Sriperumbudur & Oragadam Projects Update [Archive]

TechCity

April 30th, 2008, 09:40 AM

Latest in Sriperumpudur
http://sriperumpudur.com/Sriperumpudur.aspx

Nokia will be investing additional $75 million in Sriperumpudur, near Chennai

Chennai, December 5, 2007: Nokia today announced fresh investments to the tune of USD 75 million towards its manufacturing plant in Sriperumbudur, Chennai, for the year 2008. This investment is geared towards enhancing the capacity of the manufacturing plant to cater to the burgeoning need of the Indian and other emerging markets. The manufacturing plant currently employs approximately 6000 people.

Nokia initially committed to invest USD 150 million in early 2006 over a four year period. However, given the buoyant demand for mobility in India, Nokia has so far cumulatively invested already USD 210 million in its Chennai operations. Today's investment is an addition to this figure. Nokia started manufacturing from Sriperumbudur in January 2006 and has achieved the distinction of the fastest ramp up by any Nokia factory worldwide. The plant plays an integral role in Nokia's global production network for mobile devices and is the tenth manufacturing facility of the company.

"We are extremely pleased with the progress made by our manufacturing plant in Sriperumbudur, Chennai. The decision to make additional investment in the plant is a reflection of Nokia's commitment to the Indian mobile communications industry and of the increasing demand for mobile devices from Asia, Middle East and Africa. Nokia will continuously strengthen its manufacturing network to drive greater agility within the business and increase its competitiveness," said Raimo Puntala, Senior Vice President, Operations and Logistics, Nokia.

Currently, approximately 50 percent of the production from the plant is consumed domestically and the rest is exported to countries across Middle East and Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

"It is a moment of great pride for all of us at Nokia as the India plant sets another benchmark of achieving the fastest ramp up across all Nokia facilities worldwide. This is a testimony of operational efficiencies achieved through people, processes, global best practices and standards," said Mr. Sachin Saxena, Director-Operations, Nokia India. "Chennai has proved to be an ideal location for our manufacturing plant and we are proud of our partnership here," he added.

Nokia's manufacturing facility in Sriperumbudur, Chennai, has been instrumental in enabling Chennai to emerge as the mobile communications manufacturing hub for India. The Nokia Telecom Park currently has seven global component manufacturers, two of which are commercially operational and supplying components to Nokia's manufacturing plant in Chennai.

Ref: Nokia

Rs. 11,000 Crores investment planned in Sriperupudur, near Chennai

Jul 25 2007, Chennai: Investments of about Rs 9,000 crore, that will lead to creation of over one lakh jobs, are expected to be made in the Sriperumbudur-Oragadam region, near Chennai, within the next couple of years.

These investments will come from the vendors of Nokia (Rs 3,300 crore) and Flextronics (Rs 2,500 crore) and commitments from industries in the two Special Economic Zones promoted by the State Government, viz., SIPCOT Sriperumbudur Hi-Tech SEZ (Rs 1,976 crore) and SIPCOT Oragadam Hi-Tech SEZ (Rs 1,300 crore). This is in addition to the Rs 650-crore investment of Nokia, Rs 450-crore of Flextronics and Rs 270 crore of Dell.

Including the ‘mother units’, total investments of close to Rs 11,000 crore are to be made in the region. This was disclosed by Mr K. Rajaraman, Special Secretary, Industries, Government of Tamil Nadu, at a seminar on SEZs, organised by the Industrial Economist magazine, here today.

Pointing out that 72 SEZs had been granted formal approvals for Tamil Nadu, Mr Rajaraman said that 46 of them are in the neighbourhood of Chennai. Seven are near Coimbatore. The remaining SEZs are spread across 12 other districts in the State. Mr Rajaraman said that the 72 SEZs include 8 that are operational.

Again, 37 of the SEZs approved for the State are for the IT/ITES sector. As many as 27 are product-specific SEZs, while the remaining eight are multi-product SEZs.

These eight, including the MEPZ, employ 41,000 people. MEPZ alone employs 26,000.

Three of the other SEZs are located in the Mahindra World City, Maraimalainagar, near Chennai.

Mr Arun Nanda, Executive Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, said that by 2010, the units in Mahindra World City would employ 85,000 people.

Ref: Dinakaran, The Hindu

Compensation given to owners for land acquisition

Jul 03 2007, Kancheepuram: The State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu has begun distribution of compensation for 751.15 acres of land acquired for industrial purpose at Oragadam in the first phase.

Distributing cheques at the Collectorate here on Saturday, Collector Pradeep Yadav said that Rs.4.77 crore was disbursed to 65 persons, who had agreed to "sell" their lands measuring 27.31 acres, for the price offered by SIPCOT.

Stating that 3200 out of around 6000 patta land owners have expressed their consent to sell their lands to SIPCOT, the Collector said that under the first phase, it had been proposed to acquire 374.28 acres of agricultural lands without access roads, 36.20 acres of farm lands abutting carriageways, 20.59 acres of farm lands located in interior places with access, 184.77 acres of approved layouts located in interior places, 110.66 acres of approved layouts near the main road, 17.80 acres of unapproved layouts located in interior places and 6.85 acres of unapproved layouts near main thoroughfares.

Moreover, 5.72 acres of land, which have been classified as roads or carriageways, and 221 acres of government land would be acquired by SIPCOT. Though around 50 per cent of patta land owners had expressed their consent, SIPCOT was not able to honour the claims of some applicants, who have failed to submit certain documents. Apart from distributing compensation amount for the lands acquired at Oragadam, Rs.2.92 crore was disbursed to 17 persons from whom 6,931 square metres of land was acquired for the IT Expressway project at Okkiyamthuraipakkam, Kottivakkam and Palavakkam in Tambaram taluk.

Ref: The Hindu

State signs MoU with U.S. firm for setting up unit at Oragadam

Jun 20 2007, Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Government on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sanmina-SCI Corporation, the U.S.-based electronics manufacturing company, to set up its unit in the hi-tech industrial centre at Oragadam with an investment of Rs.225 crore.

The MoU was signed by President Sanmina-SCI Corporation Hari Pillai and Industries Secretary Shaktikanta Das in the presence of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi at the Secretariat.

The investment for this project was likely to rise to Rs. 315 crore and Sanmina-SCI’s spare parts manufacturers were expected to set up their units in the State, an official release said.

The Sanmina-SCI Corporation’s project to be set up on a 100-acre site would provide direct employment for 4,000 persons, besides generating indirect employment for 6,000 persons, it added.

Second hardware unit
The Chief Minister announced in the Assembly on May 8 that a hi-tech industrial centre would be established at the SIPCOT complex in Oragadam, the release recalled. This was the second computer hardware development centre to be established near Chennai. The Central Government had recently given its sanction for this centre, the release said.

Ref: The Hindu

Sanmina-SCI plans technology campus

Jun 20 2007, Chennai: Sanmina-SCI Corporation, an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tamil Nadu Government to set up a state-of-the-art manufacturing technology campus at Oragadam, near Chennai.

Sanmina-SCI will be investing $50 million initially in the new facility. It will be a designated Special Economic Zone (SEZ) as defined by the Central Government regulations.

Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Hari Pillai, President of Global EMS Operations of Sanmina-SCI, said the campus, when completed, would provide manufacturing services.

Employment scope
In a phased manner the company’s existing unit, located at Madras Export Promotion Zone (MEPZ) in Chennai, would be relocated at Oragadam.

The Tamil Nadu Industries Secretary, Shaktikanta Das, said the Sanmina-SCI campus would be one of the largest plants and it would be on a par with its Mexico plant, which was currently the largest one. He said the Centre had given its approval to set up the Oragadam Hi-Tech SEZ near Chennai and Sanmina-SCI would be the first company to enter the SEZ.

The Oragadam SEZ had 350 acres, of which Sanmina-SCI had taken 100 acres, he added.
Ref: The Hindu

Airport Modernization

June 16 2007, New Delhi: The Prime Minister’s Committee on infrastructure has cleared the much-awaited modernization of the Chennai airport. The up gradation and modernization of Chennai airport, at an approximate cost of Rs.2,350 crore, would be taken up by Airports Authority of India(AAI). More

Rs. 3,750 crores of investment for IT City in Sriperumpudur

May 26 2007, Chennai: Special economic zone for IT companies coming in Sriperumpudur in about 350 acres.
Ref: Dinakaran

Airport

May 22 2007, Chennai: The Government announced the plan to expand the current airport by acquiring 1069.99 acres of land in the less populated area as well as to acquire 4,826.66 acres of land for the Greenfield airport around Sriperumpudur More

Reference
http://www.tn.gov.in
http://en.wikipedia.org
http://www.tamilnadutourism.org
http://www.hinduonnet.com
http://pib.nic.in
http://aganpat.bravehost.com

TechCity

April 30th, 2008, 09:48 AM

Chennai, Sriperumbudur in for $3 billion investment expected.
http://www.chennaizoom.com/chennai/development.htm
20 Oct 2007:

Foxconn $520 Million
Flextronics $120 Million
Jabil Green Point $80 Million
Sanmina $70 Million
Aspocomp $70 Million
Nokia and Nokia Siemens $520 Million
Samsung $40 Million
Dell $60 Million
Hyundai $800 Million - Car manufacturing expansion.
Nissan $450 Million
Ford $400 Million
Renault $400 Million
Mahindra & Mahindra $400 Million

Around 4,000 firms are waiting in the wings to invest in India. To lure at least 1 percent of them to invest in India by 2008, Members from IACC are leading delegation to Perth, Sydney and Melbourne from November 10 to 17.

TechCity

April 30th, 2008, 10:00 AM

The Making of India’s Shenzhen

How Sriperumbudur is emerging as India’s telecom manufacturing hub.
source: http://www.businessworld.in/content/view/962/1017/
Flextronics plant in Sriperumbudur

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The sprawling lime green building is visible from a great distance. As you come close, you see workers in white hard hats and luminous orange jackets swarming all over like ants on a giant carcass. Spread over 250 acres, this site will house a massive integrated manufacturing complex for the $15.3-billion Flextronics Industries, a Singapore-headquartered manufacturer of electronic products. Its general manager and director (India operations) Gururaj A. says some 1,500 are employed on the site currently, trying to make sure the complex will be ready by September.

T. Murugan, 35, a contract labourer has some idea of what’s actually going on. “Inge naraiya velioor company factory podaraanga,” (Many foreign companies are setting up factories here), he says. Last year, he had worked on the $150-million Nokia project, a few kilometres away. And he has heard that soon some other velioor (foreign) companies will also start work. He hopes to find employment there. His news is correct. The manufacturing units of both Motorola and Foxconn are slated to come up over the next few months.

It was barely 15 years ago that Sriperumbudur shot to fame. It was India’s Dallas, where its young, 47-year-old ex-PM was assassinated. The horrific images of death had seared the nation’s consciousness. Yet, it is perhaps a fitting tribute that the town where a PM who had spoken of India’s role in the 21st century, modernised the telecom infrastructure and believed in the transformational powers of IT, and laid down his life, should emerge as ground zero of electronic manufacturing in India.

Gururaj A. , general manager and director (India operations), Flextronics Industries

Consider that by October, Flextronics will begin to make a million mobile phones a month from the Sriperumbudur complex. (Nokia already makes 2.5 million phones a month.) It will also make base stations. That’s just the beginning. By year end, a second building will be ready that will make set-top boxes, DVD players, automotive components and PCs. By December 2007, at least 10 component suppliers who are part of Flextronics’ global supply chain will have their plants up and running in the campus.

Says Gururaj: “We will use the land discreetly. The idea is to ensure that all the key suppliers, both Indian and international, have a presence here.” This campus will provide jobs to 7,000 people by December 2007. According to officials in the Department of Telecommunications, by 2008, over $1 billion will be invested in Sriperumbudur for telecom manufacturing facilities alone. Of this, around $250 million has already been invested, mainly by Nokia ($150 million) and Flextronics ($100 million). By end 2007, all the new companies will provide jobs to over 50,000 people.

There are three types of operations coming up at Sriperumbudur. One, the OEMs like Nokia and Motorola. Then the EMS’ like Flextronics and Foxconn, who supply to OEMs around the globe. Finally, there are the component suppliers who work either with the OEMs or the EMS’. They include Aspocomp (global turnover euro 154 million; printed circuit boards), Salcomp (euro 156 million; chargers), Perlos (euro 667 million; mechanics) and Sanmina-SCI ($12.2 billion; network components).

Each of these outfits will be housed within an SEZ. Apart from them, Velankani Information System (which has set up an IT park in Bangalore that houses Siemens, Elcoteq and Patni Computers) is setting up an ITES SEZ that will house a 5 million-sq. ft manufacturing facility for another set of 20 global telecom suppliers (see ‘Feeding Into The System’). Says Rajiv Kochhar, CEO, Avista Advisory, a financial services group: “Today, all the key plots in Sriperumbudur are gone.” It is already beginning to look like a patchwork of SEZs.

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Predictably, the comparison with Shenzhen has already begun. In 1979, Deng Xiaoping used it as a test-bed for free market principles. It was then a town of 300,000 people, outside Hong Kong. Close to 80 per cent of Shenzhen’s revenue then came from agriculture. Today, Shenzhen covers 2,020 sq. km, much bigger than Delhi’s 1,483 sq. km, and has a population of 4.05 million.

This year, Chinese companies and global players like Foxconn, Philips and Samsung are expected to make 100 million mobile handsets in Shenzhen. That will account for close to 10 per cent of the mobile phones made globally.

NO BUREAUCRACY HERE: Jukka Lehtela, director, Nokia (India)

Going by calculations, during 2007, Sriperumbudur should make close to half of what Shenzhen will make this year — 50 million handsets, of which more than 30 per cent will be exported, much like what happens in Shenzhen.
Sure, Shenzhen isn’t about handsets alone. A whole range of items like computers, set-top boxes and laser printers are made there. Over the last two decades, it has seen investments of $30 billion. Moreover, it accounts for 9 per cent of China’s GDP. (SEZs collectively contribute 35 per cent of China’s GDP.) Clearly, therefore, it will be a while before Sriperumbudur can reach those levels. However, as Gururaj argues: “It has everything in place to emerge as India’s answer to Shenzhen in the next few years.”

Towards end 2004, shortly after he had taken over as communications and information technology minister of the UPA government, Dayanidhi Maran had persuasively argued with BW that while IT did put India on the global economic map, it was manufacturing that provided the jobs. Maran also figured that telecom and other allied electronic goods companies would perhaps be most open to persuasion given the opportunity India provided.

Consider that in 2005, Indians bought electronic goods worth $22 billion, making it the world’s seventh largest market. Again, during 2005, Indians bought 36 million mobile phones. That makes India the third largest market after China and the US for mobile phones. This year, demand for mobiles is expected to touch 50 million.

Little wonder, one of the first things Maran did as minister was convince Nokia’s then CEO Jorma Ollila to set up the company’s tenth bulk manufacturing plant in Sriperumbudur. Though by then Nokia had decided to set up a plant in India given the roaring business it was doing here, it hadn’t decided on the location. Maran was instrumental in convincing Nokia to choose Sriperumbudur over Bangalore, Hyderabad and the National Capital Region (NCR).

While this helped Maran politically — his constituency happens to be in nearby Chennai, barely 40 km away and Sriperumbudur has begun sourcing a lot of talent from there — Nokia did emerge as the pivot around which many of the other investments were centred. (The first ever investment in Sriperumbudur was Hyundai setting up its factory there in 1999, but between then and 2004, little else happened.)

Maran did a few other things. One, he made it a precondition for all equipment suppliers that were keen on participating in the big BSNL and MTNL expansion tenders to manufacture 30 per cent of the order in India. This would force them to manufacture in India, he reasoned. Companies like Nokia and Motorola have already participated in BSNL’s 60-million line expansion tender worth $5 billion.

