Vietnam and former Soviet Republics of Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

According to Trifonov, 10 per cent of locally produced components would be used in the first stage, with their share to be raised to 30-40 per cent in two-three years. Kamaz's India facility would sell the trucks not only within the country but also export them to Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and possibly Malaysia.

The company Tatra Trucks Ltd was recently renamed as Tatra Vectra Motors Ltd, which is a part of the UK-based Vectra Group.

Monday, 14 January , 2008, 12:12

Hosur: Come Valentine's Day and thousands of lovers around the world will convey their feelings with the never-withering symbol of love - a rose - albeit with a 'Made in India' tag.

A month ahead of February 14, orders are pouring in from around the world for roses grown in southern India's floral corridor that spreads from Hosur in northwestern Tamil Nadu to neighbouring Bangalore.

Nearly 50-odd farms, growing roses on hundred of acres of land between Hosur and Bangalore, are besieged with orders from as far as Europe, Australia and Japan.

"We have recently received orders for one million roses from Australia for Valentine's Day. Besides, there are heavy bookings from European countries," Najeeb Ahmed, managing director of Tanflora Infrastructure Park Ltd, told IANS.

Spread over 50 hectares of land in Amudagondapalli village near Hosur town, Tanflora is Asia's largest rose production centre, growing a whopping 37.5 million roses every year.

Promoted by the Tamil Nadu government, Tanflora is one of the pioneering cooperative rose farming ventures in India, in which 25 floriculturists grow roses in green houses set up on two hectares of land each.

A one-hectare farm can grow as many as 70,000 rose plants. And each plant gives at least 20 to 22 flowers every year in ideal "glass house" conditions.

The demand on Valentine' Day is for mainly bright red roses. However the Japanese seem to prefer pastilles and pick pink roses while hot pink, yellow and orange roses from here find buyers at major flower auction centres in Holland and Germany.

The global flower industry is dominated by Holland, accounting for nearly 50 per cent of the market share. But India, with its comparatively cheaper priced flowers, is slowly asserting its presence.

Indian roses cost anything from Rs 8 (US 20 cents) per rose to Rs 40 ($1). The longer the stem of the rose, the costlier it gets. A 40 cm rose is priced at less than Rs 10 while one-metre roses fetch up to Rs 40 apiece.

"For Valentine's Day, our roses are already sold out," says R D Reddy of Meghna Floritech Ltd, which has a six-hectare farm on the Kunegal road near Bangalore.

A former chief conservator of forests of Andhra Pradesh, Reddy, who took to floriculture after retirement, adds: "There is at least a 30 per cent increase in rose exports for Valentine's Day."

Rose plants require a land elevation of 900 to 1,000 metres above sea level and therefore Hosur-Bangalore floral corridor and Pune - another major cut flower producing region - are suitable for rose production.

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Chennai,Jan. 12 Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital, one of the leading eyecare providers, is planning to have 100 eye hopsitals across the country by the end of 2010-11 fiscal.

Talking to reporters after the launch of its 16th hospital in the city and 25th overall, Joint Managing Director, Dr Amar Agarwal, said the hospital was planning to add 25 more centres in the 2008-09 fiscal spreading its base from the present two states (Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan) to six.


''The 25 new hospitals will come up in Karnataka, Kochi, Goa and Andhra Pradesh and in Tiruvallur, Krishnagiri, Hosur, Dharmapuri, Salem and Erode Districts of Tamil Nadu besides more centres in Chennai City and its suburbs,'' he added.

TAAL has recently signed MoU with Sabena Technics for setting up a MRO business at TAAL's private airfield at Hosur, near Bangalore. The runway at this airfield has been extended to accept a Boeing 737 class of aircraft and we have also built a hanger capable of accommodating Narrow Body aircraft.

As per the understanding contained in the MoU the two companies will form a 50:50 JV, which will be run by Sabena Technics. We expect that the facility will be operational in three months and will initially target ATR42 and ATR72C checks. Work is now underway to convert the MoU into an agreement and also to put the requisite set-up in place to commence the work. Vision - MRO

TAAL already maintains three BAE ATP aircraft on behalf of First Flight Couriers. Also, TAAL currently provides hangar space to Air Deccan for their ATR42 and ATR72 aircraft.

Source (http://www.taal.co.in/mro_division/mro_division.htm)

Making an advent into India is the Russian Kamaz. Brought to India by the same firm which has ushered in the redoubtable Tatra off-road trucks, the Kamaz will be assembled at Tatra Vectra Motors plant in Hosur. Two models will be made initially, the 6540 8x4 heavy duty plus the 5460 6x4 long haul prime mover.


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Chennai (PTI): City-based eye care hospital Sankara Nethralaya on Friday signed an MoU with Titan Industries Ltd for providing training in ophthalmic dispensing and optometry at the institute to be set up by the company's optical store-chain, 'Titan Eye'.

Bhaskar Bhat, Managing Director of Titan Industries, told reporters that the company would set up a modern training centre at Hosur with regular classrooms and labs with latest equipment.

Optometrists from Sankara Nethralaya would travel to Hosur to train the students. The objective of the programme is to develop trained hands in scientific ophthalmic dispensing and optometry.

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/006200801042021.htm

Areva T&D India Ltd is looking to double its sales by 2010 and also hire another 1500 people to take its total manpower to 5,000.

The company is setting up three new factories in India in Hosur, Chennai and Vadodara investing more than Rs 400 crore. The company will be offering the entire product portfolio of Areva T&D for India and all the neighbouring countries.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=2c2d0b19-3295-4414-be9e-df77837fec29&&Headline=Areva+sees+double+operations+by+'10

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News_by_Industry/GMR_Group_eyes_railway_stations_development/articleshow/2753140.cms


On GMR's auto and IT SEZ at Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu Agarwala said that work on the 3,300-acre project was on track.

He pegged the investment in basic infrastructure here at around Rs 2,300 crore and the overall cost of development, including social infrastructure, at around Rs 11,000 crore.

"Land here mostly belongs to the government and is non-agricultural and hence the land acquisition process was easy. We plan to start allocating plots to interested parties in the next one-to-one-and-a-half years," Agarwala said.

Being in close proximity to Bangalore and Hosur, IT and auto hubs respectively, the SEZ would focus primarily on both these segments, though units of other sectors too would find a place here, he said.

"It is a multi-product SEZ," Agarwala said.

Townships and Appartmenst rising in Hosur!!

Here is Swarnabhumi ad for Hosur.

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CHENNAI: The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) has obtained the Centre’s approval for establishing a special economic zone in Hosur to house an information technology park, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi told the Assembly on Wednesday.

Replying to a query from T. Senguttuvan (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) during question hour, he said 172.19 acres at Viswanathapuram village in Hosur taluk had been transferred to ELCOT.

To another query on the State’s software exports, he said exports for 2007-2008 were expected to be to the tune of Rs.26,000 crore. In 2005-2006, they were Rs.14,400 crore and the next year, Rs.21,700 crore.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/17/stories/2008041754480400.htm

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CHENNAI: At a time when apprehensions were raised over the formation of IT parks in tier II cities in the State, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Wednesday revived the hopes of Krishnagiri people by announcing that the Centre had given its approval for the Krishnagiri Special Economic Zone (SEZ).

Responding to a query raised by DMK MLA Sengottuvan about the status quo of IT park in Krishnagiri in the State Assembly, Karunanidhi said that ELCOT (Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu) had obtained the nod from the Centre for Krishnagiri SEZ and steps were being taken to develop the IT park there.

The ownership of 172.19 acres land at Viswanathapuram village in Hosur in Krishnagiri district has been transferred to ELCOT, the Chief Minister said.

To a supplementary question raised by PMK MLA Ranganathan about the revenue generated through software export, the Chief Minister pointed out that the annual export revenue was expected to climb up to Rs 26,000 crore in the last fiscal, against the Rs 21,700 crore and Rs 14,400 crore of the previous two financial years.

Replying to CPM MLA Nanmaran, Karunanidhi told the House that ELCOT had expedited the IT park formation works in Madurai and Tiruchirapalli and the foundation stone would be laid in Madurai in a few weeks.

More schemes for south

Karunanidhi nearly gladdened the people in the Southern part of Tamil Nadu by assuring more schemes after the implementation of Nanguneri SEZ.

Replying to party MLA Appavu during the question hour, he affirmed that Nanguneri SEZ project had gained momentum through an MoU signed last week and more illustrious projects would follow it as recommended by Justice Ratnavel Pandian committee constituted to study industrial prospects in southern Tamil Nadu.

Flower auction centre plan for Hosur

Hosur: An international flower auction centre is likely to come up in this major hub of floriculture.

The town now handles more than 35 per cent of the cut flowers traded in the country. Roses are cultivated on about 500 ha in the region. The region has more than 20 hi-tech floriculture units spread over 120 ha.

The plan is for an auction centre on the lines of the International Flower Auction Centre (IFAB) in Bangalore. IFAB gets a major chunk of the flowers handled by it from the Hosur region.

The establishment of an auction centre here has the potential to reduce transportation costs and provide direct marketing support for small and marginal farmers from the region. It is meant to have facilities for cold storage and packing, for both buyers and growers.

A state-of-the-art electronic auction system and facilities for online bidding for cut flowers are envisaged.

Informed sources said that two hectares of land had been identified for the purpose near Hosur. The financial and operational viability of the project were being worked out.

Tanflora, a joint venture between the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) and private promoters, is the country’s first Agri Export Zone (AEZ) for cut roses and one of the largest such facilities.

The district administration has decided to involve youngsters and small retailers to set up model nurseries in clusters under the National Horticulture Mission. The State already has four such clusters at Thally, Kelamangalam and Berigai.

Tanflora has established infrastructural facilities for small and marginal farmers in and around the park. It will help small farmers and private entrepreneurs to put up polygreen houses, in selecting varieties and in marketing.

The sources said Hosur’s potential in the floriculture industry remains largely untapped.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/27/stories/2008042750320100.htm

Plants to come up in Gujarat, TN

Hyderabad, May 21 Areva T&D, part of the global French energy major Areva, will operationalise three ‘greenfield’ manufacturing units in India, between December 5 and 7, and hire over 1,200 this year.

The India expansion, involves an investment of Rs 700 crore. The units are coming up in Vadodara in Gujarat, Hosur and Padappai in Tamil Nadu, according to Mr Karim Vissandjee, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Areva T&D Global.

Giving details of the expansion Mr Rathin Basu, Country President, Areva T&D India, said the Vadodara factory will make power transformers up to 765 kV and scale up to 1,200 kV in due course. It will also manufacture distribution transformers and medium voltage switchgear.

The Hosur plant will produce instrument transformers up to 765 kV and later for 1,200 kV. It would also be the R&D centre for instrument transformer product line to support the global needs, Mr Basu told Business Line here in an interview.

The third greenfield site at Padappai will manufacture circuit breakers for 765 kV and eventually for 1,200 kV. It would be an expanded capacity compared with the existing plant at Perungudi, he added.

Once, these projects start contributing, India’s share, which stands at around 7 per cent of the Areva Group’s total turnover, is expected to grow. “We target to reach about 15 per cent by 2012.

The major drivers coming from utilities and industry demands, including steel plants, infrastructure and GIS sub-stations,” Mr Basu said.

The company is betting big on GIS (Gas Insulated Switchgear). In fact, Mr Vissandjee said, “GIS is expected to be a blockbuster business winner globally in the coming years. The company is already a market leader in the segment since 2001”.

India will be a major contributor to Areva’s overall growth, hence, “we are recruiting more than one-tenth of the professionals (12,000 for 2008 targetted globally), including 200 in just two days”, he said.

Areva T&D India, a listed entity which clocked nearly Rs 2,000 crore for its fiscal ending December 31, 2007, has targetted to double its turnover by 2012. The company has eight manufacturing plants at present and employs 3,500 people in India.

São Paulo – Brazilian equipment manufacturer WEG, based in the state of Santa Catarina (S), is going to establish a manufacturing unit for electric engines in India. The announcement was made today (26th) by the company, which has recently opened factories in Dubai and Russia.

In India, the unit will be located in the city of Hosur, in the state of Tamil Nadu, near Bangalore, in an area of 170,000 square metres. The first phase of the project will receive investment of US$ 50 million and production should begin in late 2009.

WEG already owns a unit in India, since 2004, and the new investment is part of an expansion plan. The company also has factories in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Portugal and China.

http://www.anba.com.br/ingles/noticia.php?id=18434

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Punj Lloyd to set up pilot training college

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US-based PE Global Technology Investments had purchased another 33 per cent in Airworks at the same time.

It would be a complete academy training both helicopter as well as commercial aeroplane pilots. "It will be a full blown college providing training for both types of pilots," Punj said.

The academy may come up in Hosur where Airworks has major aircraft repair and maintenance operations.

Meanwhile, Punj also has plans to scale up the maintenance and repair business. He would induct two hangers soon at the Hosur facility and has the option to take six more. "We would take two hangers immediately and have the option to get up to six more," Punj said.

"There are about 70 aircrafts being maintained by us and we plan to take that number up significantly," he added.

Menon family, which started Airworks in Mumbai in 1951, has the remaining 33 per cent stake in the company.

Punj Lloyd, largely known for engineering and construction work in the oil and gas sector, has also qualified to bid for the modernisation projects for the Kolkata and Chennai airports.

Adventity to partner Fostera to set up rural BPO unit

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/006200806150922.htm

Chennai (PTI): Business Process Outsourcing company Adventity has partnered another BPO firm Fostera, promoted to set up a rural BPO unit in Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu.

The new unit is expected to initially employ around 100 people and will carry out data conversion activities, a company press release here said.

Hosur: Finally there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel for the decade-old Hosur-Jolarpet rail link project. The Ministry of Railways has ordered a re-survey to examine the feasibility of laying a new railway line betweenHosur and Jolarpet via Krishnagiri.

The district headquarters has no rail connectivity barring the network of national highways connecting Bangalore and other major cities. The present rail link in the district traverses through Rayakottai and Hosur to reach Bangalore. To board a train the residents have to travel to Jolarpet junction.

Realising its importance, a satellite survey was undertaken in 1998 on providing a rail link between Jolarpet and Hosur and approval was also given for the project. The total cost of the project then worked out to Rs.147 crore. But, when the Union Government was dissolved that year, the project was also shelved. “The decision of the Railways Ministry has revived the hopes of the people of this district on the project,” says former MP Narasimhan. :cheers:

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/07/stories/2008070750010100.htm

TEREX Pegson & Powerscreen to open manufacturing facility in India

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Terex Pegson & Powerscreen are opening a manufacturing plant in Hosur, India, which is located 75km from Bangalore near Chennai. This plant is the first part of what is planned as a campus of Terex facilities on the 45-acre site.

India is a rapidly emerging economy and Terex Pegson & Powerscreen machines will play a role in developing that country's infrastructure.

"The Indian plant is expected to start assembly operations in mid-2009 with additional manufacturing processes to be added over the long-term," explains Gary Cardwell, Operations Director at Powerscreen. "Because India imposes significant duties on machinery going into or out of the country, opening this plant allows us to compete much more effectively in this important market. The factories in Coalville and Dungannon in the UK will continue to build machines for other emerging markets such as Eastern Europe, Russia, Brazil and the rest of world."

Terex Pegson & Powerscreen engineers are now at work setting up the processes and procedures for the new Indian plant, but over time manufacturing processes instituted there could well be adopted in Coalville and Dungannon, thus aiding the company's commitment to continuous improvement and enhanced global competitiveness.

Terex Pegson & Powerscreen recently hosted Terex Division President, Eric Nielsen on his first visit to the Coalville and Dungannon manufacturing facilities. Eric congratulated staff on the continued growth of the companies and the passion and commitment to succeed shown by all.

"The staff at Terex Pegson and Powerscreen are passionate about their business and this comes through in the quality of their manufacturing facilities and of course in the success of the business as a whole," praised Eric Nielsen. "By having a truly geographical distribution, an effective R&D programme which launches the products the industry needs, Terex Pegson and Powerscreen will continue to succeed. This of course takes a great deal of hard work and I am confident they can deliver and grow."

Comments welcome.

Juggat Pharma, a company of Bangalore-based Rs 70-crore Jagdale Industries, is looking at expanding its electrolyte business in the coming years. Juggat, with a turnover of Rs 50 crore, derives around Rs 12 crore from the oral rehydration salt (ORS) vertical, which has grown to this level from Rs 1 crore in 2004, when it introduced this in ready-to-drink form, under the brand name ORS-L.

Taking this success forward, Juggat has set up a new packaging unit at Hosur in Tamil Nadu with an investment of Rs 12 crore. This plant has a capacity of 3.5 lakh cases of 27 tetra packs per month.

This new unit is coming after Juggat Pharma earlier closed down its packaging unit in Mysore owing to space and logistic constrains. About 70 per cent of this would be dedicated to ORS-L, and the remaining for Jagdale Industries’ other packaged fruit and nutritional beverages including its flagship brand Bejois.

Apart from pharmaceuticals and fruit drink, Jagdale Industries also has interests in farms and plantation sector. Jagdale Farms in Hosur, sprawling across 200 acres grows mangoes and coconut. The company has plantations in Coorg, growing coffee, pepper and cardamom. Its ‘Bejois’ brand of canned fruit products is exported to many countries.

Juggat Pharma is among the earliest players in India who started offering natural fruit juice based electrolyte energy drink, said Rajesh Jagdale, joint managing director, Jagdale Industries.

Branded prescription ORS powder market is worth Rs 80 crore in India, in which FDC Ltd’s Electrol brand has a major share. Prescription ORS drink is a new market worth Rs 17 crore, of which Juggat Pharma occupies about 70 per cent. FDC, Merck and Mankind Pharma are the other players in this market.

“Consumers favour electrolyte in drink form because it is easy to consume and provides instant energy. Demand for this is growing fast and within five years we aim to be Rs 75-crore player in this market,” said Jagdale.

Speaking on the other business lines, he said that Juggat Pharma recently closed down its bulk drug unit, the Associated Drug Company. “Bulk drugs no longer remain a profitable proposition for us given the stiff competition from markets like China,” pointed out Jagdale.

With this, the firm wants to focus on branded formulations, continuing its specialisation in gynaecology and pediatric segments. About 51 formulations of the company including tablets, syrups, capsules, injections and granules are on active promotion in India. While 95 per cent of its products are sold in India, the remaining is exported to European countries.

The company is entering the Brazilian market with its patented brand BotroClot. It is a topical solution to instantly arrest nasal bleeding and wound bleeding, effective especially for people with diabetes.

Juggat Pharma claims to be the only manufacturer of this haemocoagulant in India and is one of the few manufacturers in the world.

“It is a niche market. We estimate this to be Rs 25-crore market in Brazil and plan to sell about Rs 4-5 crore in the first year,” he added.

Source: http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=338158

It will cater to 60 villages surrounding Moongilpudur

KRISHNAGIRI: A mini agricultural business centre will be opened at Moongilpudur, a village 10 km from Krishnagiri in Royakottai road soon, said S. Rajan, Deputy Director Agriculture Business.

According to Mr. Rajan, a proposal regarding this has been sent to the higher officials for approval. “Once we receive the approval, the business centre will be opened. It will cater to 60 surrounding villages and about 2,000 farmers will be benefited.”

In addition, an agriculture information centre is in the pipeline. Farmers can use this facility to know the market rate of their products and the latest technologies to get maximum yield from their fields. The centre will be provided with sufficient mini-door vans for transporting agricultural produce from the field to the place of marketing, he added.

Opening of a separate primary co-operative bank at Moongilpudur villagers will soon become a reality. The authorities are taking necessary action in this regard, Mr. Rajan added.

Earlier, Mr. S. Nagarajan, Collector in charge, inaugurated a fertilizer shop in the village. The shop was set up by Bellarampatti Primary Agricultural Co-operative Bank.

Mr. Nagarajan asked the farmers to use the fertilizer stock at the shop judiciously. The district administration is ready to consider the genuine needs of the farmers and requested them to approach the Agriculture Department officials to know about modern technology in farming sector.

Mr. Nagarajan also distributed a sprayer costing Rs. 1,350 to a member of the agriculture interest group at the function.

According to C. Pachaiappan, Assistant Director of Agriculture, Rs. 6 lakh has been allotted for supplying 400 sprayers to the farmers. For purchasing the sprayers, the government is extending Rs. 1,200 as subsidy and the balance Rs. 338 is collected from the beneficiary, he said.

Later, Mr. Nagarajan inspected the Malaisandhu Dam constructed at a cost of Rs. 4.50 lakh and instructed the officials of the Agriculture Engineering Department to construct the dam bund for about 250 metres length using the rock stone available nearby.