He was also able to align the interests of the Tamil Nadu government with his own. Though till early this year, Tamil Nadu was ruled by the AIADMK, political opponents of Maran’s DMK — after the 2006 elections Maran’s uncle M. Karunanidhi was voted back to power — Maran was able to convince politicians (and therefore, bureaucrats) of the benefits of positioning Sriperumbudur as an electronics manufacturing hub.

Indeed, one of the reasons most companies say they have invested in Sriperumbudur is because of the state’s bureaucrats. Says Jukka Lehtela, director (India operations), Nokia: “The entire process from start to finish in Tamil Nadu was much faster than expected.” Nokia, which identified Chennai as its plant location in April 2005, had it up and running eight months later in January 2006. That compares with the best anywhere in the world.

Bureaucrats like Tamil Nadu industries secretary Shaktikanta Das say that presentations by potential investors are attended by an inter-departmental group of secretaries. Typically, Das convenes these meetings. They are attended by secretaries from the departments of finance, IT, energy, water supply, and taxes, along with officials from State Industries Promotion Council of Tamil Nadu

(SIPCOT) and the Industrial Guidance and Export Promotion Bureau. “At one meeting the investor gets a clear idea of all that needs to be resolved. The same panel also does a review meeting every month. All this makes things a lot easier for the investor,” says Das.

Bureaucrats like Das, unlike investors like Gururaj, haven’t yet begun comparing Sriperumbudur with Shenzhen. But they do buy into the idea that if properly managed, Sriperumbudur could turn out to be something really big.

Investor Friendly: Shaktikanta Das, Tamil Nadu industries secretary

Das points to fresh investments being made to develop the state’s infrastructure, which he believes will keep the FDI flowing in. Though Tamil Nadu is one of the few states with surplus power (current installed capacity at 10,011 MW, higher than maximum peak demand of 8,600 MW) close to 2,000 MW of fresh capacity will be commissioned over the next three years. This includes 1,000 MW at Tuticorin and Jayakondam.

Luckily for Das, private entrepreneurs have also spotted the Sriperumbudur opportunity, and have begun pitching in. Consider that real estate prices there have gone up by 20 per cent in the last one year — a rise that is comparable to Chennai’s. Two leading Mumbai-based builders are looking at housing projects there and have already begun asking Nokia and Flextronics on salary details of their executives. Again, global hotel chains from the US are looking at properties there, which should be up by next year. Says a consultant: “What hotels are looking at is to provide affordable rooms. It will save them the bother of commuting up and down from Chennai daily.”

Nokia’s Lehtela argues that Sriperumbudur will need to ensure that it stays easily accessible. (Currently, there is a four-lane highway that connects it to the nearest port and international airport in Chennai.) “The nature of the mobile phone business is such that you need very good logistics. It is not just the flow of goods into the factory that matters. Equally important is the flow of finished goods from the factory to the rest of India and abroad,” says Lehtela.

Telecom analysts say that for India to be seen as an alternative to China in telecom equipment manufacturing, costs have to be at least 4 per cent lower here. (Margins in this business are wafer thin.) Typically, materials account for 80-85 per cent of costs. Companies like Flextronics and Nokia, therefore, prefer to either have their vendors within the same compound (as is evident in Sriperumbudur) or manufacture in locations where it is logistically easy to source components.

BY all accounts, Sriperumbudur is showing the signs of an industrial cluster in the making — a few pioneer investors at first, a somewhat rough and ready ecosystem to support them and then the others start coming in, in a virtuous cycle of events. Also, the fact that the state churns out 2.5 lakh engineering graduates is a big plus.

While it is still premature to draw lessons from Sriperumbudur, it will still be worth watching how events unfold there. After all, there aren’t any high-tech manufacturing clusters in the country — and this one could just be the beginning of a new wave.

Kingmaker

April 30th, 2008, 01:33 PM

^^ Very old article.

After this, many things have happened in this area.

TechCity

April 30th, 2008, 03:19 PM

^^ Very old article.

After this, many things have happened in this area.

This is a new thread.So i thought It would be fine,if i post compiled version of existing projects.

Sorry........:ohno:

If this only for upcoming projects,i will delete the above news.

ferrari_fan

May 1st, 2008, 06:52 AM

^^ i think it's good to compile all articles now that we have a separate thread just for developments in this area... and after all you did mention it's an old article...

thanks for the effort...

:)

TechCity

May 2nd, 2008, 12:46 PM

Arul Murugan

May 7th, 2008, 06:22 AM

READY TO FLY

Nissan’s Chennai plant to roll out hatchback

Pankaj Doval | TNN

New Delhi: Japanese automaker Nissan is all set to kick off fresh competition in India as it plans six new launches by 2012, including a hatchback car in the volume segment and commercial vehicles. The small car will be produced at its upcoming Chennai factory, slated to start production by 2010, a senior company official said.
While Nissan will source Maruti-Suzuki’s yet-to-belaunched compact ‘A-Star’ for selling in the European market, it will also export the small car from India.
The company, that is also exploring a low-cost car like Tata Nano in partnership with French parent Renault and two-wheeler manufacturer Bajaj, currently imports the SUV ‘X-Trail’ and sedan ‘Teana’ in India.
“While today Nissan has two product offerings, by 2012 we will have have 8 products, ranging from entry-level car and commercial vehicles to high-end SUVs and sedans,” Neeraj Garg, director at Nissan Motor India, told the Times of India. “The Hatchback is being developed in Japan keeping in mind the conditions and requirements of the Indian market,” adding, it would be positioned between Rs 3 lakh and Rs 4 lakh.
“Getting the pricing right is a key issue. But we feel that if others (existing players like Maruti or Hyundai) can do it, why can’t we,” Garg said, adding that the exports would allow Nissan to be competitive in the global supply chain network. Nissan and Renault are setting up a passenger vehicle plant in Oragadam, near Chennai and the 50:50 joint venture will invest Rs 4,500 crore for a 4-lakh capacity plant. Though they will launch cars under their individual brands, Nissan is expected to take the lead in the future.
The company will also buy around 50,000 units of the A-Star compact of Maruti-Suzuki for selling in the European market. “This is being done as part of a global alliance between Nissan and Suzuki,” Garg said.
The company will also launch premium SUV ‘Murano’ in India by 2010. “The line up of Nissan brand products for India will be rich and diverse, with a portfolio of affordable vehicles in a range of body style, from hatchback to family utility.”
For foray into commercial vehicles, Nissan has partnered Ashok Leyland. It signed a Master Co-Operation Agreement (MCA) for three joint ventures last year for vehicle manufacturing; powertrain manufacturing; and technology development.
“Under vehicle manufacturing, both Nissan and Ashok Leyland will have manufacturing rights under their own badges. Nissan will introduce the Nissan F24 light duty truck and other range of commercial vehicles covering applications from 2.5-8 ton gross vehicle weight,” Garg said.
The company sold 172 XTrail and 334 Teana in 2007-08 and is beefing up distribution network. “Currently, Nissan has only 5 dealers in India. By 2012, we plan to expand this to 55 dealers,” Garg said.

from TOI

Arul Murugan

May 7th, 2008, 06:24 AM

Meanwhile... Renault-Nissan is recruiting many graduates directly from TN colleges for their plants. Renault-Nissan was one of the top companies attend in campus interviews by TN students.

I saw few Renault company buses rolling in GST, Velacherry main road, Anna Salai few days ago.

Arul Murugan

May 7th, 2008, 10:10 AM

:bash: Looks like KG drawing!!

Why cant government spend some money and make a very good map on Manufacturing hub - Sriperumbudur

http://www.sipcot.com/images/sriperumbuduR.gif

Source: SIPCOT.com

Arul Murugan

May 7th, 2008, 10:18 AM

1. Name of the Complex/Park
SIPCOT Industrial Park, Sriperumbudur.

2. Location
44 KM from Chennai

3. Area of the complex
2108.54 acres

4. Allottable area
Ph.I - 383.20 acres
Ph.II - 1278.35 acres
Ph III - 220.61 acres

5. Area now available for allotment
Ph.I - NIL
Ph.II - NIL
Ph III -NIL(no lands available as on 30.11.07)

http://www.sipcot.com/Industrial_complex_sriper.htm

Approximately 10 SqKM area has been alloted in SIPCOT SEZ. i.e 1/10th of Coimbatore or Salem city size!!

http://www.sipcot.com/Industrial_complex_Oragadam.htm

1. Name of the Complex/Park
SIPCOT Industrial Park, Oragadam

2. Location
Sriperumpudur, Kancheepuram District

3. Area of the Complex
1935.28 acres

4. Saleable area
1642.18 acres

5. Area now available for allotment
NIL (Position as on 30.11.07)

The website shows there is no more land available with SIPCOT in Sriperumbudur and Oragadam.

Arul Murugan

May 7th, 2008, 10:29 AM

List of companies in Oragadam SIPCOT SEZ

http://www.sipcot.com/Oragadam.pdf

Subra

May 7th, 2008, 11:49 AM

http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/07/stories/2008050755651600.htm

Expansion of capacity of its Sriperumbudur plant from 55,000 tonnes to 72,000 tonnes at a cost of Rs. 30 crore, establishment of a 48,000-tonne greenfield venture in Hyderabad at Rs. 150 crore, setting up of a 2,500-tonne low pressure aluminium die casting unit at Sriperumbudur at Rs. 50 crore and putting up of a machining unit in Sriperumbudur at a cost of Rs. 100 crore were among the projects now under way.

Subra

May 7th, 2008, 12:02 PM

http://www.tn.gov.in/policynotes/pdf/industries.pdf

SIPCOT has taken up expansion of Irungattukottai Industrial Park (Pillaipakkam) over an extent of 1122.27 acres and Expansion of Oragadam Growth Centre (Oragadam - Sennakuppam) in an extent of 977.81 acres and these two schemes would be completed before June 2008.
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SIPCOT has taken up the expansion of Oragadam Expansion-I over an extent of 350 acres in Vadakkupattu village etc, and Expansion-II of Oragadam over an extent of about 650 acres in Mathur village etc.,
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Industrial Corridors of Excellence:-
SIPCOT is developing Chennai- Sriperumpudur – Ranipet Corridor as an Industrial Corridor of Excellence with SEZs, IT parks, Social Infrastructure etc., as a first phase and Ranipet - Hosur as a second phase and for these projects the reputed consultants are being finalized for preparation of Corridor Development Plan and offer received are under evaluation.

senthil2001msk

May 13th, 2008, 03:23 PM

Nokia India today said that along with its 7 vendors, it would double the workforce at SEZ plant near Chennai to 30,000 by 2009. Nokia on its own would invest an additional $75 million in 2008 in expanding its plant infrastructure while more investments can be expected in 2009 to increase capacity. Details of additional investment expected in 2009 are being finalised.

Nokia India in the last two years had managed to scale up its operations to produce 8 million handsets a month. Between January and March 2008, the company produced 25 million handsets. Commercial production at this plant started at the beginning of 2006 with 550 workers.

Talking to the media during a guided tour of the plant, Nokia India's director operations, Sachin Saxena said that projections made in terms of investments and workforce at the time beginning of its commercial production in 2006 has been overshot. "When we decided to set up the plant in Chennai, we had promised the state government about investing $150 million and employing around 1500 people in four years." The current facility already has $210 million invested in it and houses 8000 workers, of which 1000 are temporary workers. Nearly 70 per cent of the workforce are women at the Nokia SEZ.

The seven vendors who employ nearly 7000 people at the Nokia SEZ are Salcomp, Aspocomp, Foxconn, Perlos, Jabil, Laird and Wintek and supply chargers, circuit boards, mechanical parts like keypads, antenna and liquid crystal display panels. A ‘major chunk' of the additional 15,000 people that is proposed to be employed at the SEZ will be done by these parts suppliers. Some of these suppliers are not exclusive vendors for Nokia. "We know that they also supply to some of our competitors," said Saxena.

From the current production, nearly 50 per cent of the output is exported to West Asia, Africa, New Zealand and some other Asian markets. Nearly 12 different models are made from this plant at any given point of time. This however changes according to demands raised by various markets around the world, said Nokia India executives. Nokia has totally nine plants around the world, including the Chennai SEZ, three of which are in Asia, including two in China.

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=10&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=37393

senthil2001msk

May 13th, 2008, 03:24 PM

Ford India expects its new engine plant in Chennai to become the hub for markets in Asia Pacific and Africa by 2010 when its total capacity would be 2.5 lakh engines a year. This new plant (located within the car making facility near Chennai) has at present capacity to produce 50,000 diesel and 10,000 petrol engines. The current capacity is intended only for the Indian market.

The new plant currently makes the 1.4-litre turbodiesel Duratorq engines, that goes into its Fiesta models. Company executives said that switch-over to producing the 1.6 litre petrol engines can be made based on demand.

Speaking to reporters at Ford's assembly plant at Maramalai Nagar, near Chennai today, Micheal Boneham, president and managing director, Ford India said the company added 25 new local suppliers, includes 15 Chennai-based companies, to support the new diesel engine unit.

He said that Ford India will save 15-20 per cent in cost and enhance turnaround time by setting up the local diesel engine production facility.

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=10&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=37398

TechCity

May 13th, 2008, 03:43 PM

Monday, Apr 28 2008 Source:http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20080428/942313.html
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today said his Government would like to make Sriperumbudur as the largest hub in the world for mobile-phone hand-sets manufacturing.

While inaugurating Motorola's Chennai Manufacturing facility here last night, he said Nokia plant is one of the largest hand-sets manufacturing facility in the world in terms of volume.

The Chief Minister said ''Samsung was also in the process of establishing the facility here. Sony Ericsson, too, is making hand-sets here through Foxconn and Flextronics.'' He said the employment generated by Government in the Industries, has triggered a cycle of economic growth in allied sectors and service-oriented Industries. Apart from mobile hand-sets, Sriperumpudur was becoming India's largest manufacturing hub for electronic hardwares and automobiles, including components, he added. Mr Karunanidhi said after the commissioning of Renault-Nissan car project in 2010, the total capacity of six projects at Irungattukottai-Sriperumbudur- Oragadam-Maramalainagar corridor would exceed 12 lakh cars per year.

''This will make this corridor as one of the top ten car manufacturing centres of the world'', he said adding ''apart from car manufacturing, the corridor would produce a range of other automobiles, including commercial vehicles, earth moving and construction machinery and tractors, making it Detroit of Asia''.

Mr Karunanidhi also said more projects were in the pipeline.

''Our Government will sign Memoranda of Understanding(MoUs) in the coming months to fetch more investments in this year than what was achieved during the last 16 years, he added. The 172.4 crore facility, which spread over 2,70,000 sqft, would support an integrated telecom products portfolio, including GSM and CDMA mobile devices and networking equipment, such as, base-stations and system controllers.

The manufacturing unit has capacity to produce over 12-million mobile phones and 6,500 base-terminal stations each year.

Subra

May 19th, 2008, 01:43 PM

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...ow/3053633.cms

CHENNAI: Medical technology products manufacturer Trivitron Group of Companies has announced the establishment of a Rs 250-crore Medical Technology Park at SIPCOT Industrial Park at Sriperumbudur near here, the foundation stone for which was laid on Monday.

The facility would be implemented by way of a joint venture with Japan-based Aloka Company Ltd, which is holding the major stakes at 60 per cent, Trivitron Group of Companies Managing Director GSK Velu told reporters here.

The company had also forged JVs with Biosystems of Spain and Brandon Medical of the UK and was holding major stakes of 60 per cent and 51 per cent respectively, he said.

Velu said that the park would come up on 23 acres of land, and added that the company proposed to acquire 2 more acres of land as it was exploring the possibility of converting the park into a Special Economic Zone (SEZ).

"Cost effective, high quality medical technology products will be manufactured here, with a view to export them to South Asia, Middle East and African markets, besides selling them in India," he said.

Manufacturing the products in India for domestic use would reduce their prices by 30-40 per cent, he claimed, adding that most of them were presently being imported.

He also said that the company planned to employ 3,000 persons in the next three years and said that the operations involving Aloka would start by next January, while those with Biosystems and Brandon would start by March 2009.

Subra

May 20th, 2008, 11:57 AM

http://www.emsnow.com/npps/story.cfm?pg=story&id=33577

ProWorks, Inc. announced definitive plans for an expansion of its operations into the Sriperumbudur Hi-Tech Special Economic Zone in the Tamil Nadu province of India. The announcement coincides with the receipt of an official notification from the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu ("SIPCOT") of an allotment of 2 acres of land in the
Sriperumbudur Special Economic Zone. This allotment from the government of Tamil Nadu is the first milestone in ProWorks' plans to build and operate a 100,000 square foot plant to be operational in mid 2009.

ProWorks has been pursuing an expansion to India for about a year, and has been working on obtaining land allotment in the highly-sought Sriperumbudur region for the past five months. Sriperumbudur is quickly becoming one of the most desirable manufacturing hubs in India. Other large EMS companies such as Foxconn, Flextronics and Jabil, and large OEM's such as Dell, Nokia and Motorola operate large factories in Sriperumbudur. Availability of key supply chain partners, proximity to Chennai and India's second largest and most modern sea port facilities, and strong existing and growing infrastructure make Sriperumbudur the ideal location for ProWorks' expansion.

Commenting on this key milestone for the company, Bill Moradkhan, ProWorks' President and CEO, said, "Obtaining land allotment in the Sriperumbudur Special Economic Zone and the eventual facilities there strengthen the position of ProWorks to better serve the global economy. The expansion is expected to not only create additional growth potential for our current customers, but also increase our ability to attract new and larger customers." Mr. Moradkhan went on to comment, "This strategic expansion to a low-cost labor center is an essential element to support the continued growth of our business by offering global competitive pricing, scalability, flexibility, and superior operational performances for our customers."

ProWorks plans several more key announcements related to its expansion plans to India in the near future.

senthil2001msk

May 23rd, 2008, 04:31 AM

US headquartered Laird Technologies, a global leader in the design and manufacture of customized, performance-critical products for wireless and other advanced electronics applications, has announced the setting up of its first offshore manufacturing facility in India. Laird Technologies, a unit of the UK-based Laird Group PLC, employs over 14,000 employees across 40 facilities located in 14 countries.

The 160000 sq. ft manufacturing facility located in Nokia SEZ (Special Economic Zone) in Sriperambudur near Chennai was inaugurated today by Shri. G. K. Pillai, Commerce Secretary, Government of India. Mr. Mike Connor, British Deputy High Commissioner for Southern India, was also present on the occasion.

Set up at an investment of over $15m, Laird Technologies will employ over 1200 people at its Chennai facility, when fully operational. The manufacturing facility will initially produce antennas, battery packs and EMI shielding products for cellular handset applications for its Indian customers. The company also expects to export the products, manufactured at the Chennai facility, to overseas markets.

Laird Technologies already supplies products to large Indian enterprises in the mobile phone, telecom infrastructure equipment, computer hardware, and automotive electronics sectors, from manufacturing facilities outside India.

Sri Talpallikar, Managing Director-India, Laird Technologies said, “Availability of a skilled work force, support from the Tamil Nadu Government, the presence of good logistics, excellent infrastructure facilities, lower costs and our ‘close to the customer’ strategy were reasons for the choice of Chennai as our first offshore location in India.”

Sri Talpallikar added, “This new facility will allow us to support our Indian customers with new products in a timely and efficient manner. With the setting up of the manufacturing facility in Chennai, we are poised to aggressively expand our customer base in India over the next 12-18 months.”

On the company’s plans for the Indian market, Marty Rapp, CEO, Laird Technologies, said, “Our new manufacturing facility in Chennai is a big step for us in our goal to be local, globally. With the facility becoming operational, we now look forward to introducing a wider range of our products, and servicing the rapidly growing electronics market in India.”

senthil2001msk

May 23rd, 2008, 07:18 AM

Saint-Gobain Glass India Ltd will decide in the next four to six weeks the location for its planned expansion. The company is looking at sites in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and at its existing plant near Chennai for the expansion.
The decision will depend on a number of factors such as the product mix, logistics cost, proximity to markets, ease of exports and government support, according to Mr B. Santhanam, Managing Director, Saint-Gobain Glass India.

“I would say that there is a good possibility for multiple investments,” he told Business Line at the Saint-Gobain Glass India’s plant at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai..

The company, according to him, has fairly large investments planned over the next five years in a range of products — basic glass, advanced glass and automotive products.

Saint-Gobain’s plant has two float glass lines with a total capacity of about 5 lakh tonnes a year. It also makes laminated and tempered glass for the automotive industry. Mr Santhanam said the float glass industry was hugely capital intensive and hence the company’s programme entailed investments in excess of Rs 1,500 crore.
For basic products, it made sense for the company to have its plant close to the demand centres while for advanced glass products the benefits (from the government) that the company got and the skills available will determine the location.

The photo-voltaic industry was another big business opportunity and with fairly large investments planned in the sector, the company would have to examine these investment decisions also before it decided on fresh investments. “We will make one big call in the next four to six weeks and then take the next set of investments. We are in talk with all the governments,” Mr Santhanam said.

The float glass industry has two large end users — the construction industry and the automotive sector. Mr Santhanam does not think that there is a slowdown in the construction sector. On the contrary, with emphasis now on energy-efficient buildings, he feels that Saint-Gobain with its range of advanced products is best suited to tap this segment.

The automotive segment too, he feels, will see a growth, especially of cars in the Rs 3- 7 lakh price bracket. This is because of the new car models that have been launched since the second half of 2007. Hyundai Motor India’s expanded capacity is on stream and there will also be a good growth in exports. The scheduled launch of the Tata Nano in the second half of this year will also help the company as it is the sole supplier for the car. In 2006 (January-December is the company’s financial year), Saint-Gobain’s turnover was about Rs 800 crore and it would have grown by close to 25 per cent last year.

MA Eswaran

May 24th, 2008, 07:34 AM

http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/24/stories/2008052455141600.htm

Foundation laid for medical technology park

CHENNAI: Trivitron group of companies, a provider of medical technology, has laid the foundation for the construction of its medical technology park at the SIPCOT Industrial Park, Irungattukottai, Sriperambudur, near here. The cost of the project is Rs. 240 crore in the first phase. The park would have collaborations with the international medical technology companies, says a release. — Staff Correspondent

Subra

May 25th, 2008, 03:39 AM

http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/25/stories/2008052553900400.htm

KANCHEEPURAM: The Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways is planning to set up a container freight station (CFS) on the Chennai-Bangalore National Highway near Sriperumbudur, according to the Union Minister, T.R.Baalu.

Talking to reporters here on Saturday, Mr.Baalu said that the Ministry has written a letter to the State government in this regard stating that setting up of a CFS facility would help ease goods vehicle movement in Chennai.

Already the Chennai harbour and airport have been linked with the Golden Quadrangle. The CFS at Sriperumpudur would cut short the number of goods carriers passing through arterial roads in Chennai to reach the harbour. This would also help quick loading of vessels at the harbour.

Responding to a question on setting up grade-separators/flyovers, the Union Minister said the Ministry would not confine itself to taking up such projects in urban areas alone. Stating that such facilities would be created in rural pockets also, Mr.Baalu pointed out that a grade separator being set up at Perambalur-Ariyalur junction on the Grand Southern Trunk Road would be completed by December this year.

The GST Road, which provides a vital link to Chennai from southern districts, would be made a 6-lane road under the National Highways Development scheme-5, to be taken up soon by the Ministry.

Replying to a question on the future of cement roads, being maintained by the Ministry in certain semi-urban and urban areas, he said under the present circumstances the Ministry would not give priority to such projects. He replied in the negative when asked whether there was any plan to reduce toll fees collected from the motorists using carriageways laid under built-operate-transfer scheme.

senthil2001msk

May 26th, 2008, 04:39 PM

Chennai, May 26 (IANS) Indian commercial vehicle major Ashok Leyland Ltd and Japanese Nissan Motor Company have floated three joint venture companies, with a total investment of around Rs.23 billion ($575 million), for manufacture of light commercial vehicles (LCV), power trains and technology development. For this purpose, the two companies signed their Master Cooperation Agreement last October, and formalised it now.

Ashok Leyland Nissan Vehicles Pvt Ltd, the vehicle manufacturing company, will be owned 51 percent by Ashok Leyland and 49 percent by Nissan. Nissan Ashok Leyland Powertrain Pvt Ltd, the power train manufacturing company, will be owned 51 percent by Nissan and 49 percent by Ashok Leyland, while Nissan Ashok Leyland Technologies Pvt Ltd will be a 50:50 owned the technology development company.

The vehicle manufacturing enterprise will involve a capacity of 100,000 vehicles in the first phase, to be scaled up subsequently. The plant would come up at Chennai and is expected to start production from 2010-11. Among the three platforms identified, covering applications up to 7.5 tonne Gross Vehicle Weight, is an all-new generation Nissan Atlas F24 light-duty truck.

In addition, an all-new engine is being developed specifically for LCV applications, as part of the range of Euro-3 and Euro-4 compliant diesel engines.

“The balanced joint venture structure facilitates meaningful contribution from both partners and the best opportunity to leverage their respective strengths,” said R.Seshasayee, managing director, Ashok Leyland.

Speaking about the venture, Nissan executive vice-president Carlos Tavares said, “We made another important step in the creation of a solid structure that will allow Nissan and Ashok Leyland to enter successfully the LCV market in India and global markets.”

senthil2001msk

May 27th, 2008, 03:38 AM

May 26, 2008
ProWorks has hosted a high-level government delegation from the state of Tamil Nadu, India on Saturday, May 17, 2008.

Mr. M.F. Farooqui, I.A.S., Secretary of Industry for the Government of Tamil Nadu, led the delegation which also included Mr. M. Velmurugan, I.E.S., Director, Guidance Bureau, Mr. S. Ramasundaram, I.A.S., Chairman and Managing
Director, Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. (TIDCO), and Mr. V. Veerappan, Co-Founder and Director of TAPP Semiconductor.

The day's events included a factory tour of ProWorks' Santa Clara facilities, presentation of the detailed expansion plans to India and discussions about how ProWorks and Government of Tamil Nadu will collaborate to make ProWorks' expansion a success.

Commenting on this strategic meeting, Bill Moradkhan, ProWorks' President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Throughout the process of planning our expansion to Tamil Nadu, we have been impressed by the openness of its State government and their energetic pursuit of mutually beneficial relationships with private enterprises."

Commenting on the day's events, Mr. M.F. Farooqui said, "We are very impressed with ProWorks' operations in Santa Clara and its proprietary information systems, and will provide all of the assistance necessary to help ProWorks deliver on its vision of replicating these state of the art facilities in Sriperumbudur. As a leading and innovative EMS provider of complex printed circuit board assemblies and systems, ProWorks is a strategic addition to the Sriperumbudur Hi-Tech Special Economic Zone."

http://www.emsnow.com/npps/story.cfm?pg=story&id=33692

Subra

May 27th, 2008, 04:04 AM

May 26, 2008
ProWorks has hosted a high-level government delegation from the state of Tamil Nadu, India on Saturday, May 17, 2008.

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Looks like a high level delegation involving TIDCO, ELCOT and few industrialists led by Industries Sectratary are touring US for road show. Not sure why this is not getting more visiblity. There are multiple appointments in the ELCOT website related to US road show. Here is one sample.

http://www.elcot.in/appointment_view.php?admin_id=2&appoint_date=2008-05-06

senthil2001msk

May 29th, 2008, 04:33 AM

Renault-Nissan and its vendors will be housed on 890 acres at Oragadam

Trial production will begin by 2009

and commercial production by 2010

CHENNAI: Having allotted 640 acres to the Renault-Nissan joint venture for making 4 lakh passenger cars a year at Oragadam, the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) proposes to allot 250 acres in two places to its suppliers.
In all, Renault-Nissan and its vendors, numbering 100, will be housed on 890 acres in and around Oragadam.

By far, this is the largest land allotment for an automobile major by the government agency.

Hyundai Motors was allotted 526 acres at Sriperumbudur.

50 acres allotted

A five-member committee, headed by SIPCOT chairman and managing director N. Govindan, met on Monday and distributed 50 acres in the suppliers park to seven essential suppliers.

“We have already allotted 640 acres to Renault-Nissan. They would like to have their suppliers close to their manufacturing facility so that their delivery schedules are not affected. In the first phase, the suppliers park will be located on 161 acres at Oragadam, and the second phase will come up on 90 acres at Pillaipakkam,” Mr. Govindan told The Hindu.

Renault-Nissan officials told SIPCOT officials that the trial production would begin by 2009 and commercial production by 2010. The joint venture will invest Rs. 4,000 crore, and the vendors will invest another Rs.1,000 crore.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/29/stories/2008052961471200.htm

senthil2001msk

May 30th, 2008, 04:44 PM

Asian location for second Signet Solar site

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Signet Solar, a leading manufacturer of silicon thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules and user of industrial and specialty gases, has announced plans to locate its second manufacturing site in the Sriperembudur Special Economic Zone near Chennai, India.

Signet Solar’s decision to expand manufacturing in India follows more than $400m in advance orders for the first three years of production. The company’s German plant is scheduled to start production by Q3 2008 and will have a total annual production capacity of 60 MW.

The announcement could be seen as a further sign of the rapidly developing PV and wider electronics market that is expected to boom over the course of the next five years, with the industrial and specialty gas market set to prosper as the demand for materials and ultimately gases increases accordingly.

“We are on schedule to start shipping products from our Dresden, Germany manufacturing plant by Q3 2008 and plan to begin shipments from India by 2010, with a goal of achieving grid parity pricing within the next five years,” said Rajeeva Lahri, CEO and Founder of Signet Solar.

“We have strong demand in Europe and the US and are pleased that our customers have shown confidence in our engineering capabilities and our global strategy to produce high quality modules on a large scale.”

Signet Solar chose to locate its next manufacturing site in India because of the attractive incentives offered by the Government, including the recently announced semiconductor policy initiative and because of the strong emerging demand for renewable energy in India. Chennai, a port city in southern India, is a growing manufacturing centre with well-developed infrastructure, world-class educational institutions and a large pool of engineering talent.

A. Raja, Honorable Minister of Information Technology and Communications, spoke of the policy in relation to the new announcement and enthused, “We are pleased that global companies are responding to the new national policy on semiconductors. Signet Solar’s state-of-the-art photovoltaic technology will play an important role in building nano-manufacturing infrastructure in India and deliver clean energy for sustainable, environmentally friendly growth.”

Large area thin film solar PV modules are in high demand in the utility and commercial market segment, with thin film modules expected to play a vital role in peak power production and stand-alone applications by avoiding massive investments in power infrastructure. The Spiritus Group, a leading industrial gas consultancy, estimates that the end-use segment of electronics is set to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 10.5% and will present a significant mode of industrial gas demand.

Signet Solar has already agreed a turnkey contract for gas services and supply with the US’ Air Products for a new PV module production facility in Mochau, Germany, announced in January 2008.

Subra

June 4th, 2008, 06:32 PM

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/HC_dismisses_petitions_challenging_land_acquisition_for_SEZ/articleshow/3100335.cms

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has dismissed a batch of petitions challenging the acquisition of land by the Tamil Nadu Government at Orgadam in Kancheepuram District for setting up a Special Economic Zone.

In his order, Justice P Jyothimani said "considering the industrial development of the state and the fact that 6,500 land owners, except the 16 (petitioners), had either accepted the compensation or surrendered lands by accepting the acquisition proceedings, I am of the view that the petitioners are not entitled for any relief as claimed,"

The petitioners M Haridas and 15 others, who sought a direction to restrain the state industrial department from proceeding with the land acquisition for the project coming up on an area of 395.87 hectare, contended that they were middle class people with houses or sites on which they were running shops, their only source of livelihood.

On the petitioners' plea that some portion of the land proposed to be acquired was meant for religious and small scale industrial purposes, the Judge said they could make proper representation to the government, which in turn should consider them in accordance with law.