Women self-help group members complained to Mr. Nagarajan that a bridge constructed at a cost of Rs. 49.76 lakh on Thanapatti-Moongilpudur road has become weak.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/24/stories/2008102452530300.htm

CHENNAI: State Industrial Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) on Friday allotted 380 acres of land at Pillaipakkam to Ashok Leyland-Nissan Motor for manufacture of 1.90 lakh Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs).

The Rs. 4,150 crore project will come up at Pillaipakkam, Ennore and Hosur.

“In the first phase, we have allotted 380 acres at Pillaipakkam and they have sought another 380 acres for their phase II in Vallam Vadagal area.

Civil works

They are likely to commence the civil works soon,” said a SIPCOT official.

Ashok Leyland-Nissan Motor entered into a memorandum of understanding with the State during the first week of September 2008.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/25/stories/2008102561150700.htm

Why do we need two threads for Hosur? It may lead to confusion. Hope we can merge both the threads together. Currently, I'm posting all Hosur-related developments in the "Hosur - Manufacturing city" thread.

Soil testing labs to be included

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KRISHNAGIRI: Agriculture clinics will be soon opened in all the 10 blocks in Krishnagiri district, said Collector V.K. Shanmugam, recently.

To ease the difficulties faced by the farmers, the Government has come out with a plan to open agricultural advisory and service centres (Agriculture clinics) in the State.

The farmers can get all the necessary inputs from the clinics which includes farm equipments, power tillers, tractors, seeding and harvesting machine. There will also be a soil testing labs. It will provide employment to graduates in agriculture, diploma holders and also retired officials from the Agricultural Department. They can come forward to set up more of such centres, he added. The Government is offering Rs. 3 lakh as subsidy through the Agriculture Department to those interested in setting up these centres. Entrepreneurs will have to invest a minimum amount of Rs. 16 lakhs and they will be given Rs. 4 lakh as subsidy. Those investing Rs, 21.50 lakh for seed-cleaning machine will be offered Rs. 7.50 lakhs as subsidy, he said. The farmers can use the clinic as a one stop shop for all their requirements.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/02/stories/2008110253540300.htm

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Need for speed: The indoor stadium under-construction at Krishnagiri Sports Complex.

KRISHNAGIRI: Construction of an indoor stadium within the Krishnagiri District Sports Stadium is progressing very slowly. The works on the project initiated by the then Collector Dr. Santhosh Babu is moving with snail’s pace, according to people here.

The indoor stadium is being constructed at a cost of Rs. 1.20 crore in about 0.40 cents within Krishnagiri Sports Stadium.

Kattida Maiyam, under the supervision of its secretary Mr. Senthil, is taking care of the construction work. C.K. Veenana, Project Officer, District Rural Development Agency is monitoring the project.

The indoor stadium will have volley ball, basket ball, badminton and tennis courts apart from gymnastics, weightlifting and bodybuilding facilities.

Mr. Senthil, Secretary of Kattida Maiyam told The Hindu that they were expecting Rs. 40 lakhs from Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) for the completion of the indoor stadium and the works would be finished before this new year.

Dr. Santhosh Babu had introduced a new concept called ‘Fund in Perpetuity’ which allowed the pubic to become life-members of Officers Club with the subscription of Rs. 1 lakh each. The subscription amount paid by the members has a lock in period of one year, following which it can be withdrawn. Receipts for payments were given which explicitly state that the subscription fee is refundable.

It is learnt that many citizens who had paid the subscription fee are asking for refund now. The reason for this is best known only to them.

An amount of Rs. 1 crore was collected from 94 citizens and was deposited in a nationalized bank. The interest accrued on the deposit i.e. Rs. 85,000 per month can be used for upkeep, maintenance and other development activities at the stadium. The general body of the Club meets every month and takes decisions about the improvement of the stadium.

About 73 school children are being trained in 3 disciplines i.e. hurdles, handball and judo. Coaches for other disciplines are expected to be hired soon.

A swimming pool is being constructed at a cost of Rs. 65 lakh though MLA’s local development fund.

Apart from this, a students’ hostel at a cost of Rs. 98 lakhs is also being at the stadium complex.

More than 300 people are using the track for walking.

In addition to this, various corporate companies have shown keen interest in developing the stadium with multiple facilities such as a children park with roller skating, swing etc.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/05/stories/2008110552920300.htm

Air Works sets up commercial maintenance facility at Hosur

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Air Works, a provider of aviation services has received approval from the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to commence operations at its commercial maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at Hosur in Karnataka.

At the proposed facility, it will provide a variety of services, including line and base maintenance, aircraft painting, structural repairs, cabin and avionic upgrade. The company plans to invest $40 million for setting up additional hangars, paint operations and future engine and component activities.

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Note: The report says Hosur in Karnataka.

Note: The report says Hosur in Karnataka.

Hehe... the company will know where it approached for the permission...
Its juzz a typo!...
1 or 2 such things can happen.. nothing to worry abt it...

KRISHNAGIRI: A Rs. 3.25 crore new building for the district police office will be opened in April 2009, Police Housing Corporation Chairman ADGP Vibhakar Sharma told The Hindu.

Mr. Sharma inspected the under construction building near the Collectorate here on Friday.

Instructions

He went round the ground and first floor and gave instructions to the contractors and officers to finish the work before the scheduled time.

The new 32,000 sq. ft. three storey DPO building, with an aesthetic look , will have sufficient space for housing all the offices, he told.

Proposals for the police quarters in Krishnagiri are on the cards, the project will be taken up the next financial year Mr. Sharma said.

Later Mr. Sharma planted a sapling at the campus and left for Hosur to inspect two sites where police quarters are to be constructed.

Krishnagiri District Superintendent of Police Anisha Hussein, Armed Reserve Police, DSP accompanied him.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/15/stories/2008111551960300.htm

Kansai Nerolac to invest Rs 2.48 bn for expansion in TN

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Kansai Nerolac Paints, the second largest coating company in India with a market share of over 20%, will focus on decorative business top-line and is in process of increasing capacity by putting up a green field plant at Hosur in Tamil Nadu (TN) with an investment of around Rs 2.48 billion, revealed H.M. Bharuka, the managing director, in an exclusive talk with Myiris......

KRISHNAGIRI: A proposal for the extension of Hosur Uzhavar Santhai has been sent to the government for approval, the Collector, V.K. Shanmugam said here on Wednesday.

Mr. Shanmugam made a surprise visit to the santhai on Wednesday morning and inspected various facilities available there. He spoke to people and farmers about the weight, quality, and price of the produce available.

He said vermicompost manufactured from vegetable solid waste is being sold at Rs. 60 a kg.

Vegetable shops

A total of 184 vegetable shops were opened and 155 weighing machines were kept ready to meet emergencies. On an average, 200 to 240 farmers opened shops on Sundays in the Santhai. Daily vegetable arrivals is 30 tonnes to 35 tonnes and the sale amounted to Rs. 5 lakhs.

A total of 20,000saplings will be planted in the district. With the help of women shg group, parthinium will be removed from the santhai.

He instructed the administrators of the santhai to take effective steps to increase the manufacture of vermicompost and asked to sell only quality onion and garlic.

Later, he visited the Hosur Sports Complex and advised officers to keep it neat and ensure that more and more people used the complex.

A medical camp will be conducted during farmers’ grievances day and weekly grievances day (every Monday) from Thursday.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/27/stories/2008112751580300.htm

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For the masses: P. Rathinavelu, Revenue Divisional Officer, Hosur, unveiling the plaque at the Arogya Health Centre. J.N. Amrolia, Executive Director, Construction and Allied Businesses, Head, CSR, Ashok Leyland, is in the picture.

HOSUR: The Executive Director, Ashok Leyland, J.N. Amrolia, inaugurated Arogya Health Centre on the busy Bangalore-Chennai National Highway No. 4 recently in the presence of Honorary Secretary, Voluntary Health Services, Dr. N.S. Murali.

It has been set up in association with the Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society, a charitable trust and Rural Inter-Disciplinary Society, an NGO which is an initiative of the Ashok Leyland. A press release issued by Ashok Leyland said, “this is a public-private initiative by the company to provide holistic healthcare to the drivers and migrant workers in the region where the spotlight is on HIV/AIDS in the bustling National Highway No.4.”

This centre’s prime objective is to encourage drivers and migrant workers to shed their inhibitions and use the clinic for their well-being. Free consultation will be provided to the drivers and migrant workers, whereas the local people can utilise services on payment of a nominal fee.

A medical team consisting of doctors, counsellor, paramedics and four outreach workers will man the centre. The target for the first year is to cover 1.5 lakh drivers and migrant workers, it added.

In his inaugural speech, Mr. Amrolia said, “Good health is often not a priority for many economically marginalised people, whose work situations expose them to several health hazards. Ashok Leyland is happy to be involved in this private-public partnership initiative, which will serve the health needs of the underserved.”

Besides operating Driver Training Centres that ready drivers for life on the road and off it, Ashok Leyland, as part of its social responsibility, has been involved in many other such endeavors in different parts of the country. Rural road safety awareness programmes, health and medical camps, imparting basic computer education to economically marginalised school students, and supporting and training self-help groups to become self-reliant are some of their initiatives,” the release added.

Hosur Revenue Divisional Officer P. Rathinavelu participated in the function.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/30/stories/2008113050770300.htm

KRISHNAGIRI: The Adhyaman College of Engineering will conduct a survey on linking of rivers in Krishnagiri district. This will augment maximum water storage and, in turn, will provide water to dry areas for farming activities, said the Adhyaman Group of Institutions chairman M. Thambidurai.

The survey report will be submitted to the government, he told The Hindu. He said more check dams were necessary to prevent excess river water flowing into the sea during floods.

The aim of the survey was to divert excess water from water rich areas to water starved areas in the district. This will help poor farmers cultivate at least one crop in a year. He said small check dams were constructed on Markendeya River at Marasandhiram by the British. A canal constructed by the previous government at a cost of Rs. 7 crores and another by this government at a cost of Rs. 6 crores have not yielded any result. Water from the river water did not flow to the Bade Thalav Lake (Big Lake) and to dry areas of Bargur and Mathur. If this lake gets filled with water, it will help irrigate about 4,000 acres. With the help of the local residents, the college will survey the pollution in South Pennar from Bangalore to Cuddalore. The team from civil and chemical engineering departments will conduct the survey. with the cooperation of authorities in the pollution control board. Entire expenses incurred for the survey will be borne by the college. Mr. Thambidurai said a total graduation scheme will be implemented in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts. The scheme will be implemented with the help of St. Peter’s Engineering College, Chennai, which recently got the government’s nod for distance education. Students who have completed their Plus-Two examinations can enroll for the scheme. The classes will be conducted free of cost. The students have to pay only the examination fees and cost of course materials. “The classes will be conducted during the weekends. Vocational courses will be taught at these centres,” Mr. Thambidurai said.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/01/stories/2008120151550300.htm

This will benefit small and marginal farmers, says Collector

KRISHNAGIRI: An air-conditioned godown to store perishable farm products will be constructed in Hosur soon, Collector V.K. Shanmugam has said.

The Collector after inspecting various horticulture sites in Thali, Hosur, Sulagiri and Kelemangalam areas on Tuesday told reporters that this would benefit small and marginal farmers in the district.

He also inspected various development activities undertaken by the Horticulture, National Agricultural Development Scheme and National Horticulture Mission.

After inspecting the Junoor Government Horticulture farm, he said the national agricultural development scheme would be implemented on 500 acres in Krishnagiri District.

Around 300 acres would be used for vegetables, flowers and plants to produce perfumes under drip irrigation. This scheme was being implemented in Kelamangalam, Sulagiri, Hosur and Thali areas at a cost of Rs. 1.05 lakh.

He also said that under the Directorate of Horticulture, mango cultivation would be expanded on 3,640 hectares. Under this plan, farmers would be given Alphonsa, Humayoon and Banganapalli plants and a subsidy of Rs. 22,500 for an hectare. Under this scheme, a farmer can avail of a subsidy for a maximum of four acres.

Under the green house scheme, a subsidy of Rs. 3.25 lakh would be given to an individual to set up the house on 1,000 sq. m.

Under this scheme, farmers have been cultivating export-oriented Tuss Rose, Jerbra, Karnesan and Colour Capsicum and earn a profit of Rs. 25,000 a month.

About 275 individuals have been benefitted for the past three years.

During the current financial year, the Government has issued orders to disburse subsidy to 200 persons under this scheme.

This would enhance the living standards of the small and marginal farmers, Mr. Shanmugam added.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/04/stories/2008120452560300.htm

Special train to Puducherry today

Staff Correspondent

HUBLI: South Western Railway has decided to run a special train (single service) between Yashwanthpur and Puducherry on Thursday in view of inauguration of Yashwanthpur- Pondicherry Garib Rath Express at Pondicherry on Saturday.

According to a press release, the Yashwanthpur-Puducherry Garib Rath Special Train (0679) will depart from Yashwanthpur at 11.15 p.m. on Thursday and reach Pondicherry at 9.20 a.m. next day. The special train will have 18 coaches comprising 16 AC 3-tier high capacity coaches and two generator cars.

After the inauguration on December 13, the train will be running as weekly express starting from December 19 from Yeshwanthpur end and from December 20 from Pondicherry end, the release said.

The train will reach Puducherry from Bangalore via Hosur, Dharmapuri, Salem and Villupuram.


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Chennai: Caterpillar India, a United States-based heavy machinery giant, on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with the State government to set up a Rs.800-crore heavy engineering equipment manufacturing plant.

The MoU was signed in the presence of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi by Principal Secretary (Industries) M.F. Farooqui and Caterpillar India president Kevin R. Deenamen.

Caterpillar India will manufacture heavy engineering equipment used in construction and mining industry.

The company will also expand its existing manufacturing plants at Thiruvallur and Hosur. The plants have been providing jobs to 2,400 people. Indirectly, 7,500 people will get jobs. The new project in Chennai will generate 600 direct jobs and 1,900 indirect jobs.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/19/stories/2008121960020800.htm

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Source: Tamilmurasu

The entire Dharmapuri town will be covered under the project

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Good going: Dharmapuri Municipal Chairman T.C.P. Anantha Kumar Raja (right) inspecting underground drainage project works near Kirubanadha Variyar High School in Kumarasamy Pettai recently.

DHARMAPURI: Works under the first phase of the Rs. 19.5 crore Under Ground Drainage (UGD) scheme are on full swing in Dharmapuri town.

Zone 1 works

The Dharmapuri Municipality Chairman T.C.P. Anantha Kumar told The Hindu that the Government of Tamil Nadu accorded the administration sanction on September 4, 2006 for Zone 1 (Beeman Nagar) under phase one.

In addition, the detailed estimate was prepared and technically sanctioned by TWARD Board Chief Engineer, Northern Region on September 18, 2006 for Rs. 16.53 crore. Later due to escalation of construction cost the estimate had been revised to Rs. 19.5 crore.

Completion

The drainage work started on January 1, 2008, and as per schedule the scheme work should be finished on or before June 30, 2009. However, due to some reasons it is expected that the project work would spill into 2010, Mr. Anantha Kumar said.

He said works like the construction of manholes and laying of pipelines were also progressing well.

The first phase of the scheme covering 19 wards was being implemented in three reaches.

First reach of 12 km work was over in the town. Work for the second reach had just started.

Excavation works were being undertaken in the narrow streets with the help of bulldozers.

Anantha Kumar also said for the remaining two zones, consisting of 14 wards, separate project proposal for Rs. 16.5 crores to cover 18.5 kms had been sent to the Government for approval. Government’s nod was expected at any time now. The entire Dharmapuri town would be covered under the UGD project, which would pave way for clean and mosquito free city.

Pumping stations

Pumping stations were coming up at Anna Sagaram, MGR Nagar and Beeman Nagar and another two more pumping stations would be constructed to cover the entire town.

Treatment plant

Sewage water collected from these pumping stations would be treated at the plant going to come up in Chettikarai village in 20 acres. This land belonged to Venkataraman Swamy Temple. It was allotted by the State H.R. & C.E. Department of the Government, Anantha Kumar added.

Anantha Kumar said daily collection of sewage would be 6.84 mld. As many as 1475 manholes, stoneware and RCC pipes for 35.987 km would be laid.

Treated water would let into the nearby Sanathkumar River for irrigation purposes.

As many as 14,791 households and 76,000 people would benefit from the scheme.

Construction of manholes, laying of pipelines works had been entrusted to a Bangalore based company, BBIPL Infrastructure (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/01/stories/2009010158610300.htm

It has been constructed at a cost of Rs. 65 lakh

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For everyone’s benefit: The gasifier crematorium in Dharmapuri.

DHARMAPURI: The Gasifier crematorium on the collectorate road here is all set to be opened. It was constructed at a cost of Rs. 65 lakhs. D.C.P. Ananthakumar Raja, Chairman of the Selection Grade, Dharmapuri Municipality, told The Hindu that the new crematorium was constructed at the existing crematorium ground, a four acre plot, to ease the congestion. P

aucity of place in the old conventional crematorium compelled the public to cremate the bodies one above the other. But now they can use the gasifier crematorium.

The modern crematorium has a rest shed, a place for performing the last rites and an office room. The surroundings have been titivated with a flower garden. In the modern gasifier crematorium, 8 to 10 bodies can be cremated a day, said Raja. To cremate one body, 25 to 40 kilograms of firewood is needed and it would take at least 45 minutes to complete the combustion of the bodies.

He points out the inherent advantages in this system.

The furnace can be maintained at temperatures over 1,000 degrees celsius which is required for the complete combustion of bodies. ‘We have inspected similar gasifier crematoriums in other districts prior to this project,’ Raja added. The new Gasifier technology is backed by Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency as a ‘preferred’ non-conventional energy solution.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/05/stories/2009010550880300.htm

New sub-station to be commissioned on the same day

KRISHNAGIRI: Electricity Minister Arcot Veerasamy will inaugurate the new Sub-station at Chinnakuthur in Veppanapalli Union on January 25.

T. Senguttuvan, MLA, told The Hindu that the Minister would declare open the 33/11 KV Sub station built at a cost of Rs. 6 crores on 1.25 acres. He added that about 15 to 20 villages in and around Chinnakuthur and around 4,000 LT and HT consumers would be freed from low voltage problem.

In view of the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and DMK’s mentor Arignar Anna’s centenary celebration, an arch is constructed at Londonpet in Krishnagiri by the DMK at a cost of Rs. 7 lakhs using party funds after getting approval from the government and municipality.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/20/stories/2009012052890300.htm

KRISHNAGIRI: As part of improving the tourism sector in Krishnagiri district, Natrampalayam-Hogennakkal road will be upgraded at a cost of Rs. 1.10 crore soon. A proposal in this regard has been sent to the government for approval, Collector V.K. Shanmugam said.

Works

Inaugurating Pongal Tourism Day at the Government Girls Higher Secondary School here on Thursday, he said development works carried out at the Boat House and park at Thali Lake at Rs. 30 lakh were in the finishing stages and the construction work in the Thali Betta Temple at Rs. 34.50 lakh was over.

He added that works on yatri waiting room, telescope and steps at Rs. 13 lakh in the Chandrasudeswarar Temple in Hosur were over. Basic amenities were improved at Rs. 9.75 lakh in the Petrayasamy Temple in Denkanikottai.

Proposal

A proposal for the construction of walking path around the Chandrambikai Temple in Hosur was sent to the government for approval.

The function was held as per the order of the State government to propagate Tamil culture.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/24/stories/2009012450970300.htm

KRISHNAGIRI: A mango pulp industry will come up before this year-end in Krishnagiri district as announced by Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, Electricity Minister Arcot N. Veeraswami announced here on Sunday.

He inaugurated the 33/11 new sub station at Chinnakothur, Veppanahalli. The Minister announced that 16 Mva transmitters would be installed at Pochampalli and Sulagiri and they would function from February 1.

The demand of T. Senguttuvan, MLA, for 230/33 KV substation at Krishnagiri and a separate Superintending Engineer Office in Krishnagiri would be considered after consulting TNEB Chairman, Mr. Veeraswami said.

Keeping in mind the increasing demand for electricity, the government has taken various steps to generate more power. In the next two years, 8,000 MW would be generated through Valur near Tiruvallur, Ennore, Mettur, Basin Bridge, Udangudi, Tuticorin and Janyankondam projects.

The Kudankulam Atomic Energy unit would start producing 1000 MW from June and another 1000 MW in December. Out of this 925 units would be utilised in Tamil Nadu. It would be self sufficient by 2011 and the State would be in position to sell 3000 MW per year to the neighbouring States. In addition, a Central government-sponsored 4,000 MW power project would be coming up in Cheyyar as requested by the Tamil Nadu government, the Minister said.