If the petitioners were already carrying on some industrial activities at the site, they could make proper representation to concerned authorities after the acquisition proceedings were over for the purpose of allotment of land, the judge said.

senthil2001msk

June 6th, 2008, 04:12 AM

Manufacturing success: India prepares its road map for the next growth route

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Core constraints: The Nokia factory at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. India’s physical infrastructure has been running behind its potential to grow, but the government is hopeful it will catch up within a few years.

For a few years now, a facile dichotomy has made the rounds in economic circles: Among developing countries, China means manufacturing and India means services. Yet, several leaders of the public and private sector in India see the country’s road to riches leading through manufacturing as well.
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Subra

June 6th, 2008, 01:11 PM

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/businessline/blnus/14061507.htm

NEW DELHI: Vehicle maker Renault Nissan Automotive India Pvt Ltd (RNAIPL) on Friday kicked off construction work for its new passenger vehicle plant in Chennai, which will have a capacity of four lakh units a year and will be set up with an investment of Rs 4,500 crore.

The company today held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site in Chennai. "This is an important day in Chennai for Renault, Nissan, our local employees and the community".

"The new project is a very tangible result of the strength and success of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, and is a clear indicator of RNAIPL's long-term strategy for this important market," Mr Shohei Kimura, Managing Director, RNAIPL said in a statement.

The facility, which is expected to begin operations in 2010, would have an annual production capacity of four lakh vehicles for both local market and export.

RNAIPL is a 50:50 joint venture between Renault and Nissan to manufacture passenger vehicles and has a minimum investment plan of Rs 4,500 crore in the country. Earlier last month, Renault-Nissan Alliance entered into a joint venture with the country's two wheeler major Bajaj to develop, produce and market a low-cost car by 2011, which will be priced at $2,500.

Besides, Renault has planned to produce several cars on the Logan as well as other platforms.

"It is currently developing a product range to best match Indian customers' needs, tastes and dreams," the company said. On the other hand, Nissan would produce a family of models based on its new A-platform, including Micra. - PTI

Subra

June 6th, 2008, 01:13 PM

senthil2001msk

June 6th, 2008, 05:55 PM

Trivitron to invest Rs 170 crore for technology park

http://www.expresspharmaonline.com/20080615/market11.shtml

Trivitron group of companies has laid the foundation stone for construction of Trivitron's Medical Technology Park (TMTP) at the SIPCOT industrial park, Irungattukottai, Sriperambadur. This park is first of its kind in India and will also have collaborations with the world renowned medical technology companies. Trivitron has signed three joint ventures with Aloka from Japan, Biosystems of Spain, and Brandon Medical, a UK based company, to manufacture black and white ultrasound systems and colour dopplers, wide range of diagnostics reagents and shadowless high end operating theatre lights.

TMTP is spread over an area of 23 acres and will see an investment of over Rs 250 crore in the first phase of the project. Trivitron also plans to invest Rs 170 crore in the project and the remaining Rs 80 crore will be raised through various joint ventures. The upcoming facility will be built at par with international manufacturing standards and the layout abides the FDA and CE norms. Trivitron is also exploring the option of converting the park into SEZ after acquiring another two-acre land in the same location.

The aim of the park is to develop high quality, cost effective medical technology products suited to the needs of developing countries. This will also enhance the accessibility and affordability of these products to the rural mass. The company will primarily focus on producing medical technology products for emerging markets with particular emphasis on South Asia, Middle East and African Markets. Trivitron will focus on manufacturing of medical equipments in the areas of critical care, cardiac care, imaging and routine laboratory diagnostics. For the initial phase, it will manufacture products with the support of its in-house technology and R&D department, which would include products like x-ray machines, C arm, ECG machines, stress test systems and Holter monitors, syringe and infusion pumps, haematology reagents, haemodialysis concentrates etc. All products manufactured in the TMTP will be CE and US FDA approved and will be sold in all the emerging markets across the world apart from India.

"Our aim is to position India as an alternate viable low cost manufacturing hub in the global manufacturing map of medical technology products," said Dr G S K Velu, Managing Director, Trivitron. On choosing Chennai, he opined, "Chennai has always been the most sought after destination for top multinational companies in the areas of automobiles, electronics, and software etc due to its industrial friendly policies. Moreover, the Government of Tamil Nadu has proactively helped us in bringing this project to the state. The MTP proposes to employ over 1,000 people in the coming three years and will create abundant employment opportunities for the people of Tamil Nadu. The products manufactured in MTP will be priced 30 to 50 percent less than the current MRP."

Yoshihiro Yoshikawa, President, Aloka, Japan, said, "We are pleased to partner with Trivitron in this project, which is sure to change the face of the medical technology manufacturing industry in India. The demand for high quality ultra sound equipments is constantly increasing. The domestic manufacturing will help in keeping a check on the rising cost of healthcare in India. Our rudimentary objective is making quality healthcare affordable to the Indian population that has grown to 1.13 billion people." Initially, Trivitron will use 15 acres of land for manufacturing its products through technology transfer arrangements and remaining 10 acres will be allotted to its JV companies.

Arul Murugan

June 7th, 2008, 04:39 AM

Work on Renault-Nissan car plant gets under way

Special Correspondent

Passenger cars to be rolled out from the facility by 2010

CHENNAI: The ground-breaking ceremony of the Rs. 4,500-crore Renault-Nissan Automotive India Pvt Ltd (RNAIPL) car manufacturing plant was performed at Oragadam near Chennai on Friday, with the company officials promising to roll out the first passenger car by 2010.

Top officials of the company took part in the ceremony, while Industries Secretary M.F. Farooqui unveiled the plaque.

Renault and Nissan are holding 50 per cent stake each in the new company that proposes to manufacture 400,000 passenger cars a year. The cars are meant for domestic as well as export markets.

Essential suppliers are also planning to set up their base in Oragadam as well as in Pillaipakkam. RNAIPL would procure most of its components from its vendors, who are being allotted around 250 acres of land and their investment is estimated to be over Rs. 1,000 crore.

Three models

In his address, Nissan Motor Co senior vice-president Colin Dodge said that Nissan proposes to produce a family of three models based on its new A-platform, including the next generation of Micra.

“India is one of the five leading competitive countries to produce the new A-platform models. The development of a competitive A-platform is one of the several business breakthroughs announced as part of Nissan GT 2012, the company’s new five-year business plan. We are fully committed to India and would offer only the best. The new compact cars would address the needs of larger section of society,” he added.

Renault Group executive vice-president – Manufacturing and Logistics Michel Gornet said that Renault plans to produce several cars on the Logan platform and on the other platforms as well. Renault is currently developing a product range to match Indian customers’ needs, tastes and dreams and this called for setting up a new facility in Oragadam.

Mr. Farooqui said that the establishment of RNAIPL added brand value to Tamil Nadu as an investment destination and it also opened up new areas of employment.

He also said that a major portion of land was handed over to the company to begin the construction activities.

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Traditional start: Shohei Kimura, corporate vice-president of Nissan Motor Co Ltd, participating in the ground breaking ceremony at Oragadam, near Chennai on Friday.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/07/stories/2008060753530500.htm

senthil2001msk

June 9th, 2008, 11:21 AM

Moserbaer signs MOU with TN Government

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Chennai, June 09: : New Delhi-based leading optical storage media manufacturer Moser Baer (India) which had chosen Chennai to set up a Rs 2,000 crore solar photovoltaic fabrication facility had signed an MOU with the TN Government today

This signals a new era in the state's emergence as an electronics manufacturing hub.

The solar PV facility is expected to come up on 120 acres at the Oragadam-Sriperumbudur SIPCOT SEZ. However, the company has sought about 250 acres for its Chennai unit, provisioning for future expansion. The plant will be developed in two stages. In the first stage, a single thin-film solar fabrication facility will be set up following the land acquisition process, according to Moser Baer officials.

In the initial phase, the plant would create around 3,000 jobs, including for engineers and research scientists, said Deepak Puri, managing director, Moser Baer India. The company expects to fund its Chennai expansion through internal growth accruals. The plant is expected to generate revenues to the tune of $1 billion over the next 3-5 years.

Puri said Moser Baer had decided to move into Tamil Nadu due to the support of a progressive government, efficient administration and investor-friendly policies followed by the state. M. H. Farooqui secretary, industries, government of Tamil Nadu, signed the MOU on behalf of the T N Government and Deepak Puri CMD of Moserbaer signed on behalf of Moserbaer India Ltd., in the presence of M Karunanidhi Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, A Raja Union minister for communications and the chief secretary L K Tripathi.

The global photovoltaic market is on a high growth curve, with sales expected to grow over six times

The company is also working on the "thin-film" technology to make solar cells. It had announced an investment of $250 million (around Rs 1,110 crore) over the next three years to set up the largest thin-film solar fabrication (fab) facility in the world.

Thin-film solar modules are ideal for energy farms, rural applications and building integrated photovoltaic markets. - Staff Reporter

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vinothvasagar

June 11th, 2008, 10:20 AM

CHENNAI: Work on the Rs.993-crore water desalination plant in Chennai South will commence within 3 or 4 months. It will be completed in 18 months, Chief Secretary L.K.Tripathy said here on Tuesday.

Addressing a workshop on ‘Industrial and Municipal Water Management,’ organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry in association with the Netherlands Business Support Office and Norit India, he said the 100-million-litre-a-day (MLD) desalination plant is being set up at Nemmeli on the DBOOT (design, build, own, operate and transfer) basis.

On Tuesday, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi held a review meeting with Mr.Tripathy and senior officials on the desalination plant being set up in Kattupalli near Minjur. Sixtythree per cent of the work was over and the Rs. 500 crore-100 MLD plant would become operational by January 2009. It would be fully operational by April-May 2009.

Later, Mr. Tripathy told The Hindu that the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) would select a consultant this month for supplying recycled waste water for industries in Sriperumbudur, Oragadam and Irungattukottai and tenders for the Rs. 680 crore-project would be floated within six months.
The project would come up in three phases of 40 MLD each and water would be made available to industrial units by the third year. The first two plants built on DBOOT are being set up at Nesapakkam and Koyambedu. The work on taking Cauvery drinking water to Ramnathapuram district by traversing 260 km would be completed by April-May 2009. It would benefit at least four districts, he said.

The Chief Secretary said that the State government was keen on providing quality water by investing over Rs.4,000 crore in the above schemes. He added that Hogenakkal drinking water project was aimed at supplying quality water to those affected by fluoride.

M. Holterman, Norit Chief Growth Officer, termed Chennai as the Water Scarcity Capital of India and said immediate steps had to be taken to address it. He asked the Indian entrepreneurs to develop and implement sustainable water strategy as time was running out.

FICCI Tamil Nadu State Council chairman M. Rafeeque Ahmed said a 7,200 kilo-litre-a-day effluent treatment plant for tanneries at Vaniyambadi-Vellore region would become operational in a couple of months.

senthil2001msk

June 14th, 2008, 10:04 AM

Laird to manufacture in Chennai

http://www.ciol.com/Technology/Mobility/News-Reports/Laird-to-manufacture-in-Chennai/13608107060/0/

Approximately 1,000-1,200 people to be employed in 160,000sqft facility when in full operation

CHENNAI, INDIA: USA-headquartered Laird Technologies Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of customized, performance-critical products for wireless and other advanced electronics applications, today hosted a dedication ceremony for its first manufacturing facility in India. Laird. a unit of the UK-based Laird Group PLC, employs over 14,000 employees in more than 40 facilities located in 14 countries.

The facility, located in the Nokia Telecom SEZ (Special Economic Zone) in Sriperembudur near Chennai, was inaugurated by L.K. Tripathi, Chief Secretary to Tamil Nadu Government and G.K. Pillai, Commerce Secretary, Government of India. Mike Connor, British Deputy High Commissioner and Director of UK Trade and Investment for Southern India, was also present for the occasion, as were top management from The Laird Group PLC and Laird Technologies, Inc.

With an investment of over $15 million, Laird's 160,000 sqft manufacturing facility will employ between 1,000 to 1,200 people when in full production. The facility will initially produce antennas, battery packs and EMI shielding products for cellular handset applications for its Indian customers. The company also expects to export the products manufactured at the Chennai facility to overseas markets.

According to Sri Talpallikar, Laird Technologies Managing Director-India, the choice of Chennai as the company's first location in India was due to the "availability of a skilled workforce, support from the Tamil Nadu Government, the presence of good logistics, excellent infrastructure facilities, lower costs and our 'close to the customer' strategy. This new facility will allow us to support our Indian customers with products in a timely and efficient manner."

Laird already supplies products to large Indian enterprises in the mobile phone, telecom infrastructure equipment, computer hardware, and automotive electronics sectors from manufacturing facilities outside India. By setting up of the manufacturing facility in Chennai, Laird Technologies is poised to aggressively expand its customer base over the next 12-18 months in the rapidly growing market for electronic products in India.

Marty Rapp, Laird Technologies CEO, added: "Our new manufacturing facility in Chennai is a big step for us in our goal to be local, globally. Now that the facility is in operation, we look forward to introducing a wider range of our products, and servicing the rapidly growing electronics market in India."

senthil2001msk

June 16th, 2008, 10:39 AM

Aspocomp & Wintek to start operating in Nokia's park in India within three months

http://www.evertiq.com/news/read.do?news=11489&cat=5

Aspocomp and Wintek may open operations in Nokia’s Telecom Park at Sriperumbudur within the next three months.

http://www.evertiq.com/news_images/evertiq//oem_production/nokia_production_salo.jpg

The mobile phone manufacturer will then have all its major suppliers on the vicinity; Salcomp, Aspocomp, Foxconn, Perlos, Jabil, Laird and Wintek. The park is said to further recruit staff to increase its workforce to 30000 by 2009. Nokia’s total investment so far has reached $210 million and a further investment of $75 million is planned for this year, according to sify. Most of the here produced products are sold in India and other Asian markets.

madurai veeran

June 17th, 2008, 10:05 PM

Truck unit to be set up at Oragadam

CHENNAI: Finally, Daimler-Hero Motor Corporation has decided to locate its truck manufacturing facility near here.

The unit, a joint venture of the $4-billion Hero Group and the world’s largest truck maker Daimler AG, is likely to come up at Oragadam.

A memorandum of understanding is likely to be signed soon. Hero Motor will have a 40 per cent stake and Daimler will invest the rest.

Led by Sunil Kant Munjal, chairman of the new company, officials of the Hero Group and Daimler met Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and other officials here on Wednesday to seek their support for the project.

Informed sources said the partners will invest Rs.4,400 crore over five years. While Hero will invest Rs. 900 crore and Daimler Rs. 1,386 crore, the rest will be raised through debt. The plant will have an annual capacity of 70,000 trucks.

To begin with, it will produce light and medium vehicles and then move to heavy-duty trucks. The first truck will roll out by 2010. The trucks will have 80 per cent local content.

“This will be the fourth manufacturing unit for Daimler, after Japan, Germany and the U.S. Daimler is planning to convert the new plant into a manufacturing hub for Asia to meet the demands of the domestic as well as international market. For the Hero Group, it is the maiden entry into Tamil Nadu. It is the world’s largest manufacturer of cycles. We will persuade them to expand their manufacturing activities,” an official told The Hindu.

Before finalising the place, the company officials had said they would like to fix a location that had good infrastructure, supply chain and logistics. The plant will employ around 2,000 people.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/18/stories/2008061854020500.htm

Subra

June 17th, 2008, 10:46 PM

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Rasnaboy

June 19th, 2008, 07:10 AM

N. Anand

CHENNAI: The State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) on Wednesday sanctioned more than Rs. 5 crore for creating common infrastructure at the Irungattukottai apparel park.

PSK Engineering will build women’s hostel, crèche, design studio and clinic at a cost of Rs. 4.25 crore.

Another Rs. 1 crore has been earmarked for training equipment.