Welfare measures

He said many people had petitioned to him that they were being denied old age pension, marriage assistance and maternity assistance citing the reason that they are working in Bangalore. He asked the Collector to consider their request. V.K. Shanmugam, Collector, presided over the meeting. S. Nagarajan, Chief Engineer, TNEB, Vellore, spoke. N. P. Nesamany, Member-Distribution, TNEB, explained the details of the substation.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/26/stories/2009012656940400.htm

KRISHNAGIRI: High Court Chief Justice (In charge) S.J. Mukopadyaya would inaugurate the Additional Judicial Magistrate Court (JMC) in Krishnagiri on February 1, said the District Judge C. Raghavan here on Tuesday.

Mr. Raghavan told reporters here that the present jurisdiction of the JMC would be bifurcated and he would handle 2,270 cases and rest 1,574 cases would be handled by the new Additional Judicial Magistrate Court.

He said Law Minister P. Duraimurugan, High Court Judge P. Murugesan would participate in the function.

The judges would also distribute cheques to the affected families through mutual settlement arrived at the Lok Adalats conducted in Krishnagiri and Hosur.

He said that Lok Adalat would be conducted weekly twice. Lawyers attached to the Krishnagiri courts are cooperating for the speedy disposal of family cases, cases relating to insurance claims from various private and public sector insurance firms. About 249 cases were settled during the special Lok Adalats conducted during last three weeks. The settlement amounts to over Rs. 2 crore in 221 cases in Krishnagiri and over Rs. 45 lakh in 28 cases in Hosur.

Two major accident cases were also solved across the table, as one victim claimed Rs. 15 lakh as compensation, it was settled at Rs. 6.90 lakh and another case was settled at Rs. 5.96 lakh as against their claim of Rs. 10 lakh.

Mr. Raghavan said two public sector insurance firms, Oriental Insurance Corporation Limited and National Insurance Corporation, are cooperating with the judicial authorities for speedy settlements through Alternative Dispute Redressal System. B.A. Asokan, president, Krishnagiri Bar Association said E.G. Sugavanam, MP, has allotted Rs. 7 lakh through MPLAD fund for construction of multi-purpose building within the court complex and T. Senguttuvan, MLA, allotted Rs. 7.50 lakh for construction of arch for the court complex.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/28/stories/2009012853340300.htm

HOSUR: The State Government has allocated Rs. 40 lakh for Hosur Municipality to improve its infrastructure.

The Chairman of the Hosur Municipality, S.A. Sathya, told The Hindu that the fund allotted by the Local Administration Ministry would be used to construct new building for the Municipality. “A proposal has been sent to the Government to construct new office building at a cost of Rs. 2.50 crore. The municipality would pump in additional Rs. 30 lakh and the construction would begin in February. Initially, it would have only the ground floor housing cash counter, commissioner’s office, sanitary inspector’s office and other offices.

A new bus stand would also come up on Bangalore National Highway at a cost of Rs. 6.7 crore.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/29/stories/2009012950510300.htm

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Lies deserted: The bus stop erected by Hosur Lions Club at New AST VOC Nagar. —

HOSUR: Residents of Muneesh Nagar, Durga Nagar, New AST VOC Nagar and Sivakumar Nagar are crying for mini bus facility for the past two months. The colonies are situated on the Thali-Hudco road adjoining the railway track. In the absence of town bus facility, a lone mini bus which operates in the area was stopped service all of a sudden two months ago.

C. Balasubramaniyam, secretary of the New ASTC VOC Nagar Residents Welfare Association, said that when they approached the mini bus owner, they were told that the bus was being plied according to the permit issued by the RTO to the original owner.

“There is no word to explain our sufferings. Around 2,000 families are living in these colonies. Even for emergency medical care, we have to depend on autorickshaws. Auto drivers fleece the gullible public due to which middle aged men and women have to walk up to the Central Excise Office and from their go by city bus. School children and senior citizens are affected very much,” he added.

“Our pleas to the district administration and transport authorities to operate town buses between TVS and Hosur and divert all the buses plying in Hosur to Thali and Denkanikottai have fallen on deaf ears.”Added to the woes are robberies by anti-social elements near the railway level crossings and the mud road that leads to the colonies late in the evenings. As there is no street light, women couldn’t walk alone in this road after 6 p.m., he added.

Sathyamurthy, vice-president of the Federation of Residents’ Welfare Associations said, “a decade ago, a town bus Route No. 53 was introduced and it operated only for a week and it was suddenly stopped by the transport corporation without any prior notice. We approached the transport authorities several times, but it did not yield any fruitful result.”

V. Gnanasekaran, treasurer, Hosur Small Industries and Tiny Industries Association, urged the government to allow share autos in the industrial town.

He said it would help thousands of employees working in small and medium scale industries and workers of the unorganised sectors to reach their work places in time at affordable cost.

In the absence of affordable public transport facilities, the transport authorities can take necessary steps to allow share autos to operate in these colonies and the entire Hosur town.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/30/stories/2009013050930300.htm

HOSUR: The work on the 8-km South Ring Road project in Hosur hanging in balance for the past 22 years will commence in April.

The work would be completed before the end of this year. A senior official of the Highways Department told The Hindu that due to escalation of land, labour and material costs, the project cost has been revised to Rs. 24.25 crore.

Earlier, when the project was initiated in 1986, the cost was estimated at Rs.79.2 lakh. A proposal has been sent to the Government to sanction Rs. 9.25 lakh to acquire land from SIPCOT, Railways and the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board.

“We are preparing a detailed revised project report at a cost of Rs. 15 crore to lay 10 metre width two-lane road with additional 2.5 metre service lane for two- wheelers.”

On an average, about 30,000 light and heavy commercial vehicles pass through Hosur.

The road work would start near the ESI Hospital and would be connected with Thally Road, Denkanikottai Road and Krishnagiri Road.

According to treasurer of Hosur Small and Tiny Industries Association V. Gnanasekaran: “the laying of road was held up for more than two decades due to non-allocation of funds.”

Industrialists pointed out that once the project was completed, traffic from Hosur, Krishnagiri and Denkanikottai could be diverted through the road.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/03/stories/2009020350210100.htm

WEG, global provider of efficient solutions with electric machines, has today (26 May) announced plans for expansion into India, with the construction of a new plant specifically for the manufacture of a new line of electrical motors.
The new plant will be built in Hosur, a city next to Bangalore, in the state of Tamil Nadi. An investment of US$ 50 million is required to get the project off the ground, with the conversion of a 170,000 square meter existing property.
It is anticipated the new plant will start the production of electrical motors at the end of 2009, reaching total capacity by the end of 2013.

Harry Schmelzer Jr, Executive President of WEG, said today's announcement symbolises a big step forward in WEG's international strategy. The new plant will improve the international distribution capacity of the company's products, and will also improve the production capacity in selected markets. He commented: "We are investing in distribution, with open subsidiaries in Russia and Dubai. The Hosur plant will build on the manufacturing structures we already have in place in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Portugal and China; cementing our position as one of the biggest players in the electrical products world market of industrial uses."

WEG's Vice President and International director, Sérgio Schwartz, added that India has proved itself as an extremely attractive market since the company started commercialisation activities with its own subsidiary in 2004. He commented: "We delivered important feeding in irrigation projects, generation of power, electrical, hydraulic and thermal. Asia in general is a region with large market growth and there are many possibilities for expansion in our line business. This new plant shows our commitment to the region for future improvement and also with the development of WEG itself.

The Administrative and Investor Relations Director of WEG, Alidor Lueders, said the Banglore region is especially attractive for operations similar to WEG's. He commented: "The area offers excellent educational institutions and the qualified workforce in the area is very high. The infrastructure of the area is also very good, with close access to major highways, railways and international airports."

Besides the new plant in India, WEG is extending its motors and generators manufacturing line in São Bernardo do Campo/SP and constructing a new plant in Jaraguá do Sul. Both plants are in Brazil.:applause:


Sourcehttp://www.weg.net/in/Media-Center/News/Corporate/WEG-Announces-New-Plant-in-India

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Let's Hope Hosur turn out a Gurgaon or Noida. At least by 2025.

hosur will become another noida or gurgaon only if TN govt does something . even worse is the KA govt . i heard the politicians there speak openly against development towards hosur and want to place companies here on towards tumkur . the reason y they put the airport at devanahalli is that . TN govt shud cease the opportunity and put an airport at hosur . hosur is to bangalore as what sriperumbudur is to chennai .

hosur and sriperumbudur must be industrial clusters of the future . while sriperumbudur's development has taken off , it's sad to see hosur-"little england" still being like a poverty-stricken place . TN govt shud really develop hosur to foster development of neighbouring cities like dharmapuri , krishnagiri et al .

hosur will become another noida or gurgaon only if TN govt does something . even worse is the KA govt . i heard the politicians there speak openly against development towards hosur and want to place companies here on towards tumkur . the reason y they put the airport at devanahalli is that . TN govt shud cease the opportunity and put an airport at hosur . hosur is to bangalore as what sriperumbudur is to chennai .

hosur and sriperumbudur must be industrial clusters of the future . while sriperumbudur's development has taken off , it's sad to see hosur-"little england" still being like a poverty-stricken place . TN govt shud really develop hosur to foster development of neighbouring cities like dharmapuri , krishnagiri et al .

Areva T&D India, the transmission and distribution division of French major Areva, today commenced its manufacturing unit at Paddapai, near Chennai, which will host three factories. The company had invested around Rs 250 crore in the new facility. The company is also going to inaugurate one more unit at Hosur in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.

The company has infused around Rs 950 crore for its green field manufacturing facilities in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu to double its sales from the current Rs 4,000 crore by 2012, said Philippe Guillemot, chairman and chief executive of Areva T&D. He added, the company is planning to increase the exports which is around 14 per cent currently to 25 per cent by 2012.

Rathin Basu, managing director, AREVA T&D India added, of the Rs 950 crore, 40 per cent will be invested in the two plants at Paddapai and Hosur in Tamil Nadu.

The Paddapai plant will host three new factories including Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) production facility, a circuit breaker factory and disconnector factory (both upto 1200 KV). The GIS facility's total capacity will be 500 Bays and Circuit Breaker unit's capacity would be around 10,000 a year. This facility is expected to employee around 500 people.

Basu said the current market size for GIS in India is around Rs 960 crore, Areva India's market is share around 40 per cent. The company is hoping to increase it after this facility commence its production.

The Hosur site will manufacture Condenser Bushings and Instrument Transformers (up to 1200 KV). It will also house an Instrument Transformer competency center, providing high-level global research and development expertise. The faciility will be inaugurated on Wednesday.

It may be recalled the company has inaugurated four new units of the company in Vadora on Monday include factories for manufacturing power transformers, distribution transformers, primary distribution equipments and secondary equipment. The company is planning to create 1500 direct jobs and 3000 indirect jobs when all the eight manufacturing units commence its operation.

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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/04/11/stories/2009041150560200.htm

April 10 Italian auto parts maker Verlicchi group will set up a design and production facility through an equal joint venture with Hema Engineering Industries Ltd.

The joint venture is being set up for two-wheeler frames, exhaust system and parts for fuel tank with an initial investment of Rs 17 crore. The facility will be established in Hosur near Bangalore for a capacity of 3 lakh units of two-wheeler frames.

The €50-million Verlicchi group produces two-wheeler frames, rear forks, fuel tanks, handlebars, car chassis for automobile companies such as Ducati, Harley Davidson, BMW and Honda.

According to Mr Alessandro Verlicchi, Managing Director, Verlicchi Group, Italy, “Through this joint venture, we will get the desired start in the Indian region and a strong presence in domestic market.”

Mr Chandresh Jajoo, Managing Director, Hema Engineering, said the company expects to earn Rs 25 crore of revenues in three years through the venture.

Through the joint venture, it may foray into making parts for cars at a later stage.

T. Ramakrishnan

Japanese agency to provide about Rs.800 crore more

CHENNAI: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide about Rs.800 crore more for the Hogenakkal Water Supply and Fluorosis Mitigation Project.

This tranche is for covering Hosur and adjoining areas of Krishnagiri district under the project, according to a senior official of the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, which is the executing agency.

An agreement to this effect was signed between the JICA and Indian government in Tokyo on Monday. Last week, representatives of the two sides exchanged notes in New Delhi.

[The amount in Indian currency has been worked out, taking into account the conversion rate at the time of signing of the agreement].

The JICA, an organisation established by the Japan government for implementing Overseas Development Assistance programmes, has already committed to providing Rs.785.5 crore for other components of the project, including construction of headworks and treatment plant and laying distribution lines.

The project cost has been revised to Rs.1,928.8 crore, of which the State government’s share will be Rs.343.2 crore, the official says.

Aimed at providing safe and reliable water supply to people of Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu, the project is also designed to provide fluorosis mitigation support in the two districts.

Three municipalities, 17 town panchayats and 6,755 rural habitations will be covered, benefiting about three million people eventually. In the intermediate stage, the water requirement has been estimated at 127 million litres a day (MLD) and about 160 MLD for the final stage.

As regards four packages under the first phase of the project, the official says that on an average, seven to 10 firms have qualified for each of the packages. Their price bids will be scrutinised and the contracts are likely to be settled soon.

hosur will become another noida or gurgaon only if TN govt does something . even worse is the KA govt . i heard the politicians there speak openly against development towards hosur and want to place companies here on towards tumkur . the reason y they put the airport at devanahalli is that . TN govt shud cease the opportunity and put an airport at hosur . hosur is to bangalore as what sriperumbudur is to chennai .

hosur and sriperumbudur must be industrial clusters of the future . while sriperumbudur's development has taken off , it's sad to see hosur-"little england" still being like a poverty-stricken place . TN govt shud really develop hosur to foster development of neighbouring cities like dharmapuri , krishnagiri et al .

True, Hosur has the potential to become the 2nd biggest city in Tamil Nadu becuse of its proximity to Electronics city of Bangalore. An elevated highway is almost completed at Electronics city. Hosur can attract major IT companies in this scenario if proper infrastructure is provided.

I agree hosur has a gud potential but aiming for becoming 2nd biggest city of TN is quite difficult. Hosur has a long way to reach that status.

Bharti, Del Monte Pacific plan facility at Hosur

Source (http://www.exchange4projects.com/FOODPROD/bharti-del-monte-pacific-plan-facility-at-hosur)

A JV between Bharti Enterprises and Del Monte Pacific plan to infuse Rs 100 crore in a production facility at Hosur, Tamil Nadu.

Bharti Enterprises has launched a range of food and beverage products that include fruit drinks, packaged fruits, ketchup and sauces, apart from several Italian products for the Indian market.

Del Monte, which makes fruit and vegetable-based products, holds exclusive rights to produce and distribute food and beverage products under the flagship brand in the Indian sub-continent. It owns a manufacturing facility near Bangalore that produces processed mango and guava products.

Kamaz-Vectra JV to produce 5,000 trucks


Source (http://www.exchange4projects.com/AUTOMOB/kamazvectra-jv-to-produce-5000-trucks)

India's Vectra Group, a leading heavy engineering and equipment company, and Russia's Kamaz Inc., the largest truck manufacturer in Europe, recently signed an agreement to manufacture the Kamaz range of trucks in this country.
Vectra and Kamaz, who have been working together for several years, will manufacture the trucks at Hosur, Tamil Nadu, a place close to Bangalore.
"We are ready to enter the Indian market with our wide range of products and we are ready to set up a complete sales and marketing network across the country," Sergey Kogoghin, General Director, Kamaz Inc., said.
Vectra Group spokesperson Dilip Singh told Projectmonitor: "The trucks will be manufactured in our existing facility at Hosur. Production will start in October and the first truck is expected to roll out in November this year."
The Kamaz Vectra Motors 51:49 JV company will invest around $13 million to produce about 5,000 trucks within a timeframe of two and three years, which will be increased to 15,000 trucks later. The company plans to sell these trucks to the defence sector. "The company intends to produce 1,000 trucks (8x8) in the first year and 5,000 trucks per annum in another two to three years," Dilip Singh said.

The JV company is targeting $1 billion sales by 2011. It plans to corner at least 10 per cent of the Indian market and export 20 per cent of the production to Asian and African countries.

R.K. Rishi, Chairman, Vectra Group, told newspersons that the group had expanded its operations through partnerships with other global leaders such as Terex Corporation of USA, Fainsa of Spain and Eurocopter of France, and was now associating with Kamaz Inc. of Russia. Kamaz is one of the largest truck manufacturers in Europe and a leader in the cargo vehicle market in Russia and the CIS. It manufactures a wide range of cargo vehicles including tractors, side-board trucks, and tippers.

T. Ramakrishnan

Japanese agency to provide about Rs.800 crore more

CHENNAI: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide about Rs.800 crore more for the Hogenakkal Water Supply and Fluorosis Mitigation Project.

This tranche is for covering Hosur and adjoining areas of Krishnagiri district under the project, according to a senior official of the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, which is the executing agency.

An agreement to this effect was signed between the JICA and Indian government in Tokyo on Monday. Last week, representatives of the two sides exchanged notes in New Delhi.

[The amount in Indian currency has been worked out, taking into account the conversion rate at the time of signing of the agreement].

The JICA, an organisation established by the Japan government for implementing Overseas Development Assistance programmes, has already committed to providing Rs.785.5 crore for other components of the project, including construction of headworks and treatment plant and laying distribution lines.

The project cost has been revised to Rs.1,928.8 crore, of which the State government’s share will be Rs.343.2 crore, the official says.

Aimed at providing safe and reliable water supply to people of Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu, the project is also designed to provide fluorosis mitigation support in the two districts.

Three municipalities, 17 town panchayats and 6,755 rural habitations will be covered, benefiting about three million people eventually. In the intermediate stage, the water requirement has been estimated at 127 million litres a day (MLD) and about 160 MLD for the final stage.

As regards four packages under the first phase of the project, the official says that on an average, seven to 10 firms have qualified for each of the packages. Their price bids will be scrutinised and the contracts are likely to be settled soon.


Hogenakkal Project to start in October



DHARMAPURI: As announced by Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, the Integrated Hogenakkal Drinking Water Project will kick-start in October 2009, Ms. Supriya Sahoo, Project Director, said here on Tuesday.

Ms. Sahoo was here to conduct a spot survey. She held discussions with the district administration and gave details about the implementation of the project to local representatives at a meeting at the collectorate She informed them about preparedness to supply water to all hamlets in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts.
Pipelines

The project work would be undertaken on a war footing and completed in December 2012. Ms. Sahoo said 11,000- km long pipelines would be erected in these districts to facilitate water supply without any hindrance. These pipelines would link the current water supply link at the village panchayat level.

A 240-lakh litre giant overhead water tank (OHT) would be constructed at Madam in Dharmapuri district as Master Balancing Reservoir (MBR) to store water for supply to the MBRs in blocks and panchayats. Fluoride content in the ground water in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts is between seven to nine mg per litre.

A separate project called Fluoride Mitigation Project would be launched soon to identify the fluoride level in the ground water at various locations, Ms. Sahoo said.

source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/03/stories/2009060354720100.htm

Hogenakkal Project to start in October
As announced by Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, the Integrated Hogenakkal Drinking Water Project will kick-start in October 2009, Ms. Supriya Sahoo, Project Director, said here on Tuesday.


Was it not yet started?

http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/24/stories/2008052456700100.htm

http://news.chennaionline.com/newsitem.aspx?NEWSID=dae330c1-91f2-413a-8395-7ecda4a4a1f4&CATEGORYNAME=CHN

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Hogenakkal-project-to-go-as-per-schedule-TN/297618/

Am I been fooled by the headlines? While reading second time carefully made it clear its not even started :(

Plans for IT-SEZ in Hosur apace
Special Correspondent

Expressions of interest to be invited from IT majors for allotment of land
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IT Park will provide jobs to 10,000 people

Recruitment Processing Outsourcing unit opened


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Poongothai Aladi Aruna

CHENNAI: A formal notification for the setting up of an Information Technology Special Economic Zone by ELCOT at Viswanathapuram in Hosur has been issued by the Central government.

Information Technology Minister Poongothai Aladi Aruna on Monday told reporters at Hosur that the IT-SEZ would be spread over 177 acres and ELCOT would construct a Rs.14-crore complex measuring 50,000 sq ft.

Tenders to erect the building and other basic infrastructure have been floated and construction would start in a couple of months. Expressions of interest would be invited from IT majors for land allotment.

“Once the IT park comes into being, around 10,000 educated people will get employment in the region. As there is a huge demand for software and IT-enabled services, the State government is developing eight IT parks in Tier-II and Tier-III towns in the State,” she said.

Accompanied by officials of NASSCOM, and ELCOT, Dr. Aruna visited the State’s first Panchayat Business Process Outsourcing-cum-call centre at Sanasandiram in Krishnagiri district and inspected the functioning of the Tamil Nadu State Wide Area Network at the Collectorate.

Dr. Aruna also inaugurated the Recruitment Processing Outsourcing unit at Uthangarai with 60 seats. Currently it employs around 30 persons.

This centre, functioning in association FOSTeRA, will undertake resume mining and reverse process outsourcing functions and inform U.S.-based firms about the availability of skilled workers.

The IT Minister visited a couple of rural Common Service Centres in the district that are offering Business to Citizen (B2C) services, such as railway ticket booking and airline booking.

Government to Citizen services will be introduced in the next 25 days.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/09/stories/2009060957720100.htm

ANY UPDATES:cheers:

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Inspection: Niranjan Mardi (right), Secretary, Municipal Administration and Water Supply, at the new bus stand under construction in Hosur on Sunday. Collector V.K Shanmugam (left), S. A. Sathya. Chairman, Hosur Municipality, are in the picture.

KRISHNAGIRI: The construction work of the new bus stand at Hosur at a cost of Rs. 6.89 crore is in full swing and will be opened for public in November this year, Niranjan Mardi, Secretary, Municipal Administration and Water Supply, said here on Sunday.

Mr. Mardi, after visiting the site, said that the concrete structures of the ground and first floor have been finished with 28 shops in the ground floor and 48 shops in first floor with two hotels.

He also inspected the ongoing construction works of a modern gasifier crematorium at Chennathur village at a cost of Rs. 45 lakh and additional class room buildings at a cost of Rs. 50 lakh for the Panchayat Union School at Kamarajar Colony. Later, he visited the site for construction of new building for the Hosur Municipality.

Collector V.K. Shanmugam accompanied him. Municipality Chairman S.A. Sathya, Zonal Director, Municipal Administration, S.K. Anwar Basha, Revenue Divisional Officer P. Rathinavel, Commissioner A.P. Panneerselvam and Tahsildhar R. Muniraj were present during the inspection.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/31/stories/2009083152040300.htm

Sundram Fasteners Ltd, maker of automotive and engineering components, is setting up a plant at Hosur, Tamil Nadu, to manufacture seamless tappets, a non-automotive product. The Rs 50-crore project is in technical collaboration with Japan's Hitachi.

^^Source please... :)

Targets Rs. 24,500 crore tax mop up this fiscal

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C.N.M. Ubaidullah (second left), Minister for Commercial Taxes unveiling the plaque to mark the inauguration of a new building for the Commercial Taxes Department in Hosur on Friday.

HOSUR: Minister for Commercial Taxes C.N.M. Ubaidullah sought officials’ cooperation to achieve the target of Rs. 24,500-crore tax collection for this financial year.He was inaugurating a new Integrated Commercial Tax Office building constructed at a cost of Rs. 1.56-crore in Hosur here on Friday to house offices of Assistant Commissioner (Enforcement), Assistant Commissioner Hosur (South) and Assistant Commissioner Hosur (North). These offices are functioning separately in rented buildings. Ubaidullah, said the commercial tax collection for the first five months of this financial year was Rs. 9,757 crore. If the momentum continues the collection at the end of this financial year would be Rs. 23,500 crore. Officials should put extra effort to reach the targeted figure of Rs. 24,500 crore. The tax collection during the last financial year (2008-09) was Rs. 22,570 crore.

The Minister sought the cooperation of big establishments to pay taxes promptly to serve the public effectively, though the government reduced the tax for several items at the instance of the Chief Minister Karunanidhi, tax evasion continues. “We are trying to plug loopholes to collect the revenue through various measures.”

Commercial Taxes Offices in Salem would get a building very soon at a cost of Rs.10 crore. Land has been identified and handed over to the department. The fund for the construction of the building was sanctioned by the government, Mr. Ubaidulla said.

Later, Ubaidullah distributed Rs. 2.41 crore revolving fund to 234 self-help groups. Each group was given Rs. 60,000 that included a subsidy component of Rs. 10,000.

Earlier, Rajiv Ranjan, secretary, Commercial Taxes and Registration, said 241 Commercial Tax Offices in the state were functioning in rented buildings. Government is planning to construct own buildings for these offices for which Rs. 160 crore was sought from Thirteenth Finance Commission.

Mr. Ranjan said, the new integrated office in Hosur will serve 5,819 commercial establishments in Hosur.

In his welcome address T. Jacob, Principal Secretary and Commecial Taxes Commissioner said through the Commercial Tax Offices in Hosur, the government is getting monthly tax collection of Rs. 20 crore to Rs. 23 crore. V.K. Shanmugam, Collector, presided over the function. K. Subramaniyam, Joint Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, Salem Division, proposed a vote of thanks.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/12/stories/2009091251510300.htm

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Bihar Tubes Limited, believing in its numerous strategic strengths and ability to lead industry matrix, successfully commissioned first phase of its state of art manufacturing facilities at Hosur (Tamilnadu). This greenfield project spread across 24 acres has the ability to produce 200,000 MT ERW Black Pipe, Galvanized Pipes, Hollow Sections, and Structural Tubes per annum of 1/2" to 12" as outer diameter and up to 10 mm wall thickness.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Sanjay Gupta, Managing Director of the company said "I along with my colleagues take pride at this inaugural moment of achieving this landmark. This mega project will enable the company to deeply penetrate in promising southern Indian market".

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Hosur ring road still a faraway dream (http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Hosur+ring+road+still+a+faraway+dream&artid=5IHE|y0VSwY=&SectionID=vBlkz7JCFvA=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=EL7znOtxBM3qzgMyXZKtxw==&SEO=)


HOSUR: After 23 years and a phenomenal 650 per cent rise in implementation costs, Hosur’s ring road project is still awaiting completion.

This may probably be the oldest un-implemented road project in Tamil Nadu and yet another sample to prove how government funds are wasted by project delays.

Hosur’s 100-ft Inner Ring Road was proposed 23 years ago, but the government is yet to complete the work, resulting in costs escalating by an unbelievable 650 per cent to Rs 6 crore from the original Rs 79.20 lakh.

The Tamil Nadu government had proposed to build a ring road around Hosur to avoid vehicles from Bangalore entering Hosur town. About 40,000 heavy and light commercial vehicles from North India bound for various parts of Tamil Nadu go via Hosur every day from Bangalore.

Initially, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had taken up the project, the cost of which was estimated at Rs 79.20 lakh in 1986-87.

But the NHAI did not start the work immediately that led the government to more than double the cost to Rs 194.32 lakh as per a revised estimation in 1993.

Then the project was awarded to a contractor through tender and work started in 1996. But the NHAI discontinued the work after building a mud road and a few bridges. The work was stalled due to delay in acquiring land from the Railway Board and the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board.

Meanwhile, due to escalating cost of construction material, the contractor withdrew from the project. It was handed over to the State Highways department later.

When contacted, Krishnagiri Collector V K Shanmugam told Express that the government revised the estimation once again in 2000, putting the project cost at Rs 5.62 crore. He said the government has sanctioned Rs 6 crore to carry out pending work on the inner ring road.

http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_gmr-s-sez-in-tamil-nadu-delayed_1315198

Mumbai: GMR Infrastructure's 3,300-acre special economic zone (SEZ) in Tamil Nadu will be delayed owing to lacklustre demand from IT and IT-enabled services (ITES) companies.
The company had in August 2007 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (Tidco) to set up a multi-product SEZ in Krishnagiri, which is 70 km from Bangalore and is connected to National Highway (NH)-7 that runs between Chennai and Bangalore.

The project was supposed to go on-stream in 2009 and be fully occupied by 2012.
But that is not to be. Construction is yet to begin.

Gopalakrishna Kishore, chief operating officer, GMR Krishnagiri SEZ, said only 1,500 acre have been acquired so far.

"The first phase of the project will begin construction in 2010-2011," he said in response to DNA's e-mail queries.

He, however, refused to say when the SEZ would be operational.

A Subbarao, chief financial officer, GMR group, had earlier said the demand scenario was not very encouraging. "So we are restructuring the whole thing. We had planned the SEZ keeping in mind the demand from IT and ITES firms, but now we are looking at companies that make solar photovoltaics," he told DNA. Asked what other kinds of firms GMR was targeting, Subbarao said the plan was not finalised yet.

At the time of the signing of the MoU, GMR said companies in electronics, engineering, IT, ITES, biotechnology and nanotechnology would take up space in the SEZ.

Kishore did not divulge the cost of the overall project or how much GMR had already spent on it. The company had said in 2007 that the SEZ would entail an initial investment of Rs 2,300 crore.

He also did not reveal if any companies had shown interest in setting up shop at the SEZ, which is tipped to have the potential to generate annual exports of Rs 16,000 crore.
GMR is currently setting up another SEZ, a 250-acre aerospace park near the Hyderabad airport it is developing through GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIAL). It also plans to set up a logistics park there.

^Looks like some promotion has started and website launched.

Website: http://www.gmrsolartropic.biz/

GMR Corporate presentation:
http://www.gmrsolartropic.biz/corporatepresentation.pdf

You tube video:

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Chennai-based TVS Motor today said it is looking to launch diesel auto-rickshaws as part of its strategy to grow in the domestic market.

The company, which started export of its three-wheelers a couple of months back, is also exploring to venture into new markets like Bangladesh, Mexico, Peru and Guatemala.

"Our next plan is to enter the diesel passenger market in the auto-rickshaw category of three-wheelers and we should be able to accomplish this within the next 18-24 months," TVS Motor Company President (Marketing) H S Goindi told reporters here.

He said the company already has a presence in 2-stroke and 4-stroke engine segments in petrol, LPG and CNG variants.

The diesel three-wheeler will target the semi-urban and rural markets, he said without disclosing further details.

TVS Motor today launched its new 200 cc, 4-stroke engine CNG auto rickshaw -'TVS King ZS' - priced at Rs 1.24 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).

Speaking about the company's exports, TVS Motor Vice- President (Sales & Service) 3-wheeler K Srinivasan said: "We have just started export to selected countries like Sri Lanka, Ethiopia and Egypt and our aim is to sell at least 10,000 units in the overseas markets next fiscal."

It expects to end this fiscal with domestic sales of 18,000-20,000 units of three-wheelers and hopes to take it to 30,000 units in FY 2011, he added.

"Currently 60 per cent of our sales is in the 2-Stroke category but we expect the ratio between it and 4-stroke engines to be 50:50 by the next fiscal. This will be on account of new regulations by state governments," Srinivasan said.

TVS three-wheeler facility at Hosur has an installed capacity of one lakh units annually and Srinivasan said it is looking at increasing the capacity utilisation of the plant.

"We are currently running at 20 per cent of the total installed capacity and we will now take it up to 40 per cent by the next fiscal," he said.

TVS Motor is also planning to increase its dealership network in the three-wheeler segment to 110 outlets by March 2010, from 70 at present, Srinivasan added.

Asked if TVS plans to enter the cargo carrier category where four-wheeler players have a dominant role, Goindi said there were no such plans.

Source: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/tvs-plans-to-launch-diesel-3-wheelers-eyes-big-in-export/81359/on

http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/25/stories/2009122554770500.htm

THORAPPALLI (KRISHNAGIRI): The Ramanayakkan lake, one of the big waterbodies in the middle of Hosur town, will be renovated at a cost of Rs.2 crore, said State Minister for Information Parithi Ilamvazhuthi here on Thursday.

He was speaking after unveiling a bronze bust of the first Indian Governor General of India, Rajagopalachari, in his native village to mark the 131st birth anniversary of Rajaji.

The statue was installed last month at a cost of Rs.2 lakh in the inner yard of the tiled house of Rajagopalachari by the Information and Public Relations Department.

The Minister urged the youth to follow the path shown by Rajaji to help the downtrodden and fight against untouchability. He recalled the State government’s gesture of celebrating the centenary of Rajaji.

Mr. Ilamvazhuthi announced that the required funds to improve the lake would be allocated from the Hosur New Town Development Authority as requested by Hosur M.L.A. K. Gopinath. He directed the Collector to send his recommendations along with the estimate for approval.

Regarding establishment of a Government Arts College in Hosur, Mr. Ilamvazhuthi said that he would take up the matter with the Chief Minister.

Welfare assistance
He distributed welfare assistances to 2,550 persons to the tune of Rs.66 lakh. This includes colour television sets to 1,392 persons, free house site pattas to 52 and loan from Forest Department for 38 others.

Collector V.K. Shanmugam presided over the function. Krishnagiri M.P. E.G. Sugavanam and MLAs T. Senguttuvan, K. Gopinath and K.R.K. Narasimhan spoke.

Bihar Tubes Inaugurates South India’s Largest Steel Tube Plant at Hosur (http://www.equitybulls.com/admin/news2006/news_det.asp?id=66935)

New Delhi, January 20, 2010: Bihar Tubes, one of the largest steel tubes producer in the country has today inaugurated new facility in Hosur, Tamilnadu. The facility is the largest in South India. Being built at a capital cost of Rs 100 crores and a capacity of 2,00,000 tpa will meet the growing demand for steel tubes in the Southern market.

The plant is inaugurated by Mr S C Kalia, Executive Director, Union Bank of India.

Bihar Tubes has three plants in the country with an aggregate capacity of 2,00,000 tpa spread over three plants: two near Delhi and one near Bangaluru. Hosur is the fourth facility for the company. With the Hosur facility, Bihar Tubes is the largest producer of steel tubes in the country having total capacity of 4,00,000 tpa upto a size of 12 inches. The new facility has been built with latest machinery of Kusakabe, Japan.

Bihar Tubes produces widest range of steel tubes including black tubes, galvanised tubes, pre-galvanised tubes and hollow sections and caters to industry segments like irrigation, urban infrastructure, automotive (bus bodies), airports, metro networks, etc.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Sanjay Gupta, Managing Director, Bihar Tubes Said “The new facility at Hosur is an important milestone for the company. The facility being the largest in South India employs latest machinery from Japan is versatile and capable of producing widest range of steel tubes and hollow sections in galvanised and pre-galvanised. We are working on developing several products catering to newer applications in airports, metro network, green houses.”

Demand for steel tubes in last three years has seen a tremendous growth following government’s thrust on urban infrastructure. With emphasis on aesthetics and complex structural designs in segments like airports, commercial complexes, usage of steel tubes and hollow sections has gone up. Bihar Tubes is among the leading supplier of hollow steel sections to these industry segments.

Ashok Leyland, Tata Marcopolo, Delhi airport, Gujarat Gas, Mundra SEZ, IRCON and Automobile Corporation of India are some of the major clientele.

For the nine-month period ended December 2009, company has reported net sales of Rs 419.63 crores and net profit of Rs 26.5 crores. The equity of the company is Rs 20.29 crores.

Kamaz opens car assembly in India
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Russian car maker Kamaz is ready to open a truck manufacturing facility at the Russian-Indian joint venture Kamaz Vektra Motors Limited on 25 of February, the official press release of the company reads.

The car assembly is located 70 km away from Bangalore in the town of Hosur. The memorandum on creation of the joint venture was signed by the sides in March of 2009. The facility with the projected capacity of 5000 vehicles per year is expected to take over a big share of the Indian truck market due to lower cost of the vehicles compared to those produced by the rivals.

The new manufacturing facility will help Kamaz to expand its presence in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.

^^ hosur's developments are occuring silently

http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/20/stories/2010022053110300.htm

KRISHNAGIRI: The Third Generation (3G) mobile facility would be introduced in Krishnagiri town from May this year, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology A. Raja announced here on Friday.

Inaugurating a new building for the Krishnagiri Head Post Office, Mr. Raja said the facility would enable people to see each other on their mobile screens when they spoke.

To meet the fast-changing needs of the people, post offices in the country were modernised under the Project Arrow Scheme at a cost of Rs. 500 crore, he said. Under this scheme, as many as 200 post offices in Tamilnadu were renovated or modernised.

Villages
Mr. Raja said, the postal department, the second biggest service provider in the country, covered five lakh villages in the country. There were 1.55 lakh post offices in the country, he said.

Mr. E.G. Sugavanam, M.P., Mr. T. Senguttuvan, M.L.A. and Ms. B. Farida Navab demanded a separate postal division for the district. Mr. Raja conceded the demand and said a separate postal division would be created for Krishnagiri from the next financial year.

The Krishnagiri Head Post Office was established on September 1, 1972.

It had been functioning in a rented building since its inception. The new building was constructed at a cost of Rs. 99.15 lakh.

District Collector V.K. Shanmugam said the district got more and more facilities from the Centre.

Mr. S.P. Mohapatra, Superintending Engineer (Civil), Bangalore explained the salient features of the Head Post Office project. Ms. Yesodhara Menon, Chief Postmaster General, Tamilnadu Circle welcomed the gathering. V. Rajaraman, Postmaster General, Western Region, Coimbatore proposed vote of thanks.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/23/stories/2010022357211700.htm

MOSCOW: Russia's largest truck maker Kamaz will formally flag off the assembly to manufacture Kamaz trucks at the Vectra Group's Hosur Plant, 70 km away from Bangalore, on February 25, a spokesman for Kamaz said here. Under a joint venture Kamaz set up with Vectra two years ago, the Hosur facility will roll out 5000 Kamaz trucks a year for India and Southeast Asian markets.

Kamaz heavy-duty trucks have won all the Paris-Dakar rallies in recent years. The company has 96 plants in Russia, Poland, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, and Ethiopia. Earlier this month Germany's Daimler truck maker signed an MoU to increase its stake in Kamaz from 10 to 15 per cent.
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Good to know Dailmer owns a part of Kamaz.:cheers:

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/kansai-nerolac-plans-rs-400-capacity-ramp-up/87652/on

Kansai Nerolac Paints (KNP) today said it will invest Rs 400 crore over the next three years to increase its paint manufacturing capacity by 40 per cent to 2.8 lakh tonnes per annum.

KNP, in which Japan's largest paint maker Kansai Paint Company has 70 per cent stake, has five manufacturing plants - at Housr in Tamil Nadu, Jainpur in Uttar Pradesh, Perungudi in Tamil Nadu, Lote in Maharashtra and Bawal in Haryana - with a total capacity of 2 lakh tonnes per annum.

"We will invest Rs 400 crore over the next three years to increase the capacity to 2.8 lakh tonnes per annum. Out of the total investment, Rs 250 crore will be spent to introduce the industrial line in Hosur plant, which went on production last week," KNP's Managing Director H M Bharuka told PTI.:cheers:

An additional Rs 150 crore would go towards increasing capacity in four other plants, he said, adding that KNP does not have any plan to set up a new plant now.

"However, if we take a decision to set up a new plant, it will come up somewhere in the Eastern part of the country since we have presence in other parts," Bharuka said.

Bharuka said that the company has sufficient cash surplus to take care of the funding requirements and as such, there is no plan to raise any debt or equity.

The Indian paint industry is pegged at Rs 17,000 crore and is growing by 8-10 per cent for the last few years. Around 60 per cent of the market belongs to the organised sector and the remaining is held by unorganised players, who are mainly small in size.

AVTEC Limited's transaxle facility opened

HOSUR: A new transaxle plant with a capacity to produce 1.5 lakh units per annum set up by the AVTEC Limited near Hosur was inaugurated by Mr. Michael Boneham, President and Managing Director, Ford India and Mr. A. Sankaranarayanan, Director, AVTEC on Friday.
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http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/06/stories/2010030657870700.htm

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/a-town-that-has-emerged-from-the-shadows-of-bangalore/615021/2

Till the other day, Hosur, the border town between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu was basking in Bangalore's glory. But today, it's a business destination in its own right and that's eminently reflected in the spiraling real estate costs.

There are several reasons for Hosur becoming as a prime residential destination for the people working in Bangalore, primarily South Bangalore. Electronic city, an IT industrial park set up by the Karnataka government in Bangalore city is a stone's throw away from Hosur, which is located on the border of Tamil Nadu but only 40-km away from the centre of Bangalore city. The Electronic city, where India's IT majors Infosys, Wipro and more than 1,000 tech companies have their units, is just a half an hour drive from Hosur.

To be precise, Hosur is just 10 km away from the outskirts of Bangalore. Hence, people who cannot afford skyrocketing real estate prices in Bangalore have started looking at nearby Hosur. The land prices in Hosur also have increased by three to four times in the past five years but it is still cheaper when compared to Bangalore, said J Manjunath of Sivadarsh Exporters, who like many others lives in Hosur but carries out multiple business activities in Bangalore.