“In the past, we failed to get a favourable response as the bids quoted by contractors were huge. However, we succeeded in our last attempt, since we clubbed all the facilities under one head. PSK emerged as the lowest bidder; incidentally, it has constructed most of the buildings in the Collectorate,” SIPCOT Chairman and Managing Director N. Govindan told The Hindu.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/19/stories/2008061954810500.htm

senthil2001msk

June 19th, 2008, 04:21 PM

Sriperumbudur Emerges As First IT Investment Region

http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=635092&SMap=1

(RTTNews) - Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, is all set to become India's first IT investment region, as the area is emerging as a hub of electronics, telecom hardware and automobiles, Financial Chronicle reported.This is an initiative initiated by the Union Communication and IT ministry on the lines of Petroleum, Chemical, Petro-products Investment Region or PCPIR.

A quadrilateral zone of 1,600 sq.km. with its boundaries connecting Chennai, Kanchipuram, Chingleput and Mahabalipuram, will be earmarked as the IT Investment Region. The zone will connect the Chennai-Bangalore NH-4 to Kanchipuram, Chennai-Tiruchi NH-45 up to Chingleput and Chennai-Mahabalipuram IT corridor, besides linking Mahabalipuram, Chingleput and Kanchipuram.

The central and state governments will create necessary infrastructure jointly. However, the governments will neither extend any tax benefits nor assist the investors in procuring the land, a senior state government official informed the media.

The motivation to set up an IT Investment Region in the nearby Sriperumbudur is inspired by the fact that Chennai-Kanchipuram belt has become a hub of electronics and telecom hardware manufacturing industry and that of Old Mahabalipuram Road a software hub. Moreover, there is a vast hinterland lying between these two major corridors that are ideally suited for infrastructure development. In addition, there is a scope for future development rapidly along the arterial road, which is more evenly spread, the official informed the media.

Besides these two corridors, the region encompasses the GST Road (NH-45) that has already attracted investments from automobile giants like Ford.

It is also home to a few SEZs, including Mahindra Global City. The nearly Oragadam belt will be housing several automobile majors like Renault, Nissan, Caparo, M&M and Apollo Tyres, the report said.

Madras_Fan

June 19th, 2008, 04:27 PM

And finally the tenders for 4 laning of works for sriperumbudur - Oragadam along with vandalur - wallajabad is ON. Now Tambaram - Kanchi buses can zoom in 40 minutes after completion of this projects. I would suggest government should acquire land for rail strip along these stretches as the freight potential will be so huge

Roman Tarmat bags new orders from Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Corporation

Roman Tarmat Ltd has announced that the Company has received 2 (Two) new work order from Tamilnadu Road Infrastructure Development Corporation (Govt. of Tamil Nadu Undertaking).

The company has received a Project - Oragadam Industrial Corridor road - Kancheepuram District Improvements (4 Lines) to Singaperumalkooil - Sriperumpudur road. The Letter of Acceptance No.: TNRIDC/Tender/Package - I/2008. The Value Of the Contract is Rs 5698 Lakhs.

The company has received another Project - Oragadam Industrial Corridor road - Kancheepuram District Improvements (4 Lines) to Vandalur - Wallajabad road. The Letter of Acceptance No.: TNRIDC/Tender/Package - I/2008. The Value Of the Contract is Rs 4950 Lakhs.

http://www.equitybulls.com/admin/news2006/news_det.asp?id=32814

kvijayasundaram

June 22nd, 2008, 04:38 AM

http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/22/stories/2008062254780500.htm

Preliminary works are under way for setting up a Rs.1,300-crore container terminal in the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency, Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T.R. Baalu said on Saturday.

Inaugurating a ‘health mela’ at Sriperumpudur on Saturday, he said the Chennai Port Trust would acquire 64 acres at Gerugambakkam. The terminal, he said, would function as a “dry port,” where all procedures for export and import of goods could be completed.

Subra

June 26th, 2008, 11:15 AM

http://www.tn.gov.in/pressrelease/pr260608/pr260608_479.pdf

Investment - 300 crores. :cheers:

R2IChennai

June 26th, 2008, 06:45 PM

http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/22/stories/2008062254780500.htm

This is excellant one more feather in cap for Sriperumbudur belt, making it competetive to anyport city (even though its just 40kms from two major ports)

senthil2001msk

June 29th, 2008, 07:43 AM

http://www.techshout.com/mobile-phones/2008/28/rcom-to-supply-motorola-w362-phone-in-india/

With the growing popularity of Motorola phones in India, it is apparent that RCom wants to cash in on with the phone’s growing subscription base. Although RCom already supplies many other CDMA handsets like Nokia, the number one phone in India with respect to its market share, what sets its association with Motorola W362 apart is that the Motorola phone is completely made in India as per the claims made by RCom. The handset is made at the Motorola plant in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.

senthil2001msk

June 29th, 2008, 07:48 AM

http://www.dailythanthi.com/Vanigam.asp

Name : Videocon electronics
Type : Consumer electronics manufacturing
Investment : INR 2000 crores
Location : Oragadam
Plant size : 100 acres
MOU : to be signed with one month

kvijayasundaram

July 5th, 2008, 05:05 AM

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Auto/Auto_Components/Delphi_to_set_up_Rs_300-crore_unit_in_TN/articleshow/3194310.cms

US-based auto component giant Delphi’s Indian expansion is gaining speed. It is setting up a manufacturing unit to produce electronics and safety management system (ESM) products in Chennai. The greenfield project, coming up on ten acres at Oragadam, is meant to serve as a cluster for several customers, including Tata’s small car ‘Nano’ project.

In-principle approval for the project, entailing an investment of Rs 300 crore, has been obtained last month, sources close to the development told ET. Land has already been allotted for the purpose. Though the procedural process for the project began end-last year, it is still in the work-in-progress stage.

The hardware unit would manufacture products for the booming India market, where advancements in automotive space are taking place rapidly. To address changing customer needs, technology is deployed to enable integration of safety and functionality features in the end-product. The unit in the emerging auto corridor would produce instrument clustres in the first phase and then follow it up with a range of products like air bags, seat belts, immobilisers and body computers (microprocessor-chip driven controls for a range of applications like wiper, headlamps and power windows). There are not many players in the entire value-stream of EMS, sources added.

The new venture is aimed at tapping the multi-billion dollar ESM market, the overall market size of which is expected to touch $7 billion by 2016, according to industry observers. For Delphi, this separate line of business would enable it to straddle hardware and software, to be present in the entire value-chain.

The Michigan-headquartered Delphi, which has been present in India as a wholly-owned subsidiary since 1995, considers India as one its key markets in the Asia Pacific. It operates through four manufacturing facilities, located in Bangalore, Noida, Gurgaon and Manesar, and one technical centre in Bangalore.

The centre, which started out with 36 employees, has now grown to 600 employees. Delphi is planning to add another 250 engineers by 2010 to support local and global automotive programmes. In response to queries from ET, Delphi’s India head office in Delhi said, “Our technical centre in India provides products and back-office support to Delphi globally.”

The Technical Center India (TCI) in Bangalore was set up in 2000 to support global requirements for automobile technology solutions. Since then, the TCI has grown and expanded rapidly. “Our presence in India has had both manufacturing and product development and applications engineering aspects to it.

We have been supplying to Indian and global OEMs in India. And we are committed to supporting the growth of our customers,” it said. “Going forward, Delphi plans to expand the localised products in the Indian market to support customers in India and improve competitiveness and leverage our technological development capabilities and establish design capabilities,” it said.

Delphi will leverage its technological development and design capabilities for executing programmes for Indian OEMs. “We plan to pursue Indian OEMs aggressively and simultaneously leverage parent relationship to win business with foreign OEMs,” it further said.

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Subra

July 5th, 2008, 02:27 PM

Cool ! This is on top of the 500 crore investment from Delphi-TVS at Oragadam for manufacturing common rail diesel injection (CRDI) systems.

senthil2001msk

July 6th, 2008, 07:36 AM

Delphi-TVS to invest Rs 500 cr in their Chennai plant

http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=14588174

Auto parts maker Delphi-TVS today said it will invest Rs 500 crores in its manufacturing and technical centre at Chennai and expects a revenue of Rs 1,200 crore by 2012.

Subra

July 6th, 2008, 11:32 PM

:cheers: I couldn't wait till monday guys. :cheers:
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Auto/Daimler-Hero_JV_to_start_in_2010_make_70000_trucks/articleshow/3203829.cms

NEW DELHI: The Rs 4,400 crore Hero-Daimler joint-venture project to build commercial vehicles will come up in Tamil Nadu. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) under the name Daimler Hero Motor Corporation (DHMC), will be signed on Monday at Chennai in the presence of Hero and Daimler top brass. The head of the Daimler truck division Andreas Renschler will fly down from Stuttgart for the signing ceremony with the Tamil Nadu government.

The manufacturing plant, which will initially focus on light and medium commercial vehicles, is likely to be established in a more than 1,000 acre campus. It will be an integrated manufacturing facility and will commence operations from 2010, with an initial production capacity of 70,000 trucks per year.

It will be an expandable facility and will roll out heavy commercial vehicles in the 49 tonne pay load capacity by 2012. It will give direct employment to around 2,000 people. The DHMC project will be set up under the Tamil Nadu "Ultra Mega Integrated Automobile Projects Policy" which offers huge concessions to automobile projects involving an investment of not less than Rs 4,000 crore in a single location.

DHMC would enjoy total refunds on VAT and CST, 100% exemption from stamp duty, concessional land and concessional power supply, but will have to start production within seven years of signing the MoU with the government. Besides the entire 'Input tax' is also refundable under this investment promotion policy.

"The facility will start with an R&D centre focusing on light and medium commercial vehicles being developed to suit Indian conditions. The new facility would avail heavy discounts from the Tamil Nadu government and help it to produce low-cost commercial vehicles for the domestic market and also utilise Chennai's port facility for export in the Asia Pacific region," sources in the automobile industry said.

In the new venture, Daimler will invest Rs 1,386 crore for 60% equity while Hero puts up Rs 900 crore for the remaining 40%. DHMC will handle the volume-oriented lower-end commercial vehicles and the top-end specialised products from the Daimler stable, like the Mercedes-Benz Actros truck range, will be rolled out from Mercedes Benz India's new Chakan plant.

DHMC will launch an all new brand of commercial vehicles in India and for export. The Stuttgart based Daimler will not bring its existing international truck brands - Mercedes Benz, West Star, Freightliner, Sterling and Mitsubishi Fuso - but develop a new full channel of low-cost range of trucks for the domestic and export market.

Subra

July 7th, 2008, 12:22 AM

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Auto/Post-recast_SCL_Wabco-TVS_to_scale_up_business/articleshow/3203863.cms

SCL plans to set up a die castings plant at Oragadam with an investment of Rs 80 crore. It is to meet the massive expansion programme of Hyundai. It is also proposed to set up an export unit at Mahindra World City at a cost of Rs 70 crore

wcgokul

July 7th, 2008, 04:02 AM

Subra

July 7th, 2008, 12:27 PM

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TechCity

July 7th, 2008, 03:54 PM

A survey by global consulting major, Capgemini, late last year suggested that India could challenge China and emerge as the next big manufacturing destination over the next three-to-five years. On the surface, that sounds like a fantastic claim. But as BT crisscrossed manufacturing hubs across the country, we found the sheer amount of activity taking place in these towns mind-boggling. From smaller towns like Aurangabad, a traditional manufacturing hub, to newer locations like Paradeep, manufacturers are setting up shop and expanding at a breakneck speed. So, what makes these towns good locations for manufacturing? At a broad level, these include the availability of land and cheap labour, a healthy industrial relations atmosphere, physical infrastructure (roads, airports) and proximity to markets. Then, state governments are providing fiscal incentives to build on the many natural advantages these clusters enjoy. Here’s what BT discovered…

Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu
State capital: Chennai
Nearest airport: Meenambakkam, 43 km
Nearest seaport: Chennai, 50 km
Connected by: Road and air
Major industries: Automobiles, telecom, cement, electronics and glass
Major units: Hyundai Motor India, Nokia and Saint-Gobain

http://mediaservice.digitaltoday.in/businesstoday/images/stories/June15/manufacturing3-3_1169.jpg
Hyundai’s Sriperumbudur plantIt was Hyundai Motor India’s decision, in 1996, to set up its plant in this sleepy hamlet that turned the arc lights on Sriperumbudur. Hyundai was followed by 50 ancillaries, which turned the area into an auto manufacturing hub. The South Korean auto major has so far invested Rs 4,000 crore. In 2001, Saint-Gobain, the France-based glass manufacturer, followed with a Rs 535-crore unit, which was subsequently expanded by another Rs 800 crore. And in 2005, Nokia set up a cell phone manufacturing facility in its SEZ here. “Within three years, the SEZ (of 220 acres) is filled up,” says Sachin Saxena, Director, Nokia India. Then, a host of smaller companies have also set up base in this neck of the woods. All of them speak glowingly about the region’s “enabling bureaucracy”, which makes land acquisition and other procedures a breeze. M. Velmurugan, Director, Industry Guidance Bureau, Tamil Nadu, who administers the state’s single window clearance scheme, says: “We anticipate and facilitate matters for investors on the ground even before the discussion is over and we close the deal.’’ The nearest airport, at Meenambakkam, is 43 km away, but there is a proposal to build a new airport at Sriperumbudur itself. The nearest seaport is 50 km away in Chennai.

The availability of skilled manpower only adds to the attractiveness of this cluster. However, there are storm clouds forming in the horizon. “The CITU (the often militant trade union arm of the CPM) is raising its head,” warns Suhasini Frederick, the owner of Sriperumbudur Times, a local newspaper, adding that the Sriperumbudur-Oragadam region has about 400 manufacturing units.

—Nitya Varadarajan

Tirupur, Tamil Nadu
State capital: Chennai
Nearest airport: Coimbatore, 50 km
Nearest seaport: Tuticorin, 320 km
Connected by: Road and air
Major industries: Apparel and readymade garments
Major units: Styleman Exports, Network Clothing Company and Royal Garments

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An export unit in TirupurTirupur accounts for 56 per cent of Indian knitwear exports. The town is attractive as a cluster, thanks to the well organised ancillary network that helps exporters.

These units have invested more than Rs 1,500 crore on upgrading technology to meet exacting international standards at short notice. Skilled manpower is also freely available.

However, there are only a handful of units with revenues of more than Rs 100 crore, and this may prove to be its Achilles’ heel in an increasingly integrated world.

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Source:http://businesstoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?issueid=29&id=5390&option=com_content&task=view

All major manufacturing hubs in india is dicussed in this article.

Rasnaboy

July 8th, 2008, 04:18 AM

Source:http://businesstoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?issueid=29&id=5390&option=com_content&task=view

All major manufacturing hubs in india is dicussed in this article.

Excellent Info, Techcity :)

Raj_network

July 13th, 2008, 07:52 AM

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It is expected to give a thrust to industrial activity in Oragadam-Sriperumbudur clusters
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TAMBARAM: Preliminary works on the Rs.300-crore Oragadam Industrial Corridor Road project have started. :banana:

The project, executed by the Tamil Nadu Road Infrastructure Development Corporation and funded through the State Highways Department, is expected to give a thrust to industrial activity in the Oragadam-Sriperumbudur clusters. It will also provide additional connectivity between Grand Southern Trunk Road (National Highway 45) and Grand Western Trunk Road (NH 4 or Bangalore Highway).

Under the project, two roads will be upgraded - State Highway 48 between Vandalur and Wallajahbad and State Highway 57 between Singaperumal Koil and Sriperumbudur. The project has been split into four packages - S.P. Koil to Oragadam; Oragadam to Sriperumbudur; Vandalur to Oragadam and from there to Wallajahbad.

In addition, a grade separator will be built at Oragadam, at the intersection of roads leading to the other four places. A sum of Rs.182 crore has been earmarked for the 24.6-km road between S.P. Koil and Sriperumbudur and 81.74 hectares of land in 28 villages will be acquired for expansion on this stretch. In the first phase, the entire stretch will be converted as a four-lane highway and later, the segment between Oragadam and Sriperumbudur alone would be converted into a six-lane segment considering the phenomenal increase in traffic on this stretch in the past few years, officials of TNRIDC told The Hindu on Saturday.