Hosur today is connected by an expressway to Bangalore on the one side and Chennai and Salem, major cities in Tamil Nadu, on the other side. The Bangalore International Airport is one and a half hour drive from Hosur. Most importantly, Hosur, which is located at 2,920 feet above the see level, has a salubrious climatic condition around the year much like Bangalore. The town also has broad-gauge rail connectivity to major cities like Bangalore and Mumbai.

Moreover Hosur itself is an industrial town housing more than 1,500 large and medium scale industries including Ashok Leyland, TVS Motors, Titan, Taneja Aeronautics, Asia Tobacco, Hindustan Motors and heavy vehicle manufacturers like Tatra Udyog and Kamaz Vectra. Tamil Nadu government has already established two industrial estates in Hosur, where State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) has set up its first industrial estate 35 years ago.

Now in a bid to woo IT investors across the country, Bangalore in particular, the Tamil Nadu government through Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd (ELCOT), has proposed to set up an IT park covering 200 acres in Hosur. With a majority of IT companies in Bangalore worried over inadequate infrastructure facility in the 'Garden City', they would choose Hosur for their future expansions, an ELCOT official said. Already the ELCOT has conducted couple of road shows in Bangalore to woo IT investments to Tamil Nadu, particularly to proposed IT Park in Hosur.

In addition, the government is also in the process of setting up a massive multi-purpose special economic zone (SEZ) covering around 2,600 acres in Hosur region. Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (TIDCO), a Tamil Nadu government enterprise, has chosen Bangalore-based GMR Infrastructure as its joint venture partner to promote the SEZ in Hosur. According to TIDCO, the SEZ would be set up at a cost of Rs 2,600 crore. Once the SEZ and IT park projects were completed, it is expected that thousands of new job opportunities would be created in the town and that would lead to huge demand for commercial and residential properties in Hosur.

Hence, not surprisingly, real estate majors have started foraying in to Hosur since last two years. “Hosur town is emerging as a promising tier III destination for real estate sector” said Mohammed Ali Vakil, director of Bangalore-based real estate major Vakil Housing Development Corporation (VHDC). To cash in on the opportunity, VHDC has launched a Rs 150 crore residential project covering 330 super luxury villas in Hosur. The villas are in the range of 1,500 sq ft to 2,400 sq ft and priced at Rs 35 lakhs to Rs 60 lakhs, which are much cheaper compared to the villa prices in Bangalore and its outskirts.

“Hosur is among a few places in the country where the land prices have not declined even during recession,” he said. He said the land prices in Hosur are expected to double in the next 3-4 years. Following VHDC, some of the major real estate players are looking to purchase lands to promote their projects in Hosur, industry sources said. Already several small and medium-category real estate companies have started promoting their projects in Hosur.

More over, the floriculture industry is also supporting the real estate industry in Hosur....

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Nerolac-Paints-to-invest-Rs-400-cr-on-expansion/Article1-540153.aspx

Paints and varnish manufacturer Kansai Nerolac Paints on Thursday said it will invest Rs 400 crore in the next 20 months for the second phase of expansion of its Hosur facility in Tamil Nadu.

"The company's board has approved to invest Rs 400 crore for the second phase of its Hosur facility, which would lead to the company's overall capacity increasing by 35 per cent," Kansai Nerolac Paints Managing Director H M Bharuka told PTI.

After the expansion, the company's overall capacity will increase to 2.8 lakh tonnes per annum from the current 2 lakh tonnes per annum.

The company has already invested Rs 100 crore in the first phase of its Hosur plant, which has already started production from January this year.

It has also decided for a 4 per cent increase in the price of its products from May 10.

"Due to the rise in the price of raw materials, the company has decided for a 4 per cent hike across its product range from next week," Bharuka said.

Besides, the company today announced the launch of a new paint -- Nerolac Impressions Eco Clean -- which would be odourless and low on Volatile Organic compounds (VOCs).

"This is a product with no smell and low VOC, making it the first of its kind in the country," Bharuka said.

The new paint will be produced in all the five facilities of the company across the country. It has more than 12,000 dealers and it plans to add 10 per cent more this year.

Kansai Nerolac Paints had reported a net profit of Rs 165.50 crore for the year ended March 2010, compared to Rs 98.59 crore in the last fiscal.

For the fourth quarter ended March 31, the company posted a net profit of Rs 33.92 crore.

Shares of Kansai Nerolac Paints were trading at Rs 1,493 on the Bombay Stock Exchange, down 0.28 per cent from its previous close.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/05/06/stories/2010050652510200.htm

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Source:the economic times

Hosur new bus stand ready for inauguration

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I'll get posted to Bangalore shortly. I am much interested to settle down in Hosur near mookandapalli. Can somebody please help in bringing out real estate scenario around mookandpalli - hosur? Also please mention the nice locality/area near the Bangalore - Tamilnadu border.

I'll get posted to Bangalore shortly. I am much interested to settle down in Hosur near mookandapalli. Can somebody please help in bringing out real estate scenario around mookandpalli - hosur? Also please mention the nice locality/area near the Bangalore - Tamilnadu border.

Not sure where is mookandapalli, but good areas in hosur are near the railway station (nehru nagar, venkateswara nagar) m Titan township, there is vakil housing project.Near Bangalore you can enquire around electronic city (areas like ananthnagar, silicon valley inside elect city) or even KHB Surya nagar on anekal road.

Not sure where is mookandapalli, but good areas in hosur are near the railway station (nehru nagar, venkateswara nagar) m Titan township, there is vakil housing project.Near Bangalore you can enquire around electronic city (areas like ananthnagar, silicon valley inside elect city) or even KHB Surya nagar on anekal road.

Thanks VS007. I checked in google maps, it shows mookandapalli as nearer to Tamilnadu - Bangalore checkpost or near to Ashok Leyland phase I. I thought of going because of it's proximity to Attibele.

Thanks VS007. I checked in google maps, it shows mookandapalli as nearer to Tamilnadu - Bangalore checkpost or near to Ashok Leyland phase I. I thought of going because of it's proximity to Attibele.

You have to go there physically check out that area. Sipcot colony is nice, but expensive in that area. There is an internal road from Titan township to Attibele via TVS factory, or you could also stay in TVS nagar or vikas nagar, it all depends upon budget.

http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/Jamna-Auto-speeds-up-on-preferential-issue/3167284351

The company's board has also approved setting up of an assembly plant at Hosur, Tamil Nadu:cheers:

Modern bus terminus going to be opened at Hosur on 18th July

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I'll get posted to Bangalore shortly. I am much interested to settle down in Hosur near mookandapalli. Can somebody please help in bringing out real estate scenario around mookandpalli - hosur? Also please mention the nice locality/area near the Bangalore - Tamilnadu border.

I have a house to rent in a nice are near Mookandapalli opposite Ashok Leyland. If you are interested you can talk to me.

I have a house to rent in a nice are near Mookandapalli opposite Ashok Leyland. If you are interested you can talk to me.
Pls pass down your mobile no

I have a house to rent in a nice are near Mookandapalli opposite Ashok Leyland. If you are interested you can talk to me.

Pls dont miss use the forum.

^^ LOL, I thought I will help someone. I am not running a business or anything through this forum.

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Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will inaugurate a modern bus stand constructed at a cost of Rs. 11 crore here on Sunday.

People here have high hopes of the municipality, just 40 km away from Bangalore, becoming a corporation. Hosur is touted as the next “dream destination” of major companies.

Hosur has a more than three-decade old industrial zone that houses TVS Motors, Ashok Leyland, Titan Industries, Carborandum Universal and Hindustan Lever besides 2,000-odd tiny, small, medium and large-scale industrial units.

Realising the potential of Hosur, the Tamil Nadu government has declared it a tier-II IT city. It has announced the setting up of a Tidel Park by ELCOT; a 3,000-acre SEZ for IT, hardware and precision instruments; and allocation of land to Bangalore-based IT companies to establish their campuses at Hosur.

Most of these projects are proposed to be developed through private-public partnership.

The pace of the unplanned growth of the town necessitated the government to establish the Hosur New Town Development Authority under the chairmanship of the District Collector, ten years ago.
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Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article520797.ece

Pls dont miss use the forum.

Hi Arasu,

May be, you can please provide the information on nice areas around that location. It will definitely be helpful for anyone visiting this.

-Mani

WEG gets Rs 115 cr loan for Hosur plant

WEG, a Brazilian high-efficiency electric motor manufacturer, which is setting up a greenfield facility at Hosur in Tamil Nadu, will receive $25 million (around Rs 115 crore) from the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The company's total investment would be around $ 95 million (around Rs 437 crore) in the new facility.

The plant has been under construction since June 2009 and is spread over 170 thousand sqm in Hosur, close to Bangalore. Initially, the plant will produce medium and high voltage motors and generators. In the second phase, other products in the motor and generator line will be added.

The facility is expected to create employment for 250 people in the first year, with the possibility of expanding to 600 employees by the end of 2011. Since 2004, WEG has importing motors and generators manufactured in Brazil to the Indian market. Harry Schmelzer Jr., executive president, WEG said "this investment is a big step forward in WEG’s international strategy."

The motors and generators produced by WEG will cater to irrigation, water distribution, waste-water treatment systems, power generation and transportation systems, he added. The company said the region was attractive for operations for the qualified workforce, good infrastructure, among others.

:cheers:

Kamaz Vectra to double capacity at Hosur plant

NEW DELHI: Indo-Russian commercial vehicle joint venture Kamaz Vectra Motors plans to more than double its annual capacity to 12,000 units at its Hosur plant by 2012 to capture a bigger chunk of the fast-growing market in India. At present, the company can assemble up to 5,000 units of heavy duty trucks at the plant per year. The decision to expand capacity was taken last month on the back of rising demand for heavy duty trucks in the domestic market.

“We aim to secure 5% of the market share by 2012 as we gradually become competitive in India with high local content of over 90% to compete with other major domestic players,” Denis E Trifonoff, CEO of Kamaz Vectra Motors, said. He said the company is yet to freeze investment plans required for the additional capacity.

Last year Russian automaker Kamaz had picked a 51% stake in the JV with diversified Vectra Group that has interest in IT, aviation and construction business. The assembly unit is already rolling out a few products including construction dumpers. At present, it imports components from Kamaz’s manufacturing base in Russia besides sourcing from other component makers for the assembly unit in Hosur. It plans to increase local sourcing from next year.

The proposed expansion will allow it to export its right-hand-drive heavy duty trucks and trailers to markets such as Indonesia, Bangladesh and South Africa.

Kamaz is banking on rising demand for multi-axle trucks, which offer lower operating cost compared to the traditional single-axle 16 tonner trucks. It plans to introduce medium and heavy-duty trucks, including on-road and off-road applications for cargo applications in the freight market which would also be exported from India. India is the world’s fastest-growing truck market with sales jumping 36% to 2.01 lakh units for the year ended March 31, 2010 on the back of high demand coming from new construction and infrastructure projects.

Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) has forecast an 11% growth in volume for the fiscal year ending March 2011.

TVS Motor Co Ltd said on Thursday that it will invest Rs 200 crore by April next year to expand its production capacity at its Hosur facility to 2.8 million units. Its current capacity is around 2.1 million units.

Mr Venu Srinivasan, Chairman, TVS Motor, said that while some of the investment has gone in, the bulk would come in by the second half of the year.

He said that the company aims to sell 2 million vehicles this year and export around 2.5 lakh units. He said that it has no plans to make motorcycles above 180cc.

Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/08/27/stories/2010082753110200.htm

NEW DELHI: Auto components maker Jamna Auto today said it will invest Rs 200 crore to set up new facilities and expand the existing ones to enhance its capacity by over 70 per cent in the next two years.

"The company will invest Rs 200 crore on expansion. We will set up new facilities as well expand the current ones in the next two years," Jamna Auto Industries, Chief Executive Officer Randeep Jauhar told reporters on the sidelines the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) summit here.
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"We are planning to set up an export oriented unit in Gwalior (MP) to supply components to the US and European markets...we are also looking at Hosur (Tamil Nadu) for setting up for another unit," Jauhar said.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/auto/auto-components/Jamna-Auto-to-invest-Rs-200-cr-in-expansion/articleshow/6445067.cms

Hosur Bus Stand Pics. Although I could see people cleaning, it was very dirty already, so soon after inauguratiion


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:cheers: Good, hope strict fines, maintenance keeps the bus station neat. Good to see Kannada scripts hanging there for most of the destination.

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I always thought that a mall with a multiplex near hosur bordering karnataka will be one of the best investment. With no upper limit on the movie tickets in the multiplexes in karnataka, this multiplex in TN border will be a bliss for the folks in hosur and south bangalore (mainly electronic city residents). What say? Is there any such mall/multiplex in construction??

Hosur Bus Stand Pics. Although I could see people cleaning, it was very dirty already, so soon after inauguratiion


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though hosur is closer to bangalore, why r the authorities biased towards placing boards only in tamil, telugu and english?? it is a multilingual area and even kannada should be included..or post only tamil..such minute things cause discomfort in politics..:ohno:

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though hosur is closer to bangalore, why r the authorities biased towards placing boards only in tamil, telugu and english?? it is a multilingual area and even kannada should be included..or post only tamil..such minute things cause discomfort in politics..:ohno:
Is the same philosophy followed in Karnataka?

However there are lots of signboards in Kannada too in Hosur. There is no language based issues in TN like you see in KN because they dont want to share Cauvery water while happily asking for more water from MH.

though hosur is closer to bangalore, why r the authorities biased towards placing boards only in tamil, telugu and english?? it is a multilingual area and even kannada should be included..or post only tamil..such minute things cause discomfort in politics..:ohno:

Kannada and Telugu share the same scripts. Since these are city names, I suppose it will suffice both languages. :)

By the way, the MLA from Hosur speaks in the TN Assembly in Telugu. :)

In border areas across states, I have seen multi-lingual boards in public places be it Thirupathi, Nellore, North of Chennai towards AP, Kanyakumari or Palaghat. :cheers:

Kannada and Telugu share the same scripts. Since these are city names, I suppose it will suffice both languages. :)

By the way, the MLA from Hosur speaks in the TN Assembly in Telugu. :)

In border areas across states, I have seen multi-lingual boards in public places be it Thirupathi, Nellore, North of Chennai towards AP, Kanyakumari or Palaghat. :cheers:

my point is, you must either tolerate all languages and post them, or completely used tamil..some kannadigas may feel that people in tamil nadu are totally against kannada, while they are tolerant to telugu..such an image shouldn't even be given a chance!! that way in bangalore, the government encourages signboards only in kannada and to some extent english..

Is the same philosophy followed in Karnataka?

However there are lots of signboards in Kannada too in Hosur. There is no language based issues in TN like you see in KN because they dont want to share Cauvery water while happily asking for more water from MH.

the conditions in north ktaka is completely different dude..that is an arid region which requires more water due to losses from evaporation..and we give enough water as stated by kaveri tribunal and at times surplus..at times of crisis when catchment areas dont receive rainfall, there is water shortage, which, even upon opening dams' gates will flow meagerly..

my point is, you must either tolerate all languages and post them, or completely used tamil..some kannadigas may feel that people in tamil nadu are totally against kannada, while they are tolerant to telugu..such an image shouldn't even be given a chance!! that way in bangalore, the government encourages signboards only in kannada and to some extent english..

For the simple reason that there aren't many kannada people as compared to andhra people in TN. Anyways I havent seen any boards in Telugu or Kannada in TN.

the conditions in north ktaka is completely different dude..that is an arid region which requires more water due to losses from evaporation..and we give enough water as stated by kaveri tribunal and at times surplus..at times of crisis when catchment areas dont receive rainfall, there is water shortage, which, even upon opening dams' gates will flow meagerly..

TN is a water starved state, yet KN creates all sort of problems for sharing water, and have no qualms of asking for more water.
Your statement of TN against Kannada is totally misplaced. Even when Karnataka are killing TN people, the retaliation is very mild if at all.
So please check the bigotry in your state which resorts to killing all sorts of people when it does not want to share water.

my point is, you must either tolerate all languages and post them, or completely used tamil..some kannadigas may feel that people in tamil nadu are totally against kannada, while they are tolerant to telugu..such an image shouldn't even be given a chance!! that way in bangalore, the government encourages signboards only in kannada and to some extent english..

If Kannada and Telugu scripts are the same, then, writing "Hosur" in that script wouldn't be the same in both of those languages? :lol: This is what I am saying...writing in one script would be sufficient to cover both Telugu and Kannada because these are names of places i.e. proper nouns. :)

Small towns in border areas have multi-lingual sign boards. I have seen this in Thirupathi, Nellore, Puthur etc. in AP. In Kanyakumari, AP bordering towns north of Chennai etc. in TN.

In big cities like Chn and Blore, local language norms are followed even if they are closer to neighboring states.

Hope this clarifies!

TN is a water starved state, yet KN creates all sort of problems for sharing water, and have no qualms of asking for more water.
Your statement of TN against Kannada is totally misplaced. Even when Karnataka are killing TN people, the retaliation is very mild if at all.
So please check the bigotry in your state which resorts to killing all sorts of people when it does not want to share water.
Friends, lets knock of Cauvery debates from Hosur projects thread. There are other places to discuss these never ending stories. :)

http://www.prlog.org/11000202-wildlife-week-celebration-by-kans-in-hosur.html

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/109864/field-fresh-foods-opens-production.html

Field Fresh Foods Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and Del Monte Pacific Limited(DMPL), opened its new production and R&D centre at Hosur in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.

Field Fresh, which started its operations in 2008, is into sale and export of branded fresh fruits, vegetables, processed foods and beverages, and is a key component of retail chain’s cash-and-carry operations.

Bharti Enterprises Vice Chairman & Managing Director Rakesh Bharti Mittal and DMPL’s CEO & MD Joselito D Campos inaugurated the plant for production of different types of juices, ketchups, sauces, packaged food and pasta.

“We have invested Rs 115 crore for the new facility spread across 21.4 acre. We have also an R&D division which will help bring out quality products,” Mittal said.

“The processed food industry is Rs 4,500 crore business in India which has been witnessing an annual growth of 30 per cent. So we will achieve our dream by 2040,” he added.
Expressing his happiness in associating with Bharti Enterprises, Campos said “we share Del Monte’s time tested commitment to quality and taste to Indian consumers.”

The Hosur plant will produce the company’s entire functional processed foods’ range of canned juices, sauces, mayonnaise and mustard. It will also take care of production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles for its fruit juices.

CEO Sanjay Nandrajog said when fully commissioned the plant will produce 10,000 cases of juices per day in PET bottles, and 15,000 cases per day in cans. “Our products are available in more than 30 cities and few branded outlets. We plan to double our distribution network in next year,” he added.

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/base-to-setrs-432-cr-battery-facility-in-tn/414254/

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday approved the proposal of Bangalore-based Base Corporation to set up a greenfield battery manufacturing facility in Krishnagiri district of the state. The proposed facility will involve an investment of around Rs 432 crore, said a senior company official.
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“Our demand is 100 per cent more than our production capacity. Besides, we want to enter new areas like railways and telecom. To support these, we have decided to set up a new facility in Krishnagiri district,” Base marketing head Aditya Arora told Business Standard.

Base has acquired 150 acres of which 60 per cent space will be for green area and for zero discharge facilities. The initial capacity of the plant will be 100 million AH a month and the total capacity is 175 million AH.
The plant will cater to both domestic and international markets, said Arora. He said the company's turnover was around Rs 600 crore and the proposed facility would help them reach their target of Rs 2,000 crore in three years.

The manufacturing facility in Himachal makes lead-acid storage batteries and VRLA (valve-regulated lead-acid) batteries among others, according to the company's website.

Areas to be included within the jurisdiction of Hosur Municipality before next local body election are

1. Mathigiri Town Panchayat
2. Zuzuvadi Village Panchayat
3. Chennathur Village Panchayat
4. Mookandapalli Village Panchayat
5. Avalapalli Village Panchayat

Source: Tamil Nadu Government Gazette (http://www.tn.gov.in/stationeryprinting/extraordinary/2010/328-Ex-II-2.pdf)

http://news.in.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4637998

Hosur, an hour drive from Bangalore on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border, is fast emerging as the floriculture hub of India on the back of raising cut rose exports from this region.

But small farmers—lured to rose cultivation by the government through various sops—are now struggling. There has been no subsequent support from the government post-harvest to enable them export cut roses directly.

As a result, majority of the farmers who availed bank loans for their hi-tech cut rose projects could not pay loans and are now facing legal actions from banks.

Around 8 million stems of cut roses produced in Hosur in Krishnagiri district are exported to Europe, Japan, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and other South East Asian countries every year. The district accounts for around 30% of the total Rs 500 crore of foreign exchange fetched through cut flower exports from the country.

Talking to FE, V Venkatachalam, president of Krishnagiri Horticulture Federation (KHF), said small farmers were forced to sell their produce to middlemen and Bangalore-based exporters due to lack of international linkage. The exporters buy rose from farmers at Rs 2 to Rs 5 per stem but in-turn sell in the international market at up to Rs 10-15 per stem.

The flower, immediately after it is picked from the plant, should be placed in cold storage. But there is no cold storage facility in the district, resulting in farmers being compelled to sell the product to middlemen after they pick flowers. "I have taken floriculture as main business after finishing my MSc Biochemistry, but now thinking of shutting it," Venkatachalam added.

Around 580 such small farmers in Krishnagiri have started cut flower cultivation in the past three years by availing bank loans. Of them, at least 100 farmers are graduates, post-graduates and even PhDs but all struggling without proper marketing linkage and lack of post-harvesting facilities.

These small farmers produce around 1.5 lakh stems of roses per day. National Horticulture Mission (NHM) is providing 50% subsidy to set up a unit of 1,000 square meters of 'poly green house' infrastructure to produce cut roses. Farmers should either raise remaining 50% as bank loan or invest on own.

Each unit costs around Rs 6.5 lakh. Almost all farmers have raised bank loans for their stake, but only 20% of them were able to make repayments, said an official attached to a Nationalised Bank requesting anonymity. As a result, now the banks have slowed down offering loans to 'small' floriculture projects.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article944082.ece

A bridge will be constructed across South Pennar River to Thorappalli at a cost of Rs. 6 crore, said Collector V. Arun Roy on Friday.

Mr. Roy garlanded the bronze bust of statesman C. Rajagopalachari at his residence in Thorappalli on the occasion of his 132nd birth anniversary.

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TVS to ramp up Hosur plant production for 'Wego' (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/auto/two-wheelers/TVS-to-ramp-up-Hosur-plant-production-for-Wego/articleshow/7097604.cms)

Country's second largest two-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company plans to ramp up its manufacturing facility at Hosur in Tamil Nadu as part of meeting "huge" demand for its scooterette Wego.....

He said the company would increase the capacity from 12,000 units to 20,000 units at the facility
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Full Story can be found at http://epaper.dnaindia.com/epapermain.aspx?edorsup=Main&queryed=9&querypage=6&boxid=28565964&parentid=21628&eddate=12/16/2010
'closing down hal airport was a mistake'


the hal ghost has come back to haunt the government. this time, it is ashwin mahesh, advisor to the state government on transport, who lashed out at the authorities for closing down the hal airport and building an international airport so far away from the heart of the city.
addressing a gathering at the institution of engineers on wednesday evening, he said, "shutting down hal airport was a big mistake. we underestimated the tamil nadu government, which is planning to build an airport in hosur. electronic city is fast- growing and bangaloreans in hosur will definitely pick the closer hosur airport rather than travelling to the bangalore international airport." he said there was no problem having an international airport inside the metropolitan city.
if the hal airport was functional, bangaloreans would have benefited and residents of electronic city, now eyeing the hosur airport, would not have to go to tamil nadu. talking of infrastructural lapses in bangalore, mahesh said, "the main problem of the city is that infrastructure is not coordinated. the only way to make things better is to start micro planning at primary levels and address city's core issues."

^^cool idea....now people from salem, coimbatore, erode etc. needn't go all the way to bia.

^^cool idea....now people from salem, coimbatore, erode etc. needn't go all the way to bia.

Why CBE and Erode should goto Bia? we already have one at CBE. Instead of going to BIA, we can goto Chennai itself...

The idea is really good. It will attract people from bangalore itself.. :)

Hello guys, Santhosha padarathukku munnala ippadi oru project irukkanu sollunga...illena we can adopt the idea of our Karanataka advisors..:cheers:

Hello guys, Santhosha padarathukku munnala ippadi oru project irukkanu sollunga...illena we can adopt the idea of our Karanataka advisors..:cheers:

I'm not sure whether our TN guys thought about this or not... Ithuve keralala ippaty oru opportunity iruntha, sollitu irukura neram oru airport vanthirukum..

I'm not sure whether our TN guys thought about this or not... Ithuve keralala ippaty oru opportunity iruntha, sollitu irukura neram oru airport vanthirukum..

Keralava...:nuts::lol: Kandipa matanga...Oru maram vetta 100 strike...oru gramam occupy panna 1000 strikunnu...oru airport katta ..kalangal agum.
TN is better. Any body advice TN .

^^
The present Elcot MD, has sent a report to the TN Govt. in this regard while he was the Collector of Dharmapuri Dist. Govt might have taken up with CG.

But CG has asked DRDO to use the Airport facility at Hosur for testing Drones and they are doing that already.. Now DRDO will be building a huge facility (Rs 1000-2000 Cr) there to centralise all activities pertaining to Design,Construction and Testing of "Unmanned Aerial Vechicles".

If Hosur becomes a Defence centre ,Civil Aviation can be ruled out, unless they want a new Airport.

I saw in a program that most of th Guys working in this Project(DRDO) are from TN.

A big story going behind Hosur airport. The present airport is a private one, used to service especially Boeing aircraft along with private jets. Very frequently, one can view Spice Jet landing for servicing. Tamilnadu government wish to develop into a full fledged civil airport under private ownership. But there is a catch. As per government policy, no new airstrip should be constructed around 150 km of a Green field airport. The radial distance of Hosur with BIA (Bangalore International airport) is around 60 km .So BIA and Karnataka government doesn’t want to convert Hosur airport into a civilian airport. But, the same constraint, no airport around 150kms, is biting Karnataka. Karnataka wants to develop a new airport in Bidar, which is within 150km of Hyderabad airport. The Hyderabad Guys are not allowing Bidar Airport. Karnataka wanted to develop Bidar airport at any cost, Karnataka argues that Bidar is a different state, other than Hyderabad, so there won’t be any problem in developing. Tamilnadu silently watches the development. Moreover night landing facilities are added in Hosur airport. Run way length is going to be increased, to handle Boeing 777 aircraft .

Allow TN,Kar,AP govt to buid airports in Hosur,Bidar and Tada so they will lose one but gain one so everyone will be happy.

Allow TN,Kar,AP govt to buid airports in Hosur,Bidar and Tada so they will lose one but gain one so everyone will be happy.

and u missed Pondicherry ;)

A big story going behind Hosur airport. The present airport is a private one, used to service especially Boeing aircraft along with private jets. Very frequently, one can view Spice Jet landing for servicing. Tamilnadu government wish to develop into a full fledged civil airport under private ownership. But there is a catch. As per government policy, no new airstrip should be constructed around 150 km of a Green field airport. The radial distance of Hosur with BIA (Bangalore International airport) is around 60 km .So BIA and Karnataka government doesn’t want to convert Hosur airport into a civilian airport. But, the same constraint, no airport around 150kms, is biting Karnataka. Karnataka wants to develop a new airport in Bidar, which is within 150km of Hyderabad airport. The Hyderabad Guys are not allowing Bidar Airport. Karnataka wanted to develop Bidar airport at any cost, Karnataka argues that Bidar is a different state, other than Hyderabad, so there won’t be any problem in developing. Tamilnadu silently watches the development. Moreover night landing facilities are added in Hosur airport. Run way length is going to be increased, to handle Boeing 777 aircraft .
I heard Hosur Airport would not be civil Airport but full-fledged defense airstrip. DRDO is experimenting drone-attack capabilities in this airport. Lets wait and watch.

Allow TN,Kar,AP govt to buid airports in Hosur,Bidar and Tada so they will lose one but gain one so everyone will be happy.
TADA isn't as big as Hosur to justify another airport. Also, it is mostly industrial and air travel is usually less in these areas.

Going by the argument of not permitting two airports within 150 km, I see that this won't happen given the fact that nowadays all major metros are eyeing more than one airport in the future. In that case, what will happen to the existing airports?

But there is a catch. As per government policy, no new airstrip should be constructed around 150 km of a Green field airport. The radial distance of Hosur with BIA (Bangalore International airport) is around 60 km ..

It also says..."In case a greenfield airport is proposed to be set up within 150 Km of an existing civilian airport, the impact on the existing airport would be examined. Such cases would be decided by the Government on a case to case basis".

So some bags of money may also do wonders...:lol:

^^ That law is already shelved I think, Kannur, The new airport in Kerala is within 100 & 124 km away from existing Calicut & Manglore airports respectively.
And Navi Mumbai is coming very close to BOM.

^^ That law is already shelved I think, Kannur, The new airport in Kerala is within 100 & 124 km away from existing Calicut & Manglore airports respectively.
And Navi Mumbai is coming very close to BOM.

If so, it would be good. Even Chennai's Sriperambudur will not face hurdle from AAI, though from opposition. Same holds good for Hosur also...

Chennai, Jan. 6

Base Corporation Ltd plans to invest Rs 350 crore in an automotive battery manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu.

According to a State Government press release, the Tamil Nadu Government today sanctioned a structured package of assistance to Base Corporation . The unit to come up in Krishnagiri district will manufacture lead acid batteries for two wheelers, auto and tubular batteries. It will generate over 400 jobs directly.

Base Corporation is a Bangalore-based company incorporated in 1987. It has a sales turnover of over Rs 440 crore, according to the release. It manufactures a range of batteries and inverters under the brand name Base Terminal. Its range of batteries covers the entire automobile segment including two-wheelers, cars, trucks and tractors. According to company information, it has a manufacturing unit at Solan, Himachal Pradesh with a dealer network of about 7,000.

Base Corporation, a closely held public limited company, plans to set up a mega plant at Hosur with a production capacity of 110 mn Ah a month in the first phase. It has plans to double the capacity “within a short span of completion of the first phase.” The estimated cost of the proposed plant is Rs 432 crores with Rs 270 crore tied up with the financial institutions and Rs.162 crore from internal network or arrangement.

The company is set to start civil construction by soon with production by 2013.

http://www.blonnet.com/2011/01/07/stories/2011010752720200.htm

Guys is Bagalur Road going to be a Hot Cake in the coming days due to the IT SEZ? I had seen the SEZ Work in Progress but how far its true that IT companies would be coming to Hosur by leaving the Bangalore behind?

I had also seen lot of land developers bagging lot of money into their pockets by showing the IT Park board which is in Place for the past 2 1/2 yrs time....

Do you know? Now a 1200Sq Ft of land in Bagalur road which is NH 207 costs around 8-10 lakhs

The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu has allocated land in the Hosur IT SEZ, as a part of its initiative in promoting IT in Tier-II cities.

According to an official press release, in the latest tranche of land allocation, Elcot today handed over 20 acres land at the Hosur-Viswanathanpuram IT SEZ to six companies.

The companies are: Okaya Infocom Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, which got 10 acres; Thejas Network Ltd, Bangalore, 5 acres; Ascent Circuits Pvt Ltd, Hosur, 5 acres; CRM IT Solutions Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, 3 acres; CRM Infotek India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, 2 acres; and Nous Infosystems Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, 2 acres.

Employment opportunities

The 174.47-acre IT SEZ is expected to generate about 50,000 jobs directly and twice that number indirectly over the next five years.

Elcot has invested Rs 48 crore in the SEZ and infrastructure development is under way.

A 50,000-sq.ft IT building is also coming up at a cost of Rs 13.74 crore.

SRC: http://www.blonnet.com/2011/01/22/stories/2011012252131200.htm

http://www.sify.com/finance/bharat-fritz-to-invest-rs-350-cr-for-expansion-plans-news-default-lbzxkefghjd.html

India's leading machine tools manufacturer Bharat Fritz Werner Ltd (BFW) plans to invest Rs.350 crore over the next five years in capacity expansion, diversification and acquisition to scale its operations, a top official said late Tuesday.

'As part of our expansion plans, we will invest Rs.115 crore to purchase machinery for new lines of products in our Bangalore facility, Rs.33 crore to set up a new plant at Hosur in Tamil Nadu to manufacture machine tool spindles and Rs.45 crore to restructure our aerospace business,' BFW president S.N. Mishra told reporters here.

The 50-year-old company is also scouting for acquisitions in Europe to expand its geographical footprint, widen its product offering and foray into new segments for organic and inorganic growth.

'We are in discussions with a dozen players in the sector, including distributors of machine tools for strategic acquisition. Germany, Spain and Italy are major players in Europe in the global machine tools industry,' Mishra said on the margins of a trade fair here.

The company has a subsidiary at Kornwestheim, 40 km from Stuttgart in Germany, by virtue of being originally a German firm when it was set up here in 1961.

Of the total fund set for expansion, the company plans to earmark about Rs.150 crore for mergers and acquisitions within in India and overseas.

'The Rs.3,000-crore machine tool industry in India is poised for an exponential growth this decade, with demand projected to reach Rs.55,000 crore by 2020. In sync with the trend, we plan to log turnover of Rs.850 crore by 2013 and Rs.1,300 crore by 2016,' Mishra said.

The company is expected post a turnover of Rs.330 crore this fiscal (2010-11), which will be an increase of 65 percent over the previous fiscal (2009-10).

The company caters to diverse industry segments such as automobile, aerospace, defence, die and mould, forging, general engineering, machine tool, medical implants, power generation, printing, railways and textiles.

Part of the 8.8 km-long South Ring Road Project from Thaly Road to SIPCOT (5 km) was opened on Friday by the State Highways and Mini Ports Minister Vellakkoil M.P. Saminathan at Hosur.

Thus, half the dream of the Hosur residents was realised after a 24- year wait. The work on a part of the 5 km South Ring Road up to Thaly Road from Krishnagiri-Bengaluru National Highway began last February.

The Rs. 6-crore works were taken up under the Comprehensive Road Infrastructure Development Programme (CRIDP).

The original estimate for the formation of the entire stretch of the 8.8 km inner ring road around Hosur town was technically sanctioned for Rs. 79.20 lakh for a 3.75 metre width road during 1986. Then the estimate was revised to Rs. 1.94 crore. Again the estimate was revised and funds were sanctioned on December 11, 2000 for Rs. 5.62-crore.

Finally, the estimate was revised at a cost of Rs. 6 crore for 7 metre width with 2.5 metres shoulders on both sides. The project was executed ahead of schedule.

The rest of the four km stretch of the Ring Road project connecting the National Highway No. 7 from Thaly road would be taken up during the next financial year at an estimated cost of Rs. 10-crore. The problems in land acquisition were being sorted out, said an official from the State Highways department.

Meanwhile, Mr. K. Sampath, president, Hosur Small and Tiny Industries Association urged the state government to take up works on the rest of the South Innner Ring Road immediately to free Hosur town from heavy vehicles traffic.

src: http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/29/stories/2011012963540500.htm

http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/02/stories/2011020251670300.htm

The modernised gasifier crematorium constructed at a cost of Rs. 45 lakh in Hosur, near Alasanatham lake, on Bangalore National Highway would be opened by month-end, J. Alphonse, Municipal Engineer, said here on Tuesday.

He told The Hindu that the crematorium would have a burning chamber, hall for conducting rituals, a prayer hall, toilets, bathrooms and a parking lot.

A garden would also be opened on the crematorium campus.

The crematorium project was worked out at an estimated cost of Rs.45 lakh under the Part II Scheme during the year 2007-08. Of this, Rs. 20 lakh was provided by the Government and the remaining Rs. 25 lakh through the general funds of the Municipality.

The construction work was started in September 2008 and concluded six months ago.

The project was undertaken by the Chennai-based ARM Engineering Company.

The Municipality has tied with the Rotary Club in Hosur for the maintenance of the crematorium.

The public would be charged Rs. 1,200 for cremating a body. A resolution in this connection would be passed at the council meeting of the Hosur Municipality soon, Mr. Alphonse said.

He also said that the architectural plan was given by Anna University, Chennai.

http://www.hindu.com/pp/2011/02/05/stories/2011020550030500.htm

This is the right time for real estate investment in Hosur, an industrial town on the Karnataka border, says a real estate consultant.

S. Cm. Venkatachalam, Proprietor of Jacpel & Co, engaged in real estate development in Hosur for over a decade, told The Hindu that “this is the right time to invest . Global recession has not affected the realty market ”.

As the recession is over, real estate activity has been picking up. Sales of houses (ranging from Rs. 15 to Rs. 20 lakh) has been going up on Bagalur Road, where the Information Technology Park of ELCOT will be established.

Mr. Venkatachalam said altogether there were 10 to 15 real estate developers in Hosur, but only three or four new entrants were seriously engaged in realty business. They were from Bangalore and Erode.

Real estate market in Avalapalli and Mookandapalli villages, hardly three to four km from the new bus stand in Hosur, is active.

Sale of luxury villas ranging from Rs. 35 lakh to Rs. 40 lakh has been picking up slowly. Mr. Venkatachalam said LIC Housing Finance Corporation Limited alone had sanctioned roughly about Rs. 90 crore as housing loan for the first nine months of this fiscal.

IT professionals in Bangalore, where apartment and real estate prices have been skyrocketing, are keen on buying property in Hosur.

The industrial town has also broad-gauge rail connectivity to major cities such as Bangalore and Mumbai.

As there is a direct rail link between Jolarpet and Hosur the real market in Hosur will boom soon, real estate developers say.

^^ I haven't known a lot of this before and so am asking these questions. Do a good # of IT guys who work in Blore live in Hosur? Is Hosur like a 'Working Men's Hostel' or 'Working Women's Hostel' area of Blore? Or is it being over-hyped? Of those IT guys living in Hosur, most are Tamils...true?

^^ I haven't known a lot of this before and so am asking these questions. Do a good # of IT guys who work in Blore live in Hosur? Is Hosur like a 'Working Men's Hostel' or 'Working Women's Hostel' area of Blore? Or is it being over-hyped? Of those IT guys living in Hosur, most are Tamils...true?

Yes, mostly its true. It lacks social infrastructure needed for upward IT professionals. Even the top officers of many nut and bolt companies live in BLore and commute there.

The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu has allocated land in the Hosur IT SEZ, as a part of its initiative in promoting IT in Tier-II cities.

According to an official press release, in the latest tranche of land allocation, Elcot today handed over 20 acres land at the Hosur-Viswanathanpuram IT SEZ to six companies.

The companies are: Okaya Infocom Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, which got 10 acres; Thejas Network Ltd, Bangalore, 5 acres; Ascent Circuits Pvt Ltd, Hosur, 5 acres; CRM IT Solutions Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, 3 acres; CRM Infotek India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, 2 acres; and Nous Infosystems Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, 2 acres.

Employment opportunities

The 174.47-acre IT SEZ is expected to generate about 50,000 jobs directly and twice that number indirectly over the next five years.

Elcot has invested Rs 48 crore in the SEZ and infrastructure development is under way.

A 50,000-sq.ft IT building is also coming up at a cost of Rs 13.74 crore.

SRC: http://www.blonnet.com/2011/01/22/stories/2011012252131200.htm

Except Nous Infosystems Pvt Ltd, Bangalore and Thejas Network Ltd, Bangalore others are Doopakur companies . Okaya Infocom Pvt Ltd seems to be fake company, ELOT allotted 10 acres :nuts:.Whether the transactions are transparent ?

I'm guessing Tejas network's unit may be a manufacturing one for telecom equipment. The work onsite is progressing well. RPP infra is doing the basic infra and MARG is doing the admin building if i'm not wrong. No clarity on the Building elevation and layout though. Multiple pictures are floating around. Hope these units start soon. The coimbatore building looked up market and trichy's mid market. keeping fingers crossed on Hosur's IT admin building. Also, lots of realty ads on times classified cashing in on hosur IT park already.

Anything latest on GMR solar tropic? According to the timelines here http://www.gmrsolartropic.in/files/GMR_Solar_Tropic.pdf , the SEZ notification should have come in by now and other approvals by Q1 2011. The most recent update on the project was http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_gmr-infrastructure-to-secure-land-for-sez-in-4-months_1421654 i believe. One curiosity question though, why have the promoters chosen to name it krishnagiri SEZ than hosur SEZ? The project is at an equidistance from both towns.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/article1468825.ece

The Brazil-based WEG Industries (India) Private Limited unveiled a new plant for production of induction motors at SIPCOT II industrial estate here on Friday.

The plant was inaugurated by Satyajit Chattopadhyay, Director, WEG Industries (India) Pvt. Ltd., in the presence of Leandro Fronza, Chief Operating Officer.

Later, Mr. Chattopadhyay told reporters that the plant had been commissioned with an investment of Rs. 300 crore. The investment on the plant and machinery would go up to Rs. 400 crore when the production reached its full capacity.

The installed capacity of producing Synchronous Induction Motors and Medium and High Voltage Synchronous Generators would reach the peak of 320 machines a year in 2013.