And Rs.117.8 crore has been allotted for the 33.4-km long stretch between Vandalur and Wallajahbad and 22.6 hectares in 19 villages would be acquired for the purpose. Of the Rs.300 crore, Rs.74 crore has been earmarked for land acquisition, while the rest would be for civil works, including the grade separator at Oragadam, the officials said. There was adequate land for expanding the roads for a width of 21 metres, but they were acquiring additional land keeping in mind the future requirements for strengthening of shoulders and creating space for shifting of utilities. The widening and construction of a grade separator is expected to bring down the travel time between Tambaram and Kancheepuram considerably.

A road over bridge is being built at the cost of Rs.20 crore to replace the railway level crossing near Vandalur Railway Station (LC No. 34) at the intersection of GST Road and the road leading to Wallajahbad via Oragadam. Improving the road between S.P. Koil and Sriperumbudur would provide additional connectivity between GST Road and Bangalore Highway after the Chennai Bypass between Irumbuliyur and Madhuravoyal.

As part of the preliminary works, a large number of fully-grown trees of different varieties are being uprooted by workers employed by the State Highways Department. While the number of these trees coming under the axe is yet to be calculated, the officials, however, said saplings would be planted in the months to come, based on the norms stipulated by the government.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/13/stories/2008071359210400.htm

TechGuy

July 16th, 2008, 08:16 PM

Tech Guy

Ramesh Ranganathan

July 17th, 2008, 10:51 AM

25/09/07 -There is a lot of land in Sriperumbudur/ Sriperumbuthur on the Chennai to Bangalore Highway which is being acquired by the Tamil Nadu Goverment SIPCOT agency, in order to hand over to large Indian and Multi national companies. Apart from this there is large contiguous area being planned for takeover by the airports authority for their new Greenfield International Airport. Therefore buying land anywhere within 20km radius of the Rajiv Gandhi memorial is fraught with risk, because even if a property is not earmarked for acquisition today... it could be tomorrow!! On the other hand this place which is just 30 kms or so from Chennai is one of the fastest developing area in the World. That's right! It has been acknowledged as a future competitor to the fastest developing areas of China. Nokia, Dell, Hyundai, Flexitronics, Foxconn and numerous other international brands are already there. Obviously those who possess land here are lucky and should fight to hold on to it.
Unfortunately we Middle class Indians have very little back bone. Our land is being acquired by the Govt agencies for ridiculous low prices. Plot owners in Orgadum village, Sriperumbudur were paid between Rs40/sft to Rs.105/sft for land in approved layouts. Unapproved and agricultural land fetched even less. And Rs.105 was paid only for prime roadside plots. The real market value is currently over Rs.500 per sft. Anyone who knows about the current cost of real estate in Tamil Nadu will agree with me that these poor land owners were simply cheated out of their hard earned money. They have not only been deprived of their chance to benefit from the fantastic future development of the area, but have also been given such a paltry compensation that they can never dream of investing in any equivalent land with the proceeds. To add insult to injury, the compensation was paid to them AFTER deduction of tax at highest rate. the Government claims that it needs the land to attract Industries into the state. Those companies are lining up to set up shop here. That they are subsidizing the actual cost of SEZ land and giving it over to industrialists cheap, in addition to handing out all the tax sops and benefits to them. That's all very fine and more grease to the Government’s elbows, provided they are meeting these expenses wholly from their own development funds. Unfortunately, that's a lie. It's the poor original plot owners and farmers who actually bear the cost. It is they who are actually bearing the brunt of the subsidization. The cheap land handed out is actually at the expense of their sweat and tears! It is at the expense of their's and their children’s futures. Just imagine the plight of a man who has purchased some plots of land in a DTP sanctioned residential layout 15 years ago with foresight, in say Pillaipakkam Village, Sriperumbudur. He has dreamed of building his own home there once he nears retirement, and once the area develops. Now he sees that his plans will soon be fulfilled, since the area has now entered the phase of rapid development. In fact land prices are so high everywhere that he is glad that he made that far sighted decision all those years back, because now there is no chance of his buying land anywhere in and around Chennai, even if he works another two lifetimes, on his present salary. In fact construction costs have also gone up to over Rs1000/sft, but he can always manage by selling off part of his land at the current rates (over Rs.800 per SFT in Pilliapakkam Tambaram Road layouts) to finance construction. Suddenly retirement looks good, and life happy. Then suddenly he gets a letter from the collectorate asking him menacingly whether he has any objection to his land being taken over. Everyone who knows these things advises him that any objection he makes will meet it's fate in the dustbin. He will be called for some bogus "enquiry" meetings and then, if he is smart, he should accept the paltry "compensation" (which will be determined at a later stage after you have already given up the fight) else he will be ignored and his land will ultimately be taken over anyway. The man's entire life thus is ruined, all for the so called development of the state. He is not even appreciated by that state to which he is forced to sacrifice, else why is he being taxed on even the meager amounts given to him?? Is this fair? Aren't the real beneficiaries of this legalized land grabbing (SEZ) only the already rich industrialists and the politically connected land owners whose land is strategically placed outside the purview of these acquisitions??
Think about this...is it not your right to own land as a citizen? If you allow this to happen to others, maybe tomorrow it will be your turn also. If the TN Government can give free TV sets to half the population, can it not give a fair compensation to the land owners, based on a price determined by an independent body?? Our good Indian citizens will never stand in the way of progress, but why should they be taken for a ride? Compensate them generously so that they can go on with their lives and live in peace. It is the government's mistake and lack of planning not to have taken over these lands 15 years ago when they decided to develop satellite towns around Chennai city. Then they could have paid much less to the farmers who were willing to sell to the private developers at the time, and would have caused much less damage. Now after this land has changed hands over the years and been developed into residential plots by numerous far sighted people , they can not just waltz in one fine day and take it over to simply gift it to the already privileged. There is hope if we take a stand. See what happened when the affected persons around the current Chennai airport took a determined fight to the authorities. The Government had to back down. So if your land in Pillaipakkam or elsewhere is under acquisition make your voice heard, and fight to ensure that you are well compensated.

UPDATE ON 17TH JULY 2008

Compensation Rates Fixed By Tamil Nadu Government
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As per the Hindu Newspaper report dated Thursday 17th July 2008 the Tamil Nadu government has finally come out with the rates of compensation to be paid by SIPCOT to plot owners of lands in Pillaipakkam, Vengadu, Navalur and Irumbedu Villages coming under Sriperumbudur village.
See Link:
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/17/s...1759200400.htm

The compensation fixed is between Rs.100/sft to Rs.200/sft max !!

With this amount of compensation the landowners can buy themselves lots of peanuts...they certainly will not be able to purchase any alternate sites for their homes. The Government says that these rates were fixed after considering last land transaction amount and current market value. Since land sales in these areas were frozen quite some time back, there has been no transactions within the relevant past - also the market rate can not be determined except by considering the rates in the areas nearby where land can still be registered. If the current market rates in and around Sriperumbudur are seriously taken into account - then the compensation rates would be in multiples of what the Government is offering. The rates offered are criminally low. The Government is really exploiting the landowners in a most unfair and inhuman way.
In the same day's Hindu there is a report that the Tamil Nadu Housing board will be selling plots in Sriperumbudur soon. Will they be available at the rates that the Govt is offering as compensation? Certainly not if you look at the TNHB record of recent sales in Shollinganallur etc. So the Government can sell to it's citizens at market value, but when it comes to compensating those from whom land has been forceably acquired - it's just a fraction of market price. At least they can have the decency to allot alternative plots through TNHB on preferential basis to these land owners and also exempt them from paying tax on their compensation amounts, which should at least be minimum of twice the current level offered.

All affected people should take a more proactive stand and come together immediately to demand a fairer compensation for ourselves and our families.
Keep monitoring the web for others like yourself and come together!

Subra

July 17th, 2008, 11:46 AM

25/09/07 -

Sad to hear!

We also need to blame people who register their land far below the market value to avoid paying tax to the government. Is this fair ? If they keep doing this, govt can only use that value to pay compensation back.
Since there is no clear land acquisition policy for industries, we always end up in this situation. :bash:

dis.agree

July 17th, 2008, 04:44 PM

UPDATE ON 17TH JULY 2008

Compensation Rates Fixed By Tamil Nadu Government
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As per the Hindu Newspaper report dated Thursday 17th July 2008 the Tamil Nadu government has finally come out with the rates of compensation to be paid by SIPCOT to plot owners of lands in Pillaipakkam, Vengadu, Navalur and Irumbedu Villages coming under Sriperumbudur village.
See Link:
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/17/s...1759200400.htm

The compensation fixed is between Rs.100/sft to Rs.200/sft max !!

that's not too bad. only 6 months back i found lands at rs. 150-200/sqft before sriperumbudur, just short of hyundai. all these areas you have mentioned seems much after sriperumbudur.

Madras_Fan

July 17th, 2008, 05:40 PM

I am very happy on development prospects of chennai and at the same time I feel pained on such news of Low compensation.

BTW is this the right place to voice your grievances ??

If you are sure that the compensation is way low, go to court and seek better compensation. Pointing out in this forum may garner you some sympathy and nothing will happen beyond that

Rasnaboy

July 17th, 2008, 07:55 PM

In this regard, what Subra said does make real sense. It's not the government that's to be blamed but the people who devalue the real value of the land. And staging demos for these issues in fact will slow down the region's developmental prospects. And it's for the same reason, the expansion project of Chennai Airport is yet to become a reality while the neighbouring cities started operating their new greenfield airports. If the project still gets delayed, Chennai may even end up losing out to the neighbouring cities. In my opinion, people should have integrity in this regard and thus contributing to the development of the region. In spite of all these, if the compensation is still low, then we can go to court seeking better compensation. This is just my opinion. Sorry, if I'm wrong.:)

Raj_network

July 31st, 2008, 04:06 AM

and Oragadam are pinning their hopes on the “Global Automotive Centre” to be set up by the Ministry of Heavy Industries at the SIPCOT Industrial Park, Oragadam.

A visit to villages such as Karanithangal, Vaipur, Eraiyur, Maathur and Oragadam, where lands were acquired by the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) for setting up the Industrial Park, revealed that applications from local youth, even from those having ITI diplomas, were not being entertained by the industrial units that have come up in the area.

While the youngsters were absorbed for daily wages by the contractors who have taken up ground-levelling or construction works at the industrial sites, companies which have begun manufacturing activity, preferred to engage local youth either for housekeeping or for watch-and-ward assignments, that too, on contract basis, villagers lamented.

Talking to The Hindu, the vice-president of Vaipur panchayat, E. Baskaran, said none of the youngsters from 80-odd families residing in Vaipur had been employed in any of the industries. Instead youngsters from far-off places such as Tiruchi, Madurai etc. were absorbed for various works for a monthly remuneration of Rs.3000 to Rs.5000. These youngsters form themselves into groups and stay in rented rooms in the Padappai or Mudichur areas, he added.

Further any plea for assistance for conducting health camps or request for adoption of hamlets were being turned down by the company officials by stating that they were not the competing authority to decided on such requests, he added.

To question on employment opportunities for local youth, a group of youngsters at Eraiyur said that they were pinning their hopes on the “Global Automotive Centre” being set up by the Union Government under the National Automotive Testing and Research and Development Infrastructure Project in the SIPCOT industrial area.

While the chances of getting employed in companies functioning in their own area remain a distant dream for youngsters, frequent surveys / inspections conducted by lower-level revenue officials have virtually kept farmers from taking up farming activity on the wet lands that were hitherto untouched by the SIPCOT.

“There is enough water in the huge well near ‘periya eri’ (Vaipur big lake) to irrigate around 70 acres of land. But, the farmers are in a dilemma to take up cultivation, as they are not sure that these lands will not be touched by SIPCOT in the near future. Further, entire catchment area of this lake had been converted into industrial park and open drains have been dug in order to drain floodwater into the Karanithangal or Padappai areas”, he added.

Claiming that similar situation prevailed in almost all hamlets, he alleged that sinking of deep borewells up to a depth of 200 feet and above by the companies for construction activities had turned the groundwater saline.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/31/stories/2008073155420600.htm

Raj_network

July 31st, 2008, 04:09 AM

Chennai, July 30 : City-based infrastructure development company Consolidated Construction Consortium Ltd (CCC) has bagged a Rs.1.4 billion (USD 33.3 million) order to build Renault-Nissan vehicle plant at Oragadam near Chennai.

CCC has also won another project worth Rs.1 billion to build a global automotive centre for the National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (Natrip) at Oragadam.

With these two orders, the company's total order backlog is Rs.31.8 billion, which is to be executed over a period of 18 months.

“We are consolidating our presence in the auto plant construction sector,” company CEO R.Sarabeswar said.

CCC has earlier built buildings for Hyundai Motor India and Toyota Kirloskar, and currently is constructing the Mahindra Automobile plant at Pune as well as the automobile research plant for the Mahindra group at Chennai.

http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-3803.html

Subra

July 31st, 2008, 11:24 PM

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/ElectroMech-to-set-up-facility-in-Chennai/343162/

Pune-based ElectroMech, India’s largest industrial crane manufacturer, is setting up its second facility at Sriperumbudur near Chennai to make 200 cranes initially, to be scaled up to 500 cranes by next fiscal. With a 10% market share and leadership position of the Rs 1,500-crore industrial crane segment in India, the company hopes to increase its market size through this facility, said Tushar Mehendale, managing director, ElectroMech.

“The project is expected to go on stream by February 2009 and to generate Rs 100 crore revenue in the next two years. The plant will cater to entire southern markets, which contribute 25% of the total revenue of the company,” he said. The company expects to end the fiscal with Rs 150 crore turnover, he said adding the project will manufacture cranes ranging between two tonne to 150 tonne.

The company, which also assembles and sells leading global crane maker ABUS Kranesysteme of Germany out of its Pune facility, will also do the same out of Chennai facility. “ABUS cranes contribute 50% of the revenue,” he said. The company is also planning to export out of Chennai facility to neighbouring countries, he added.

“South is a most happening place now and lot of industrial and manufacturing activities taking place in this region. The company has number of clients in the southern market. We expect revenue from this region to grow manifold as against 25% now,” he said. The company has orders worth Rs 105 crore in hand, he added.

Meanwhile, the company is also doubling the capacity of its Pune facility to 2,000 cranes a year with a new facility of 10,000 sq metres.

“We are investing Rs 30 crore into this project and will become operational by December this year,” he said. Of the Rs 1,500 crore industry, unorganised sector holds nearly 60% and the rest with organised sector. Apart from ElectoMech, the organised sector will have players such as Kone, WMI, Mukand, he said.

Subra

August 4th, 2008, 03:43 AM

http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/04/stories/2008080459410700.htm

CHENNAI: The State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) has identified four hot spots near Sriperumbudur for setting up country specific enclaves to attract fresh investments.

SIPCOT is in the process of acquiring 1,982.72 acres of land in Vadagal, Vallam, Sirukalathur and Budanur villages for distributing to investors from Japan, Korea, Finland, France and Germany. Some of these industrial estates would become a reality before March 2009.

Last week, SIPCOT chairman and managing director N. Govindan went to Japan and addressed the automobile players about the opportunities that awaited them in Tamil Nadu. A couple of investors from Japan and Korea recently met the SIPCOT officials to get basic details about the land that would be made available to them for setting up their units. Some 20 days ago, a delegation from France had lengthy discussions in this regard.

Talking to The Hindu, Mr. Govindan said SIPCOT was in the process of creating land bank with 25,000 acres spread over 14 centres for creation of industrial estates.

“We will earmark around 100 acres each for Japanese, Finnish and Korean companies,” he said.

TechCity

August 6th, 2008, 01:53 PM

http://www.swathilands.com/images/map2.jpg

Rasnaboy

August 6th, 2008, 08:39 PM

^^Nice map Techcity! Was this compiled by you? Do you have a map of Chennai Metro & surroundings showing all new projects including the ORR, proposed Metro lines, etc.?