About 250 local people would get direct employment and more than 1,000 people would get indirect employment through small-scale units. A total of 136 small-scale units had registered as vendors to supply various products in and around Hosur, Mr. Chattopadhyay added.

“The products will have the same design and quality as those made in Brazil,” he said.

WEG Industries (India) Pvt. Ltd has signed an agreement with the Bangalore Water Supply Scheme Project for supplying 30 units of MGF 630 induction motors to be installed on water pumps manufactured by Kirloskar Brothers Limited at a cost of Rs. 10.1 crore.

B. Shantharam, Chartered Accountant and Consultant, was present at the press conference.

I hope the government takes up the building of a large airport at Hosur.

http://news.in.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5002713

Auto component maker Jamna Auto today said it will set up two new manufacturing units at Hosur and Chennai to produce parts for commercial vehicles, entailing a total investment of Rs 80 crore.
The Hosur facility is being set up to manufacture parabolic springs and the plant is expected to go on-stream in December 2011, the company said in a statement.
The new plant at Chennai will manufacture air suspension, bogey suspension and lift axles and commercial production is expected to commence from July, 2011, it added.
"Both the plants are being set up at a project cost of Rs 80 crore," the company said.
Jamna Auto has gone for major capacity expansion for parabolic springs to meet the demand of major commercial vehicle manufacturers -- Daimler India, Renault-Nissan, Leyland-Nissan and Ashok Leyland -- it said.
Tata Motors'' requirement of parabolic springs is being met from the company''s Malanpur plant in Madhya Pradesh, the company added.
Explaining reasons to set up the two new plants in South India, Jamna Auto Ltd CEO Randeep Jauhar said the region has been a key region for these auto makers.
"As a strategic initiative, we have decided to expand our manufacturing presence in this region. It will not only enable us to gain proximity to our customers but would also enable us to provide cost-efficient quality products," he added.
The air suspensions to be produced at the Chennai plant will be made in technical collaboration with Ridewell Corporation, a leading suspension manufacturers in USA and is aimed at meeting the increasing demands from low floor buses.
The company has already acquired land near Chennai and prototypes developed are undergoing rigorous trial.
Jamna Auto said it recorded a consolidated sales turnover of Rs 661 crore and profit after tax of Rs 11 crore for the financial year 2009-10.
In the first nine months of the current financial year 2010-11, the firm posted a consolidated turnover of Rs 696 crore and profit after tax of Rs 25 crore.

http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/18/stories/2011031852280500.htm

The Salem-based AVR Swarna Mahal Jewelry Private Limited opened a new showroom at Hosur, second in the district after Krishnagiri, on Wednesday.

Sheik Mohideen, proprietor, Andavar Rice Mills, Kallakkurichi, inaugurated the showroom in the presence of Sudharshanam, chairman, and Sanjay, Managing Director, AVR Group.

The 400-sq ft showroom has special equipment to verify the purity of the gold, exclusive car parking, and play section for children's of clients. Various ornaments suitable for every age-group is availableAVR Swarna Mahal has gold, silver, platinum and diamond jewellery.

Jos Alukkas is setting up its showroom here is Hosur. To be opened shortly!

Now Hosur is seeing a boom in Retail and Chain Stores market. GRT, AVR, Jos Alukkas, Chemmanur in jewellery, Reebok, Liberty in shoes, Havells in lighting. A2b, Dhabba Express, Kamat, Mcdonalds, Cafe Coffee day in shoolagiri. Bigchick in hosur are some of the Restaurants are in place.
Malabar gold, Kalyan, Saravanas, Chennai silks, Kfc, Kannan dept. Stores are on the look out.
To cater the needs of the 25000 families techies from Bangalore electronics city, hosur is changing its appearance and upgrading to the City trend.

I have marked more than 500 important locations of hosur in google map. If any thing is left out pl. Mail me lakman2002@yahoo.co.in. Suggestions accepted

http://news.in.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5104038

New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Battery maker Base Batteries today said it will spend Rs 120 crore in next three years on brand building exercise.
As part of its strategy to expand presence across India and increase its business, the company will be undertaking a campaign named ''Bijlipur'' that will be a combination of print, TV commercials and other activities.
"In the next three years, we plan to spend Rs 40 crore each annually for building the brand," Base Batteries COO Aditya Arora told reporters here.
The basic idea is to increase the visibility of Base Batteries through the campaign that is targeted at the rural and semi-urban masses.
Arora said the company has a share of 2.1 per cent in the Rs 28,000 crore battery market in India.
The target is to increase it to around 8 per cent in the next two-and-a-half years, he added,
Base Batteries produces 50,000 batteries per month from its Solan plant. It is looking to touch 4 lakh mark by 2013 and is in the process of investing nearly Rs 430 crore to set up a manufacturing plant at Hosur in Tamil Nadu.
"The first phase of the Hosur plant will produce 1.75 lakh batteries per month. It will become operational in next 18 months," Arora said.
The second phase will add another 1.5 lakh batteries per month for the company. It will get operational in two and half years from now, he added.
"After fully commissioning the Hosur plant, we expect our market share to grow to 8 per cent," Arora said.
Besides, the company is also undertaking capacity expansion at its Solan plant and add another 25,000 units, taking the total to 75,000 units per month.
"Capacity expansion at the Solan plant is going at an investment of Rs 110 crore," Arora said.
The company expects to touch a revenue of Rs 600 crore for the fiscal 2010-11. Nearly 70 per cent of it sales are from batteries and the rest 30 per cent from inverters

...
Malabar gold, Kalyan, Saravanas, Chennai silks, Kfc, Kannan dept. Stores are on the look out.
Are you sure of these biggies look out or just speculation!

AVS is promoting two new gated communities here is Hosur
One is the ultra mega project - 250 crores, 700 villas project in Bagalur Road - Avs villas and the t0 villas in Ring road - Green Gates!

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/153259/tn-waters-hopes-city-struggles.html

In yet another indication that the State is failing to retain industries within its boundaries, many industrial units operating in areas bordering with Tamil Nadu’s Hosur are drawing up plans of expansion in the neighbouring state.

Among a combination of factors making industrialists look for plots in Hosur, lack of water supply here and the apparent apathy from the agencies concerned looms large.

The 25-year-old Bommasandra Industrial Estate for example has been struggling without regular water supply since its inception. Even with over 1,000 units –– garments, food processing, granite, automobile and engineering –– making a representation, the association said, there is no response from the authorities concerned.

No improvement
Speaking to Deccan Herald, Association President Dayanand said: “The Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) collected Rs 80,000 per acre from us 25 years ago in order to provide us Cauvery water. Two-decades-and-a-half later we are still at the mercy of water tankers.”

Repeated discussions with KIADB and other agencies concerned have yielded them nothing but “waste of crucial man-hours.” There are also some borewells which yield hard water. It becomes a problem for some industries to process sensitive material using hard water.

Just eight kilometres away, inside Tamil Nadu, an industrialist said: “Our competitors have all the facilities. Can you believe that a state that always quarrels with us for water is providing it to its industries and here, in the capital of one of India’s leading industrialised states there is nothing.”

The situation in other industries in nearby areas like Attibele, Bommanahalli, Honsandra, et al are no different. Presently, the industries are paying Rs 400 per 4,000 litres of water and there are several complaints that the tankers are very irregular.

The result: Most people are looking towards Tamil Nadu. About 200 units in Bommasandra Industrial Estate alone, have already started operations in Hosur in the last six months and the numbers are not too different in the vicinity. “Everybody is looking towards Tamil Nadu. For how many years can we stand cheated,” Dayanand questioned, adding that loyalties aside it is the business that runs their families at the end of the day.

Cannot compromise
Sources in the Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) said: “The industries here are already compromising on so much and being denied water can bring about nothing more than a decision to shift.”

Compared to Karnataka, the value added tax (VAT) in Tamil Nadu is 1.5 per cent lesser (14 per cent versus 12.5 per cent), buying land is hassle-free as there is no land reforms act in the neighbouring state and the government there, the association representatives said, is also more proactive than our government.

These are just some of the benefits that Tamil Nadu offers they said.

“Although we do not enjoy any of those and most of the benefits are directed towards the IT, ITeS firms we continue to operate here. But we do not even have water here so it is only natural that the next unit we set up will be outside,” they said.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/153259/tn-waters-hopes-city-struggles.html

In yet another indication that the State is failing to retain industries within its boundaries, many industrial units operating in areas bordering with Tamil Nadu’s Hosur are drawing up plans of expansion in the neighbouring state.

Among a combination of factors making industrialists look for plots in Hosur, lack of water supply here and the apparent apathy from the agencies concerned looms large.

The 25-year-old Bommasandra Industrial Estate for example has been struggling without regular water supply since its inception. Even with over 1,000 units –– garments, food processing, granite, automobile and engineering –– making a representation, the association said, there is no response from the authorities concerned.

No improvement
Speaking to Deccan Herald, Association President Dayanand said: “The Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) collected Rs 80,000 per acre from us 25 years ago in order to provide us Cauvery water. Two-decades-and-a-half later we are still at the mercy of water tankers.”

Repeated discussions with KIADB and other agencies concerned have yielded them nothing but “waste of crucial man-hours.” There are also some borewells which yield hard water. It becomes a problem for some industries to process sensitive material using hard water.

Just eight kilometres away, inside Tamil Nadu, an industrialist said: “Our competitors have all the facilities. Can you believe that a state that always quarrels with us for water is providing it to its industries and here, in the capital of one of India’s leading industrialised states there is nothing.”

The situation in other industries in nearby areas like Attibele, Bommanahalli, Honsandra, et al are no different. Presently, the industries are paying Rs 400 per 4,000 litres of water and there are several complaints that the tankers are very irregular.

The result: Most people are looking towards Tamil Nadu. About 200 units in Bommasandra Industrial Estate alone, have already started operations in Hosur in the last six months and the numbers are not too different in the vicinity. “Everybody is looking towards Tamil Nadu. For how many years can we stand cheated,” Dayanand questioned, adding that loyalties aside it is the business that runs their families at the end of the day.

Cannot compromise
Sources in the Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) said: “The industries here are already compromising on so much and being denied water can bring about nothing more than a decision to shift.”

Compared to Karnataka, the value added tax (VAT) in Tamil Nadu is 1.5 per cent lesser (14 per cent versus 12.5 per cent), buying land is hassle-free as there is no land reforms act in the neighbouring state and the government there, the association representatives said, is also more proactive than our government.

These are just some of the benefits that Tamil Nadu offers they said.

“Although we do not enjoy any of those and most of the benefits are directed towards the IT, ITeS firms we continue to operate here. But we do not even have water here so it is only natural that the next unit we set up will be outside,” they said.

thats what AP does for Chennai :)

thats what AP does for Chennai :)

You mean to say AP attracting investments from TN?

Yes... Sri City in AP is a good example!

You mean to say AP attracting investments from TN?

Yes folks from ambattur and guindy industrial estates sold of thier land for crores to IT developments and moved to tada.

And now IT is also struggling in Chennai.

And now IT is also struggling in Chennai.

WHO SAID SO???

Look at office space absorption. Forget Bgl even Hyd. is doing more than Chennai from last year.

Look at office space absorption. Forget Bgl even Hyd. is doing more than Chennai from last year.

So you mean to say only IT sector is the deciding factor for office space absorption?.

Are you sure of these biggies look out or just speculation!
No it is not speculation. A cinema theatre was recently bought by one of this Retailer for a Mega showroom. Once the registration is over , I will inform this forum

http://investingintamilnadu.com/tamilnadu/infrastructure/new_industrial_park.php

Chennai – Ranipet – Hosur Industrial Corridor
This region is being developed in two phases, viz., Chennai – Ranipet and Ranipet – Hosur.

For the development of Chennai – Ranipet region, SIPCOT has already taken up expansion of its existing Industrial Complexes at Oragadam, Irungattukottai and Cheyyar. While Oragadam and Irungattukottai Industrial Complexes in Sriperumpudur Taluk are expanded in an extent of about 1200 acres each, the Cheyyar Industrial Complex in Cheyyar Taluk, Thiruvannamalai District, is being expanded in an extent of 2300 acres. Apart from the above, acquisition of 2583 acres of land in Sriperumpudur Taluk has recently commenced. Further, SIPCOT has proposed to promote a few more Industrial Complexes in this region including Ranipet Expansion IV (1082 acres) in Wallajah Taluk.

For the development of Ranipet – Hosur region, SIPCOT has proposed to expand its existing Industrial Complex at Hosur in Krishnagiri District with two more expansions, viz., Expansion III and IV over an extent of 2306 acres in total covering Addagurukki, Nallaganakothapalli, Doripalli and Marudandapalli villages in Hosur Taluk and action has been taken to acquire the lands.

Tamilnadu Housing Board has called for application from public for allotment of 900 Housing sites to be Developed in about 110 acres of TNHB Lands in Between Maruthi Nagar in the North , Vakil Hosur Hills in the South, Ring Road Proposed ( Mullai nagar and Hill temple) in the West, Maruthi Greenfields road in the East . Price per sq.ft is around Rs.700 per sq.ft. Tentative price. Application are being sold in the TNHB office bagalur road., Hosur ph.242306. Advt are published in news papers.

Chennai,Apr29 (PTI) Battery manufacturer Base batteries is setting up their second facility, considered to be the largest in South East Asia, at an investment of over Rs 400 crore, a top company official said here today. "We are working on a project at Hosur in Tamil Nadu.It will be one of the largest facilities in South East Asia.. It will have a capacity of producing 3.25 lakh batteries a year..We will be making investments of Rs 432 crore..", Base Batteries Chief Operating Officer Aditya Arora told reporters. He said with the setting up of the new facility the company hopes to triple its market share in the battery industry from the present 2.1 per cent to 8 per cent in the next one year. Stating that the funds raised for the second plant would be partially through "internal accurals" and through "debt" from banks, he said the Indian battery market size was valued at Rs 26,000 crore. On their first manufacturing plant at Himachal Pradesh, he said they would be making their third phase of expansion later this year. "We will be making additional Rs 60 crore for ramping up the facility..Already 70 per cent of the plant is operational.With the expansion we will be making it fully operational with a total capacity of 80,000 units...",he said. The company has already made Rs 180 crore investments in Himachal Pradesh facility, he said. On their new Hosur facility spread across 180 acre,Arora said they would be making batteries for automobile,inverters, generators, solar systems, UPS and for two-wheelers. "The first phase is expected to be operational in 18 months. We will be initially employing about 2,000 personnel at the plant..", he said. Base Batteries reported revenues of Rs 612 crore for March 2010-April 2011 period. Senior company officials of Base batteries were here to announce the association with the new Formula One team Hispania Racing. Indian racer Narain Karthikeyan is official F1 driver of Hispania Racing Team for the Formula season this year. Through their tie-up, Base batteries would provide batteries for the electronics and lighting of the race car.

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/base-batteries-setting-up-second-facility-in-se-asia/666376.html

http://www.mydigitalfc.com/companies/furniture-brand-nilkamal-forays-mattresses-017

The Rs 1,500-crore moulded furniture and material handling business firm, Nilkamal is set to tap the Rs 5,000-crore mattresses market (of which 40 to 50 per cent is cotton mattresses) in the country. By the second half of the year, the company plans to launch its mattress range in the western and southern markets, followed by the northern and eastern markets.

The organised sector mattress market is led by brands such as Kurl-On, Sleep Well, Century and Duroflex.

Manish Parekh, director, Nilkamal, said, “Our core strength will be our strong distribution network, comprising our existing 18,000 dealers across the country. Besides, we will also retail mattresses through our @home mega home stores. We have set up separate teams for the mattress division, which will be attached to the current setup, but separately managed in the company’s 12 offices in the west and south. We will soon start a manufacturing facility at Hosur in Tamil Nadu and in the next one year the facility will be extended to the other three zones where Nilkamal already has manufacturing facilities for chairs. The current facility of chairs will be expanded for mattresses in those factories as well.”

The company will retain the Nilkamal brand name for the new product range. G Sivaram, chief marketing officer (mattress division), Nilkamal, told Financial Chronicle, “Nilkamal brand is a household name and it is known to anyone who has ever used plastic chairs. The mattresses division aims to get closer to the customers with Nilkamal brand.”

“Our range of mattresses will be smartly positioned towards waking up to a better tomorrow. We promise to stand up to the quality standards set by all Nilkamal products already acknowledged by our superior quality across the market. Our mattress will redefine sleep … to zzzleep. The term zzzleep refers to the Z3 advantage in all their mattresses like comfort, wellness and support. Z3 will be a core forte across the entire range of mattresses. With this distinct positioning, this product range will be priced competitively with other players in the market. The mattresses will be available in coir, foam and spring,” said Sivaram.

Nilkamal mattresses will be available in sizes, 3, 4, 5 and 6 inches and will be priced between Rs 3,000 and Rs 24,000.

The company is already in the business of cots and beds, which are being retailed through its 17 @home Mega home retail stores.

I am really frustrated at the way TN Govt is developing Hosur. :bash:

Hosur is a bigger town than Sriperumbudur and it deserves better ! Look at how UP govt used the proximity to Delhi of Noida and developed it. We should be doing the same to Hosur . The Electronics City leads straight to Hosur and we have done precious little to develop this zone !

I am really frustrated at the way TN Govt is developing Hosur. :bash:

Hosur is a bigger town than Sriperumbudur and it deserves better ! Look at how UP govt used the proximity to Delhi of Noida and developed it. We should be doing the same to Hosur . The Electronics City leads straight to Hosur and we have done precious little to develop this zone !

+100

Look at the way Andhra is using Chennai and bringing investments in Tada and Sri city.. Being close to Bangalore, Hosur is really in a gr8 position.. It justs needs some push from the govt for projects to kick off..

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/recommendations/buyvsttillerstargetofrs592sushilfinance_560199.html

ஓசூர்: தமிழகத்தில், தெலுங்கு, கன்னடம், உருது சமஸ்கிருதம் மற்றும் மலையாளம் உள்ளிட்ட சிறுபான்மை மொழி பாடங்கள் பயின்ற சிறுபான்மையினருக்கு அரசுக்கல்லூரிகளில் சேர இருக்கை மறுக்கப்படுதாக மாணவர்களின் பெற்றோர்களிடமிருந்து புகார் எழுந்துள்ளது.

கிருஷ்ணகிரி மாவட்டத்தில், ப்ளஸ் 2 வகுப்பில், தமிழுக்கு பதில், முதல் பாடமாக உருது உள்ளிட்ட சிறுபான்மை மொழி பாடம் படித்த மாணவ, மாணவியருக்கு, தமிழகத்தில் உள்ள அரசு கலை மற்றும் அறிவியல் கல்லூரிகளில் பட்டப்படிப்பில் சேர, சீட் மறுக்கப்படுவதால், பெற்றோர் அதிர்ச்சியடைந்துள்ளனர்.

தமிழகத்தில், அரசு மற்றும் தனியார் பள்ளிகளில், ஆறாம் வகுப்பு முதல், ப்ளஸ் 2 வரை, முதல் பாடமாக தமிழுக்கு பதில், உருது, தெலுங்கு, கன்னடம், சமஸ்கிருதம் மற்றும் மலையாளம் உள்ளிட்ட சிறுபான்மை மொழி பாடங்கள் உள்ளன. இவற்றில் சிறுபான்மை மொழி மாணவர்கள், முதல் பாடமாக, தங்களுடைய தாய்மொழியை எடுத்து படிக்கின்றனர். கடந்த காலத்தில், தமிழ் பாடத்தை படித்தவர்களுக்கு இணையாக, மற்ற சிறுபான்மை மொழி பாடத்தை முதல் பாடமாக எடுத்து படித்தவர்களுக்கும், அரசு வேலைவாய்ப்பும் அரசு கலைக் கல்லூரிகளில் படிக்கவும் முன்னுரிமை கிடைத்தது.

தி.மு.க., ஆட்சியில் நடந்த செம்மொழி மாநாட்டுக்கு பின், தமிழை தவிர மற்ற மொழி பாடங்களை முதல் பாடமாக எடுத்து படித்தவர்களுக்கு, அரசு கலை மற்றும் அறிவியல் கல்லூரிகளில், "சீட்' வழங்காமல் புறக்கணிக்கப்படுவதாக புகார் எழுந்துள்ளது. குறிப்பாக, ஆந்திரா, கர்நாடகா மாநில எல்லையோரத்தில் உள்ள கிருஷ்ணகிரி மாவட்டத்தில், பல்வேறு மாநிலங்கள், கலாச்சாரத்தை சேர்ந்தவர்கள் வசிக்கின்றனர். இவர்களுடைய குழந்தைகள் அரசு மற்றும் தனியார் பள்ளிகளில், தமிழ் முதல் பாடத்துக்கு பதிலாக, தங்கள் தாய்மொழியான, உருது, மலையாளம், கன்னடம், தெலுங்கு, சமஸ்கிருதம் மற்றும் ஹிந்தி உள்ளிட்ட பிற மொழி பாடங்களை எடுத்து படிக்கின்றனர்.

பிற மொழி பாடங்களை முதல் பாடமாக எடுத்து படித்ததால், அரசு கலை மற்றும் அறிவியல் கல்லூரிகளில், பட்டப்படிப்புகளில் சேருவதற்கு இவர்களுக்கு, "சீட்' மறுக்கப்பட்டு வருகிறது. ஓசூர் மற்றும் தேன்கனிக்கோட்டை தாலுகாவில், பிற மொழி பாடங்களை முதல் பாடமாக எடுத்து படித்த ஏராளமான மாணவர்கள், அரசு கல்லூரிகளில் இடம் கிடைக்காமல் தனியார் கல்லூரிகளில் அதிக கட்டணம் கொடுத்து படிக்கின்றனர். வசதியில்லாத ஏழை மாணவர்கள், பள்ளிக் கல்வியோடு நிற்கும் அவலம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது.

இது குறித்து மவுலானா ஆசாத் உருது கல்வி அறக்கட்டளை தலைவர் சவுகத் அலிகான் கூறியதாவது: அரசு கல்லூரிகளில் தமிழ் முதல் பாடம் படிக்காத சிறுபான்மை மொழி மாணவர்களுக்கு, "சீட்' வழங்க கூடாது என, அரசு ஆணை உள்ளது என, கூறுகின்றனர். கிருஷ்ணகிரி மாவட்டத்தில் ஆண்டுதோறும் சிறுபான்மை மொழியை எடுத்து படித்த ஆயிரத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட மாணவ, மாணவியர், ப்ளஸ் 2 முடித்து விட்டு, அரசு கல்லூரியில் இடம் கிடைக்காமல் பாதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.

மத்திகிரியை சேர்ந்த ஷப்ரீன் தாஜ் என்ற மாணவி, உருது பாடத்தை முதல் பாடமாக எடுத்து படித்ததால், சேலம் அரசு பெண்கள் கலைக் கல்லூரியில், "சீட்' மறுக்கப்பட்டது. இந்த மாணவியை விட குறைந்த மதிப்பெண் எடுத்த மாணவியருக்கு, "சீட்' வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இது குறித்து கல்லூரி நிர்வாகத்திடம் கேட்டபோது, அரசு ஆணை உள்ளது என, கூறி சீட் தர மறுத்துவிட்டனர். தமிழகத்தில் சிறுபான்மை மொழி மாணவர்கள், தனியார் கல்லூரிகளில் மட்டுமே மேற்படிப்பு படிக்க முடியும் என்ற சூழ்நிலை உள்ளது. என்று அவர் கூறினார்

Inneram (http://www.inneram.com/2011062817570/no-seat-for-minorities-in-government-colleges)

ஓசூர்: தொழில் நகரமான ஓசூர், ரவுடிகளின் பிடியில் சிக்கியுள்ளதால்,. செயல்படுவதால், தொழில் அதிபர்கள் பெரும் பீதியடைந்துள்ளனர். அரசியல் கட்சிகளின் பின்னணியில், உள்ளூர் ரவுடிகள் பகிரங்கமாக கட்டப்பஞ்சாயத்து உள்ளிட்ட பல்வேறு சமூக விரோத செயல்களில் ஈடுபடுவதால், போலீஸாரால் சுந்திரமாக நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க முடியவில்லை.தொழில் நகரமான ஓசூர் பகுதியில், வெளிமாநிலங்கள், வெளிமாவட்டங்களை சேர்ந்த பல்வேறு கலாச்சாரத்தை சேர்ந்த மக்கள் வசிக்கின்றனர். 20 ஆண்டுக்கு முன் ஓசூரில் முழுக்க முழுக்க உள்ளூர் மக்கள் மட்டுமே வசித்ததால், இயற்கையாகவே ஓசூர் நகரப்பகுதியில் குற்றச்சம்பவங்கள் குறைவாக இருந்தது.

அதன்பின் தொழிற்பேட்டைகள் வளர்ச்சியால், தொழில் ரீதியாகவும், வேலைவாய்ப்புக்காகவும் வெளியூரை சேர்ந்தவர் வியாபாரிகள், தொழில் அதிபர்கள், தொழிலாளர்கள் குடியேற துவங்கினர்.இதனால், தொழில்துறையில் ஓசூர் எந்தளவுக்கு முன்னேற்றம் அடைந்துள்ளதோ, அதே அளவுக்கு சமூக விரோத செயல்களும் அதிகரித்துள்ளன. கர்நாடக மாநில எல்லைப்பகுதியில் ஓசூர் அமைந்துள்ளதால், வெளிமாநில குற்றவாளிகள் உள்ளூர் ரவுடிகள் துணையுடன் நகரப்பகுதியில் பகிரங்கமாக உலா வருகின்றனர்.உள்ளூர் ரவுடிகள், வெளி மாநில ரவுடிகளை பயன்படுத்தி, டவுன் மற்றும் புறநகர் பகுதியில் மிரட்டல், கட்டப்பஞ்சாயத்து உள்ளிட்ட பல்வேறு சமூக விரோத செயல்களில் ஈடுபடுவதால் பொது மக்கள், வியாபாரிகள் மற்றும் தொழில் அதிபர்கள் சுதந்திரமாக வாழ முடியாமல் பெரும் பீதியடைந்துள்ளனர்.
உள்ளூர் ரவுடிகள் பெரும்பாலும் பல்வேறு சமூக அமைப்புகள், அரசியல் கட்சிகளின் பின்னணியில், வி.ஐ.பி.,யாக உலா வருவதால், போலீஸார் அவர்கள் மீது சுதந்திரமாக நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க முடியவில்லை.குறிப்பாக ஓசூர் பகுதியில் நிலத்தகராறு, வியாபார மோதல் சம்பவங்கள் அதிகமாக நடக்கிறது. இவற்றில் உள்ளூர் ரவுடிகள் தலையிட்டு, கட்டப்பஞ்சாயத்து செய்கின்றனர். இரு தரப்பினரையும் மிரட்டி லட்ச கணக்கில் பணம் வசூல் செய்கின்றனர்.திரைமறைவில் தொழில் அதிபர்கள், வியாபாரிகளை மிரட்டி மாதந்தோறும் ரவுடிகள் வசூல் வேட்டை நடத்துகின்றனர். இவர்கள் மீது போலீஸார் நடவடிக்கை எடுத்தால், ரவுடிகளை சார்ந்த சமூக அமைப்பை சேர்ந்தவர்கள், போலீஸ் ஸ்டேஷனில் குவிந்து சம்பந்தப்பட்டவர்களை விடுவிக்காவிட்டால், போலீஸாரை மிரட்டுவதும், போராட்டங்களிலும் ஈடுபட்டு பதட்டமான சூழ்நிலையை உருவாக்குகின்றனர்.

அதனால், உயர் போலீஸ் அதிகாரிகள், தங்கள் பதவியை காப்பாற்றி கொள்ளவும், சட்டம், ஒழுங்கை கருத்தில்கொண்டும், ரவுடிகள் மீது நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கால் விடுவித்து விடுகின்றனர்.இது குறித்து போலீஸ் அதிகாரி ஒருவர் கூறியதாவது:சமீப காலமாக குற்றச்செயல்களில் ஈடுவோர் தங்கள் பாதுகாப்புக்காக சமூக அமைப்பு மற்றும் அரசியல் கட்சிகளில் சேர்ந்து வருகின்றனர். இதனால், போலீஸாரால் உடனடியாக அவர்கள் மீது நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க முடியவில்லை.
இதை சாதகமாக பயன்படுத்தி உள்ளூர் ரவுடிகள், சமுதாயத்தில் வி.ஐ.பி., யாக நடமாடுகின்றனர். ஓசூர் சப்-டிவிஷனில் நடக்கும் ஒவ்வொரு குற்றச்சம்பவங்களிலும் இவர்களுடைய பின்னணியில் உள்ளவர்கள் ஈடுபடுவதால், போலீஸாரால் அவர்களை கட்டுப்படுத்த முடியவில்லை. பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர்களும் ரவுடிகளை பகைத்து கொண்டு வாழ முடியாது என்பதால், புகார் தெரிவிக்க முன் வருவதில்லை. இதனால், ஓசூர் நகரம் ரவுடிகளின் கட்டுப்பாட்டில் இருப்பதாகவே, நாங்கள் கருதுகிறோம்.
இவ்வாறு அவர் தெரிவித்தார்.கூண்டோடு மாற்றம் அவசியம்ஓசூர் சப்-டிவிஷனில், 75 சதவீதம் போலீஸார், 15 ஆண்டுக்கு மேல் பணிபுரிகின்றனர். இதனால், இவர்களுக்கு உள்ளூர் ரவுடிகள், குற்றவாளிகளுடன் நெருக்கம் ஏற்பட்டு விட்டது. அதனால், போலீஸார், அவர்கள் மீது நேரடியாக நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க முடியவில்லை.
பொதுவதாக போலீஸார் சொந்த ஊர் மற்றும் ஒரே இடத்தில் நீண்ட நாள் பணியாற்ற கூடாது என்ற விதிமுறை உள்ளது. ஆனால், ஓசூர் சப்-டிவிஷனில் மட்டும் போலீஸார் நிரந்தரமாக பணிபுரிகின்றனர். இதனால், குற்றச்செயல்களில் ஈடுபோடுவோர் அடையாளம் தெரிந்து இருந்தும், அவர்களை உள்ளூர் போலீஸார் காட்டி கொடுப்பதுமில்லை; பிடித்து சிறையில் அடைப்பதுமில்லை. இந்த பிரச்சனைக்கு நிரந்தரமாக தீர்வு காண வேண்டும் என்றால், நீண்ட காலமாக ஓசூரில் பணிபுரிந்து வரும் போலீஸாரை கூண்டோடு மாற்ற வேண்டும்.

தினமலர் (http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=264245)

@ Vasu

Please post gist of the matter in English when you post in Tamil Font.

The language of the SSC I Forum is English.

@ Vasu

Please post gist of the matter in English when you post in Tamil Font.

The language of the SSC I Forum is English.

OK Thanks

Hosur to see more Branded Jewellery showrooms, Hospital and Hotels
Hosur- Most Happening place nr. Bengaluru is now attracting more and more branded showroom.

After the success of Jewellery, Restaurants and Shoe showrooms, new Brands like Nathella Jewellers in Bagalur circle , opp. to GRT, Malabar Gold, Tata Ginger Hotels in II and III floor of Nathella , Adidas, A leading Multi speciality Hospital opp. to Maruthi Nagar Income Tax office is waiting for approval, Menaka cards, Sathyas Furniture in Hotel Gowrishankar building, Nalas Aapa kadai are rushing to have one in Hosur.

Its great news for the residents of Hosur. They need not travel to Bangalore any more for purchase. All will be here as the demand grows.

You are right Mr.Vasu. Many public parks and road properties are looted by these rowdies.

Public should represent to the NHAI. The 6 lane expansion will have only 2 fly overs . One at Rayakottah road junction, another at Traffic police junction and another under pass at Ashok Leyland Unit II entrance. 4 Pedestrain under pass at Zuzuwadi, Mookandapalli, Bathlapalli Bus stop (II sipcot entry), to ease the traffic congestion and reduce accidents. The Existing U turns will remain.

Heavy Traffic and Accident spots like Dharga, Maruthi Nagar, Bathlappalli, Ashok Leyland unit II , Mookandapalli, Adhiyaman college, Perandapalli junction are neglected. Pl. appeal to the neccessary forums and bring down the accidents.

Tamilnadu Housing Board has called for application from public for allotment of 900 Housing sites to be Developed in about 110 acres of TNHB Lands in Between Maruthi Nagar in the North , Vakil Hosur Hills in the South, Ring Road Proposed ( Mullai nagar and Hill temple) in the West, Maruthi Greenfields road in the East . Price per sq.ft is around Rs.700 per sq.ft. Tentative price. Application are being sold in the TNHB office bagalur road., Hosur ph.242306. Advt are published in news papers.

Does anyone of you have the add scanned or link for the same , Also it will be nice if anyone of you could post the route to reach this place...

:)

Any latest news on Aerospace Industrial Park in Hosur ?

A aircraft manufacturing company at Hosur with registered office in krishnagiri and corporate office in Bengaluru

http://www.taal.co.in/contact/contact.htm

Crossposted from AUto Thread


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=83806266&postcount=2802


TN Govt should actively pursue the Thali SEZ or a modern Industrial estate without SEZ near Hosur.

If Hosur Malur Bangalore airport Road is done, then the connectivity with Bangalore airport will be very good and less travel time.

Tax Revenue will be so huge that Hosur Infra can be improved tremendously.

It is a golden chance for JJ.

A aircraft manufacturing company at Hosur with registered office in krishnagiri and corporate office in Bengaluru

http://www.taal.co.in/contact/contact.htm

This company exists in Hosur (on Thali road) for long. They even have a small run way which is used by TVS group biggies having chartered planes.

A aircraft manufacturing company at Hosur with registered office in krishnagiri and corporate office in Bengaluru

http://www.taal.co.in/contact/contact.htm

back to page 3..

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17485557&postcount=47

If jayalalitha is clever, she will text ratan tata. Tatas aerospace plans are in quandry in hyderabad, with one of the departements objecting to land allotment. This news came yesterday

right time to go and grab it.

kannan sir please pass this info on to concerned authorities.

Taneja aerospace is in hosur. Thats where the primeministers boeing aircraft of indian airforce gets overhauled.

has that long a runway for pm's boeing to land.

Thats also where drdo carries out tests of unmanned aerial vehicles and also sometimes Intermediate jet trainer

Taneja aerospace is in hosur. Thats where the primeministers boeing aircraft of indian airforce gets overhauled.

has that long a runway for pm's boeing to land.

Thats also where drdo carries out tests of unmanned aerial vehicles and also sometimes Intermediate jet trainer

Airfield & MRO - Airfield Information
TAAL owns a private airfield (Licensed) located at Hosur, 50 km from Bangalore city. The airfield enjoys a strategic location - it is a twenty-minute drive away from Electronic City, the hub of the software industry in Bangalore. In terms of time, the airfield is actually closer to Electronic City than Bangalore Airport. The airfield is capable of receiving Airbus A 320 and Boeing 200-900 / B737 – 200 -900 class of aircraft and is equipped with a Night Landing Facility as well as with basic Navigation Aids. Support services available at the airfield include refueling, Fire Fighting equipments, parking, aircraft hangar accommodation, crew rest area, guest house, aircraft maintenance facilities, aircraft cleaning services etc.
http://www.taal.co.in/mro/mro_airfield_info.htm

Crossposting.. Forummers frequenting/living at Hosur, pls try to get pics of this SEZ


Not sure whether anyone posted about this before!

And don't know the progress of this either..

But this looks awesome and promising. Solar Tropic | 2800 Acres | Hosur | Multi product SEZ | GMR

Kannan sir, are u aware of any updates and other info regarding this. Is this the one u referred as Thali SEZ?

http://i.imgur.com/pQFOb.png

http://i.imgur.com/uc5GR.png

http://i.imgur.com/oVKLd.png

http://i.imgur.com/xZmLE.png


If this is a up and running one, then a separate thread can be created too.

More info:

http://www.gmrsolartropic.in/files/GMR_Solar_Tropic.pdf

http://www.gmrsolartropic.in/aboutus.asp

http://www.gmrgroup.in/branchindex.aspx?branchid=20

Credits : GMR group website

Dono when is ig going to start and end... iam waiting for more dan 4 years but still i see only on papers....

Hope GMR Solar Tropic come true

Base Batteries becomes technical partner to Hispania Racing Team

Cashing in on the F1 frenzy, battery manufacturer Base Batteries today announced its technical partnership with Formula One Hispania Racing Team (HRT). It is the official battery supplier for the HRT race cars, which will sport Base Batteries logo.

“We are the leaders in inverter batteries, but we have realised that India today is very different from the India in the next 10 years, when power shortage will not be an issue. Therefore, we decided to focus on the automotive sector,” Mr Aditya Arora, COO, Base Batterries, told reporters here.

The company’s association with HRT is for the next 5-10 years and the company indicated its intention to supply batteries for other F1 teams in future. The total budget for the project is pegged at $300 million.

The company plans to set up South-East Asia’s biggest battery manufacturing plant at Rs 432 crore at Hosur, Tamil Nadu, by 2013, including an academy to train motorsport drivers. “The tracks can also be used by other car manufacturers to test their cars,” Mr Arora said. The company has an existing plant and R&D facility at Solan, Himachal Pradesh, and is planning further expansion into Gujarat.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/article2555060.ece

^^ seems to be old news.. same news was posted two pages back.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/article2564945.ece

...
Besides, it is investing Rs 28 crore in a new unit at Hosur, Tamil Nadu to manufacture protective packaging products and also invest in expansion of other value-added products, he said, adding expansion will be completed by September 2013....

Is Electronic City Bangalore connected to Hosur directly by public bus service? There is an excellent Volvo bus service from Bangalore Airport (Route No. 8) throughout the day to Electronic City. Can a traveller using this bus, then take another bus from Electronic City to reach Hous Bus station??

If such a service is available it would be excellent as it is quite difficult for people travelling from Bangalore Airport to Hosur to find a convenient mode of transport. Many cabs from the airport either do not want to go to Hosur or the charges are exorbitant.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/manufacturing-firm-eyes-export-opportunities-with-new-india-hub-16076886.html

The draw of the export market has prompted a Lisburn manufacturing company to set up a base in India.

Smiley Monroe makes conveyor belts, synthetic screening media and CNC cut rubber parts for the materials handling and mineral processing industry and is opening an office in the existing Terex manufacturing complex at Hosur, near Bangalore.

Smiley Monroe is a longstanding Terex supplier and also an integral part of the supply chains of other companies in the crushing, screening and recycling sectors.

"Setting up in India makes sound business sense for us because many of our existing customers are already located in what is one of the world's most dynamic markets for the construction and materials handling industries," Vaughan Monroe, managing director of Smiley Monroe, said.

The Ulster company also intends to set up a sales office in Delhi to gain coverage in key regional centres.

"Smiley Monroe is the most recent company in our materials handling sector to set up in India to harness the huge potential of this nation from its ongoing investment in a broad range of initiatives to improve its infrastructure," Dr Vicky Kell, Invest NI trade director said.

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VST Tillers plans unit at Hosur

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With rising demand for tractors, VST Tillers Tractors Limited (VTTL) is setting up a second factory at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. The company is investing Rs.100 crore in the new facility that will produce 30,000 units of tractors per annum.

Arun Surendra, Managing Director, VST Motors, told The Hindu that the factory, being built on 14 acres would be completed by the end of 2012. VTTL's existing Bangalore facility is producing to its full capacity of 10,000 units of tractors and 35,000 units of tillers annually. The company has shelved the earlier proposal to shift the entire tractor manufacturing base to Hosur from Bangalore. Mr. Surendra said that VTTL would continue with both the facilities for some time. The company aims to double its current turnover of Rs.550 crore by 2013. The group also has an NBFC (non-banking finance company), Gove Investments & Finance Limited, for funding its captive customers.

He said this business would see a growth in the coming years. At present, the company was providing 90 per cent of its finance to its Tamil Nadu customers and only 10 per cent to its Bangalore customers. This ratio would change in the next few years, he added. Mr. Surendra said VST was planning to scale up the NBFC business pan-India and start lending to other borrowers too.

The VST group, consisting of VTTL, VST Motors, India Garage and Gove Investments apart from a few other dealerships, had a turnover of Rs.3,000 crore last year.

The VST group is now celebrating 100{+t}{+h} anniversary of its founding. The group was founded by V. S. Thiruvengadaswamy in 1911 in Bangalore.

It subsequently expanded its operations to Chennai in 1942 with a dealership to distribute Austin and Studebaker cars. In 1954, VST Motors became a dealer for Tata Motors' trucks and opened showrooms across Tamil Nadu.

Following the success in the trucks business, VST entered into an agreement with Mahindra & Mahindra to sell its products. In 1959, it opened India Garage to market Mahindra vehicles.

In recent times, the company has opened dealerships for leading car brands such as Ford, Volkswagen and Jaguar Land Rover. The group also has dealerships for leading two-wheeler brands such as Bajaj and Honda.

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