TechCity

August 7th, 2008, 01:05 PM

^^Nice map Techcity! Was this compiled by you? Do you have a map of Chennai Metro & surroundings showing all new projects including the ORR, proposed Metro lines, etc.?

I got it from google.
Arul has already posted Chennai Transportation map.See this http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=617861

Rasnaboy

August 7th, 2008, 05:11 PM

^^Thank you Techcity and Arul! Now I get a clear picture of the happenings :)

dis.agree

August 7th, 2008, 07:01 PM

I got it from google.
Arul has already posted Chennai Transportation map.See this http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=617861

there are lots of mistakes in that map.

Raj_network

August 8th, 2008, 04:15 AM

there are lots of mistakes in that map.

I do dis.agree with you..:lol:

Rasnaboy

August 12th, 2008, 05:48 AM

CHENNAI: Ashok Leyland will locate its proposed joint venture project with Nissan Motor Company at Pillaipakkam in Sriperumbudur. The joint venture, Ashok Leyland Nissan Vehicles, will make light and heavy commercial vehicles.

Two more projects

Ashok Leyland officials met State government representatives last week to brief them about the project. They said they were launching two more projects with Nissan. While one will manufacture powertrain, the other is a technology development company.

The State Industrial Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) has offered 380 acres at Pillaipakkam and another 150 acres for the vendors park at Pillaipakkam and in nearby areas. A memorandum of understanding is likely to be signed soon.

The new project would provide employment to nearly 13,000 people. It start rolling out commercial vehicles by 2010-2011. The plant will manufacture two lakh light commercial vehicles and one lakh medium-heavy commercial vehicles, ranging from two tonnes to 7.5 tonnes. The total investment is more than Rs. 4,000 crore, and Ashok Leyland will have a majority stake in the company.

Big win

“This is a big win for us. 2010 will become a landmark year for the State, as the auto majors will produce 18 lakh units a year, including car, bus and trucks. This is not the end of it; we are going to announce some more projects in the automobile sector within the next few days, and that would take the total production capacity to 20 lakh units a year,” an Industry Department official told The Hindu.

Last week, the government cleared seven foreign direct investment plans, with an investment potential of Rs. 10,000 crore.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/12/stories/2008081254100500.htm

Subra

August 27th, 2008, 11:11 PM

kvijayasundaram

August 28th, 2008, 04:33 AM

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/08/28/stories/2008082851600300.htm

Apollo Tyres Ltd (ATL)’s new greenfield radial tyre plant at Oragadam Industrial Park on the outskirts of Chennai will become operational by late next year.

A senior company source told Business Line that civil construction for the major plant in the first phase of the Rs 2,200-crore project at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore will commence in two months. Development of 135 acres for the plant has already been completed, he said.

The plant, with a daily capacity of 200 tonnes using the latest technology modified by the company, will manufacture radial tyres to suit Indian roads and Indian loading pattern, the ATL official said.
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Yeahhh! This is my 1000th post. :)

Subra,
could that be a typo. Because earlier reports mentioned Apollo tyres was investing about 500cr. However, the news that u have posted seems to peg the investment figure at 2000cr which is highly unlikely for a tyre plant.

BTW,
congrats on ur 1000th post! A remarkable achievement indeed. I really mean it because most of your post carry news about new investments and developments and I have never seen a boring or negative/offensive post from you.
Keep up the good work :) .

Rasnaboy

August 28th, 2008, 05:40 AM

^^Great work Subra! Thanks for the inimitable contribution. :)

Subra

August 28th, 2008, 11:32 AM

Subra,
could that be a typo. Because earlier reports mentioned Apollo tyres was investing about 500cr. However, the news that u have posted seems to peg the investment figure at 2000cr which is highly unlikely for a tyre plant.

BTW,
congrats on ur 1000th post! A remarkable achievement indeed. I really mean it because most of your post carry news about new investments and developments and I have never seen a boring or negative/offensive post from you.
Keep up the good work :) .

Thanks folks.
I hope it it not a typo.

Subra

August 29th, 2008, 03:29 AM

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/08/29/stories/2008082951620200.htm

Chennai, Aug. 28 Hyundai Motor India Ltd, the country’s largest exporter of passenger cars, now plans to export vehicle kits in ‘completely knocked down’ condition.

To do this, Hyundai India is investing $50 million (Rs 200 crore) to create a new press shop at Sriperumbudur, the company’s Managing Director, Mr H.S. Lheem, told Business Line today.

TechGuy

September 2nd, 2008, 04:52 PM

Guys,

Velankani Infrastucture is building a ITES/EMS SEZ in Sriperumbudur opposite to NOKIA/Flextronics/Motarolla. Velankani is a US based Conglomerate. Their group of companies are Velankani Software Pvt Ltd, Velankani Information Systems Pvt. Ltd, Velankani Technology Park Pvt LTd. Velankani's first client is US based Pro-Works. It is a huge facility in 250 acres with 900 crores investment.

http://www.velankanisez.com/

http://www.velankanisez.com/virtual-tour.html

TechGuy

Subra

September 7th, 2008, 03:41 AM

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/The_Sunday_ET/Property/Industrial_activity_driving_realty_growth_in_Kanchi/articleshow/3453438.cms

Tamil Nadu’s major pilgrim centre Kanchipuram is among the first few industrial pockets of the state that attracted big-ticket investments from global giants such as Ford, Hyundai and Saint Gobain. Following the entry of MNCs, the investment flow into the district has totally changed its landscape.

If Sriperumbadur and Irrungatukottai were the growth centres in the corridor in the late 90s, Oragadam has now turned a hotspot for attracting big ticket investments. The highway corridor leading to Kanchi, has developed rapidly, thanks to the surge in industrial and economic activity.

If Kanchi districts tops the investment chart of Tamil Nadu, this corridor has attracted maximum number of projects in sectors like automobile, telecom, construction equipment and electronic hardware. Thousands of workforce are commuting from in and around Chennai to the corridor, which has attracted new players like Caparo, Samsung, Dell, Nokia, Motorolo, Foxconn, Apollo Tyres, Renault-Nissan, Ashok Leyland-Nissan and Natrip (auto testing centre).

Following the industrial boom, all the leading property developers have launched projects in the belt. Unlike Maramalainagar belt, there is no railway line in the corridor, though there is a railway line to Kanchi town. According to Cushman Wakefield industrial space report 2008, such areas have experienced heightened economic activities due to a combination of favourable government policies towards development and the resultant corporate interest as viable options for growth within India.

Apart from industrial sector, these locations are being preferred by services industries like IT/ITeS, research and development, bio-technology due to superior development and relatively affordable rental values (when compared to office rentals in a city), escalating the values in these industrial locations significantly.

Kanchipuram has the advantage of its proximity to Chennai airport (70 Km), two seaports of Chennai and Ennore, Chennai Central railway station and Koyambedu Bus terminus. It is also close to Madras special economic zone, housing a number of export units besides Kalpakkam Atomic power station.

As it is located midway between Chennai and Bangalore, Kanchi is seen as an ideal destination for residential purposes. ‘Walk to work’ concept could get a boost as there is a major chunk of employees of Nokia, Flextronics and Motorola, Dell, Samsung, (to name a few) in this district.

Four years ago, land costs in Kanchi were ruling at Rs 3 lakh per acre. If the costs shot up to Rs 10 lakh an acre a year ago, the prevailing rates are upwards of Rs 50 lakh per acre, according to industry sources.

The realty scene is bound to change, if the new airport and metro projects of the state government become a reality. Kanchi could become an alternative low cost destination. But, this requires developing social infrastructure like good schools, healthcare centres. This will only attract property developers to the town. The rentals are still lower, sources added.

The rapid pace of growth in Chennai city in the last few years have led to a conscious effort to de-congest the metro and develop alternate growth centres. Kanchi is one such location, that has retained its identity as a bastion of tradition even while boasting of an infrastructure that would ease the pressure on city.

With Chennai becoming a high cost metro for the middle-class and salaried class people, Kanchi is gaining importance as a weekend destination. Big realtors like ETA and DLF are still concentrating on the industrial corridors in and around Kanchi, which provides scope for small developers. Attempts are on to promote villas and green houses in this town, as people perceive it as a weekend and leisure destination.

Over a ten-year horizon, there is scope to develop Kanchi into a self-contained Vatican city and a fountainhead of knowledge. This could lead to creating a social eco-system that would focus on housing, education, tourism and temple renovation.

With a number of ‘pathasalas’ and ‘dharmasalas,’ it could be developed on the lines of Haridwar, which has 2,000 rooms/ cottages for pilgrims and 35 to 40 halls. According to official sources, the state government is keen on creating two new municipal corporations near Chennai and it is seriously considering Kanchi given the current the pace of infrastructure development in the corridor.

senthil2001msk

September 9th, 2008, 02:38 PM

Gated community project planned at Sriperumbudur

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/gated-community-project-planned-at-sriperumbudur_10094085.html

Chennai, Sep 9 (IANS) The Rs.300 million Mahidhara Projects Pvt. Ltd is planning a 125-acre gated community project at Sriperumbudur near here, a top company official said Tuesday. “The project will have a mix of apartments, independent villas and even an IT park apart from an auditorium, play area and other amenities,” company vice president Kishore K. Shetty told reporters.
He said work would begin within a month or two of the company getting approval for the project.

According to him, Mahidhara Projects is also looking for land to develop projects in Bangalore and Mysore.

Meanwhile, Shetty said, the under-construction Mahidhara Capital project - involving sale of plots as well as developing duplex and single-level independent houses - on a 10-acre plot at Sriperumbudur is on schedule.

The first phase consists of 56 plots and the company is in the process of laying roads.

“We have sold 34 plots and the remaining 22 will be sold soon,” he said.

Work on the second phase involving 72 plots will start once Mahidhara gets the necessary approvals.

While the plot is sold at Rs.660 per square feet, duplex houses are priced in the range Rs.3.1 million to Rs.3.6 million and single level houses at Rs.2.6 million and Rs.2.9 million.

senthil2001msk

September 10th, 2008, 02:57 PM

Velankani to develop SEZ at Sriperumbudur

http://www.ciol.com/Enterprise/News-Reports/Velankani-to-develop-SEZ-at-Sriperumbudur/10908110175/0/

With an investment of Rs 1300 crore in a 250-acre campus in Sriperumbudur, this SEZ, with over eight million sq ft, is equipped to house between 20 and 30 global component suppliers.

BANGALORE, INDIA: Velankani Technology Parks Pvt. Ltd, a Velankani Group Company, announced that it is developing an "Electronic Hardware Manufacturing and ITES" SEZ at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.

With an investment of Rs 1300 crore in a 250-acre campus in Sriperumbudur, this SEZ, with over eight million sq ft, is equipped to house between 20 and 30 global component suppliers.

The Velankani IT/ITES/Electronic Hardware SEZ has received the final gazetted approval and the building construction is currently in progress. The first building will be ready by October 08 along with the basic infrastructure. Various international and domestic companies have signed up and will be starting operations in April 09. The entire development is expected to be completed by 2012.

Velankani Park will be a sector specific special economic zone for "Electronic Hardware & Software, including ITES". The park will primarily meet the business needs of the telecom OEM & EMS manufacturing giants and will cater to component manufacturing. This will result in the formation of a robust and vibrant supply chain cluster for the telecom and electronics industry in India through local manufacturers and international investment.

The Velankani SEZ will serve as a backbone for the development of telecom manufacturing in the region and will make it quite similar to the clusters that have been developed in China. Velankani Park offers a unique solution for component manufacturing given that it is the only "Plug and Play" SEZ development.

The park is along the national highway 4 (NH-4) that connects Chennai to Bangalore. The distance from Chennai is approximately 45 Kms. It is in a planned IT Hardware Manufacturing zone.

Kiron Shah, managing director, Velankani Technology Parks Private Limited, "The Velankani ark is the only SEZ which will offer a plug & play facility in Sriperumbudur for companies to have a hassle free experience in starting operations. All basic infrastructure like power, communication, water, sewer and storm water drains will be provided by Velankani to meet present and future requirements."

Rajoo Goel, secretary general of India's oldest and largest electronics Association, ELCINA Electronic Industries Association of India, "there is a dire need for expansion in component manufacturing and this SEZ would facilitate that by making the experience hassle free for companies interested in investing."

Henry Gilchrist, director - Avista Advisory Group, specialists in India entry strategies, investment banking solutions and are advisors to the Velankani Group, "The Government has already taken various steps to ease the entry of global companies into India. One critical need is the access to components, spare parts and other hardware and software requirements at a cost competitive rate."

As manufacturing grows and demand increases, the indigenous supply base will develop, leading to greater economies of scale for manufacturers. Local manufacturing will build capabilities and increase employment as well as encourage the development of the sector further.

"We have received letters of interest from firms in Europe, the US, Japan and China. Currently, there is a lack of competitive supply chain for electronics components in India and very few world-class electronic component manufacturing and supply chain facilities. And this is where the Velankani SEZ offers a unique opportunity in terms of accessibility to manufacturers", he further adds.

Avista Advisory Group, advisors to Velankani have successfully worked with global OEM and EMS companies and assisted them in setting up their projects in India.

praveenbabu

September 12th, 2008, 03:52 PM

Vijayshanthi Builders is promoting Infiniti, a 300 apartment project on The NH4 adjacent to Queen's Land. 80% would be the landscaped area with a lot of amenities like Swimming Pool, Amphi-theatre, Skating Rink, Club House, Shopping Mall, Out Door Games, etc. There would be 2 Bedrooms and 3 Bed Room apartments in 5 Blocks.

For details visit vijayshanthibuilders.com
Contact: Phone No: 9940617424

Raj_network

September 12th, 2008, 10:09 PM

http://www.dinamalar.com/Arasiyalnewsdetail.asp?News_id=3666&cls=row4&ncat=DI

Raj_network

September 13th, 2008, 05:48 AM

KANCHEEPURAM: A computerised passenger ticket reservation counter at the Sriperumbudur post office, first of its kind in Southern Railway, was inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Railways R.Velu on Friday.

Speaking on the occasion, he said the facility was one of the 17 such counters being established in post offices across the country. The facility would be extended to other post offices depending on the passenger response.

Apart from post offices, Indian Railways proposed to utilise the services of village panchayats in remote and hilly areas to extend reservation facility for rural people.

The proposal to facilitate booking of train tickets using mobile phones and at petrol bunks was under the active consideration, Mr.Velu told reporters at the function in Sriperumbudur.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/13/stories/2008091350480100.htm

SVG

September 22nd, 2008, 06:08 AM

Metro rail may be extended to Sriperumbudur.

Here is the link to the article from Times - Chennai Edition:

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQ0gvMjAwOC8wOS8yMiNBcjAwMjAw&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom

The long pending proposal for a rail link between Sriperumbudur and Avadi might be implemented in a new form, as an extended Metro Rail corridor. The authorities are discussing this possibility before a feasibility report can be prepared.
According to sources, the state put forward the suggestion to take Metro Rail to Sriperumbudur at a recent meeting held with Metro Rail officials and Southern Railway. The idea is to have an arm connecting Sriperumbudur with corridor II of Metro Rail that passes through Thirumagalam, Koyambedu and Anna Nagar East. If Metro Rail agrees, the railways would have to withdraw the Sriperumbudur-Avadi proposal as it would then amount to duplication. The railways had similarly withdrawn the St Thomas Mount-Koyambedu-Anna Nagar link of the MRTS since Metro Rail will cover the same areas.
Meanwhile the proposed Avadi-Sriperumbudur new railway line has already run into rough weather because the state has expressed its inability to part-fund the project and also informed the railways that land acquisition would be troublesome and expensive because of lack of space. So, the railways have asked the state government to convene a meeting with industries to look at the possibility of getting industry funding.
However, the railways have also decided to connect Sriperumbudur either to Tambaram, Guduvancheri or Kancheepuram so that the manufacturing hub can be linked to the rail network. A re-survey will be done to finalise the line alignment, railway sources said. But, that too will have to be built using part-funding from state government or industries because railways would not be in a position to execute the project, southern railway chief public relations officer Neenu Ittyerah.
The proposal was first mooted when industries, which have a big presence in Sriperumbudur, demanded a link for freight movement to the port or a mass rapid passenger transport system that would take most of the traffic off the road connecting Sriperumbudur to the city. The industries said they were finding it difficult to transport their goods to the port in the heavy traffic.
Hyundai, which has doubled its capacity to six lakh cars per annum and is exporting a major chunk of them, is finding it difficult as its containers are getting stuck in traffic jams along the 40 km stretch to the port. “Metro Rail can take a sizeable number of roadusers in the area off the roads. It will not only facilitate faster movement of people from the city to the outskirts, but also unclog the roads and ensure easier transport for the companies there,” a Hyundai official said. According to unofficial statistics, close to 20,000 people commute from the industrial hub to the city everyday.
Meanwhile, Chennai Metro Rail Corporation is yet to give its nod to the state government’s suggestion. “The proposal came up while discussing investment details of the Avadi-Sriperumbudur rail link. It needs extensive planning and feasibility surveys as was done for the two metro corridors for the city,” an official said.
State government sources said that the issue is expected to come up again at a meeting called for by chief secretary A K Sripathy with the railways to discuss the Avadi-Sriperumbudur rail link; which was originally part of the MoU that Hyundai had signed with the state government when it set up operations in the outskirts of the city in 1999. Officials of the Chennai Metro Rail Corporation are also likely to take part in the meeting next month.
LINKING UP
Over 20,000 people travel daily on work to Sriperumbudur
Most people take the Bangalore highway to Sriperumbudur. Due to the increasing traffic, companies often face delays in transporting their shipments to the port
A railway link will save time not only for industries but also commuters, who would be spared of the arduous road travel

Kewl Batty

September 22nd, 2008, 08:22 AM

SVG

September 22nd, 2008, 10:47 AM

Please Post it under relevant thread... It comes under Chennai Metro Rail Project... I can see this posted in as many as 4 different threads:bash:

This article is more about rail connectivity to Sriperumbudur than about Metro rail. Hence thought this post belongs in this thread. Would be careful, next time. :cheers:

deeguy07

September 23rd, 2008, 10:53 AM

Please Post it under relevant thread... It comes under Chennai Metro Rail Project... I can see this posted in as many as 4 different threads:bash:

I see no irrelevancy in the article whether being related to Sriperumbudur or not.. I feel that it is related to Sriperumbudur only.. But the contradiction I saw was how a Rail project, primarily to connect factories of Sriperumbudur to the Chennai Port for export and import (I remember Hyundai making open statements stressing the necessity for this SRPMDR-AVADI rail link need to avoid using Trucks to carry their vehicles to the Port), be replaced by a Metro rail. How can a Metro Line run a Goods service along with passenger service??

SVG

September 23rd, 2008, 11:29 AM

ezhilan81

September 23rd, 2008, 02:43 PM

Kewl Batty

September 23rd, 2008, 02:59 PM

I don't think they mean they will use Metro for goods transfer. They just say that once metro happens the roads will be less traffic prone and will enable faster movement of carriage vehicles on road. I doubt if they can use metro lines for any other purpose other than passenger traffic.

Once Metro is in there, it'll take a huge amount of people off the road especially those who commute everyday to sriperumbudur or those areas... once it happens, roads will be free.. so they will continue with their road freight traffic which is expected to mobilize easily...

Metro is juzz for passengers not for freight..

I really doubt whether metro will ease the road traffic that'll mobilize freight... coz once the metro is sanctioned and its on say in about 3-4 years for tat line... the traffic would have been quadrupled or even more than tat by then... This will ease the traffic to a great extent but still will not be sufficient for freight movement..

For freight movement, considering the recent sactions of SEZ in and around Sriperumbudur, you gotta have a dedicated line that connects the chennai and Ennore ports.

nsantha2

September 23rd, 2008, 06:08 PM

^^

Since most of the metro rail is going to be above the ground, on elevated tracks, like MRTS, may be they may have some addl line or use the same lines for freight traffic also...

They may also be thinking of extending of metro rail to Sriperumbudur to service commuters who work in the area. This would be a good move, purely from a commuter rail perspective and not from the perspective of handling freight traffic also using the same lines... Not sure what the Govt / Railways are thinking...

Frankly, i dont think its a good idea to use metro rail for goods traffic. The HYD MMTS service is a good example. The HYD MMTS trains use the same tracks as the mainline / freight trains. Since the freight traffic is heavy in the section between Begumpet and Lingampalli (which falls in the HYD - Mumbai / Pune route), there is very little possibility of increasing the frequency of MMTS trains. This affects the patronage to some extent, as the frequency is about 30-45 min on an average. If metro rail in Chennai is used for freight traffic, it could suffer the same fate.

A more realistic solution would be to connect Sriperumbudur to either Avadi or Tambaram side, by laying a new line, which would be much more conducive for freight traffic.

Actually, this isn't such a bad idea, if planned well. The passengers will be using the metro services primarily during the day (6:30 am to 8 pm) or something like that. During the remaining hours, using the tracks to carry cargo doesn't seem like such an outlandish proposition. Of course, you could keep the passenger trains active, just at a reduced frequency.

hari.manivannan

September 23rd, 2008, 06:27 PM

Actually, this isn't such a bad idea, if planned well. The passengers will be using the metro services primarily during the day (6:30 am to 8 pm) or something like that. During the remaining hours, using the tracks to carry cargo doesn't seem like such an outlandish proposition. Of course, you could keep the passenger trains active, just at a reduced frequency.

Perfect recipe for disaster! tracks carrying cargo may need more maintenance and imagine if there are breakdowns, it could cause havoc. Already public transport is inadequate, if we straightaway plan for dual purpose, it's just not going to suffice.

nsantha2

September 24th, 2008, 01:29 AM

Perfect recipe for disaster! tracks carrying cargo may need more maintenance and imagine if there are breakdowns, it could cause havoc. Already public transport is inadequate, if we straightaway plan for dual purpose, it's just not going to suffice.

Wouldn't it make sense to plan for a dual purpose track than to consider it halfway through or even after the construction of the metro line to Sriperumbudur?

Or simpler, though perhaps more work would be to have parallel lines - one set for cargo and another for passenger movement. That way the companies' demands for a railway line for goods will be met, and the pressure on the roads will also be reduced. I think a cargo link from Sriperumbudur is as, if not more, important than a metro line.

Cargo lines will ensure movement of goods regardless of the situation on the roads (which will of course improve with the addition of a rail link), and will encourage more companies to set up base in Sriperumbudur as they can be sure that there will not be any issues with goods transportation.

kvijayasundaram

September 24th, 2008, 05:42 AM

this was in the news for a while, but was not confirmed. Now it seems to be a reality !!

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?Daily=TOICH&login=default&Enter=true&Skin=TOI&GZ=T
Videocon to set up plasma TV plant for Rs 1200 crore
TK Rohit | TNN

Chennai: Consumer electronics and home appliances major, Videocon International is all set to establish a plasma TV manufacturing unit at Sriperumbudur, 40 kms from here. Videocon will be investing Rs 1,200 crore for setting up a stateof-the-art plasma TV manufacturing unit that will roll out one million TV sets every year.
With this, Videocon becomes the second company to set up a TV manufacturing plant at Sriperumbudur after Samsung Electronics, which began operations last year.
Videocon will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Tamil Nadu government next month. The state government has allotted 100 acres of land at Sriperumbudur for the project, sources in the state government said.
“We will be investing Rs 1,200 crore for setting up a stateof-the-art manufacturing plant on the same lines as our plant in Italy. We will manufacture one million plasma television sets from the plant at full capacity,” chairman and managing director of the $2.5 billion conglomerate, Venugopal Dhoot told The Times of India.
Dhoot said Videocon will employ over 3,000 persons in the Sriperumbudur plant which will become a hub for manufacturing LCD and Plasma TVs. The plant will go on stream in a couple of years, he said. Videocon has a 30% share in the television market.
“This will be our largest TV manufacturing facility in the country and we will be exporting from this facility as well,” he said. Some of the vendors might also be located at the facility and is likely to provide components for it. Last year, Samsung inaugurated its $30 million 20-acre facility to manufacture one million flat colour TVs and three lakh LCD television sets.

Raj_network

September 24th, 2008, 08:34 AM

^^^^^^Videocon chooses MH :(

Videocon plans unit in Maharashtra

NEW DELHI, Aug 6: Consumer durables major Videocon Industries today announced that it would set up a semiconductor fab to manufacture thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) in Maharashtra at an estimated project cost of Rs 8,000 crore in a tie-up with IBM.
The company has applied to the Central government for a subsidy of Rs 2,000 crore for the project under the recently announced Semi Conductor Policy, Videocon said in a statement.
“This project will generate employment to 10,000 people. Videocon established a full-fledged research and development laboratory in Japan exclusively to develop this product and is the first Indian company to have successfully developed it,” the company said. - PTI

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=12&theme=&usrsess=1&id=217351

Different updates in Pipeline thread few weeks ago.

Do u they setup in TN and MH??>:ohno: i guess both are different projects. right?

deeguy07

September 24th, 2008, 09:35 AM

^^

Since most of the metro rail is going to be above the ground, on elevated tracks, like MRTS, may be they may have some addl line or use the same lines for freight traffic also...

They may also be thinking of extending of metro rail to Sriperumbudur to service commuters who work in the area. This would be a good move, purely from a commuter rail perspective and not from the perspective of handling freight traffic also using the same lines... Not sure what the Govt / Railways are thinking...

Frankly, i dont think its a good idea to use metro rail for goods traffic. The HYD MMTS service is a good example. The HYD MMTS trains use the same tracks as the mainline / freight trains. Since the freight traffic is heavy in the section between Begumpet and Lingampalli (which falls in the HYD - Mumbai / Pune route), there is very little possibility of increasing the frequency of MMTS trains. This affects the patronage to some extent, as the frequency is about 30-45 min on an average. If metro rail in Chennai is used for freight traffic, it could suffer the same fate.

A more realistic solution would be to connect Sriperumbudur to either Avadi or Tambaram side, by laying a new line, which would be much more conducive for freight traffic.

As you said, using the same Metro Lines for freight traffic is impossible as it will disrupt the metro services (compare the speed and freq of a metro train and that of Goods train). CMRL has adopted a standard gauge and Indian Goods train run on Broadgauge!!

Also about the rail link from Sriperumbudur, IR has conveyed their inability to fund the link to Avadi and requested TN govt and corporates to fund it. Even if these funds come through, IR is already planning to conduct a fresh survey to a link to Tambaram as it makes sense to spend less money for the same purpose.

Subra

September 24th, 2008, 10:43 AM

^^^^^^

Different updates in Pipeline thread few weeks ago.

Do u they setup in TN and MH??>:ohno: i guess both are different projects. right?

Yes, they are different projects. This consumer electronics plant was cleared by TN cabinet couple of weeks ago. MH is getting an LCD chip plant with an investment of around 8000 crores.

Raj_network

September 25th, 2008, 01:36 AM

CHENNAI: The long pending proposal for a rail link between Sriperumbudur and Avadi might be implemented in a new form, as an extended Metro Rail corridor. The authorities are discussing this possibility before a feasibility report can be prepared.

According to sources, the state put forward the suggestion to take Metro Rail to Sriperumbudur at a recent meeting held with Metro Rail officials and Southern Railway. The idea is to have an arm connecting Sriperumbudur with corridor II of Metro Rail that passes through Thirumagalam, Koyambedu and Anna Nagar East. If Metro Rail agrees, the railways would have to withdraw the Sriperumbudur-Avadi proposal as it would then amount to duplication. The railways had similarly withdrawn the St Thomas Mount-Koyambedu-Anna Nagar link of the MRTS since Metro Rail will cover the same areas.

Meanwhile the proposed Avadi-Sriperumbudur new railway line has already run into rough weather because the state has expressed its inability to part-fund the project and also informed the railways that land acquisition would be troublesome and expensive because of lack of space. So, the railways have asked the state government to convene a meeting with industries to look at the possibility of getting industry funding.

However, the railways have also decided to connect Sriperumbudur either to Tambaram, Guduvancheri or Kancheepuram so that the manufacturing hub can be linked to the rail network. A re-survey will be done to finalise the line alignment, railway sources said. But, that too will have to be built using part-funding from state government or industries because railways would not be in a position to execute the project, southern railway chief public relations officer Neenu Ittyerah.

The proposal was first mooted when industries, which have a big presence in Sriperumbudur, demanded a link for freight movement to the port or a mass rapid passenger transport system that would take most of the traffic off the road connecting Sriperumbudur to the city. The industries said they were finding it difficult to transport their goods to the port in the heavy traffic.

Hyundai, which has doubled its capacity to six lakh cars per annum and is exporting a major chunk of them, is finding it difficult as its containers are getting stuck in traffic jams along the 40 km stretch to the port. "Metro Rail can take a sizeable number of roadusers in the area off the roads. It will not only facilitate faster movement of people from the city to the outskirts, but also unclog the roads and ensure easier transport for the companies there," a Hyundai official said. According to unofficial statistics, close to 20,000 people commute from the industrial hub to the city everyday.

Meanwhile, Chennai Metro Rail Corporation is yet to give its nod to the state government's suggestion. "The proposal came up while discussing investment details of the Avadi-Sriperumbudur rail link. It needs extensive planning and feasibility surveys as was done for the two metro corridors for the city," an official said.

State government sources said that the issue is expected to come up again at a meeting called for by chief secretary A K Sripathy with the railways to discuss the Avadi-Sriperumbudur rail link; which was originally part of the MoU that Hyundai had signed with the state government when it set up operations in the outskirts of the city in 1999. Officials of the Chennai Metro Rail Corporation are also likely to take part in the meeting next month.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Chennai/Metro_may_go_to_Sriperumbudur_/articleshow/3511228.cms :banana::banana:

Keeran

September 25th, 2008, 06:07 AM

Metro may be extended to Sriperumbudur

“Meanwhile the proposed Avadi-Sriperumbudur new railway line has already run into rough weather because the state has expressed its inability to part-fund the project and also informed the railways that land acquisition would be troublesome and expensive because of lack of space. So, the railways have asked the state government to convene a meeting with industries to look at the possibility of getting industry funding.”

How disconcerting to note that an infrastructure project, indispensable for enticing investment and promoting economic growth should go by default because the government is shy of governing . “There
will be economic decline and professionals will lose their vocation, if the ruler does not rule”says Kural (560).

Three reasons are adduced for the disinclination to execute the project: 1- Want of funds. The purported reason for this situation is brought about by profligate spending on largesse, both unsolicited and without restraint. 2 - Reluctance to acquire land. If abdication in the face of opposition be the governing ideology, why seek a mandate to govern? 3 - Seeking funding from industry. This is unethical. Kural 552 says, “A ruler’s act of soliciting funds is akin to brigandage”

It is damaging to the image of Tamil Nadu when a commitment made in an MOU with Hyundai about providing a rail link is not honoured. When Hyundai sought approval three years back to build a road to the harbor at it’s own cost, that too was declined. Nor has the government eased congestion on NH 4. Instead time restrictions are placed on freight movement. Will anybody be surprised when TN is bypassed for Hyundai III?

What TN needs is a Young Tamil Movement similar to Young Turks that preceded Turkey’s regeneration.

Raj_network

September 26th, 2008, 03:04 AM

Chennai, Sep 23 : Leading car maker Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) will start third shift at its new plant in Tamil Nadu's Sriperumbudur from October to raise production in view of the rising demand for its i10 car model, a company official said.

The 300,000-unit-per-annum plant, which started operations in February this year, mostly rolls out i10 cars.

According to officials, the trial production of the third shift started Sep 15 and the daily unit production has gone up from 800 to 1,300, a 40 percent jump.

The company is expected to reach its target, 530,000 units a year, by the end of 2008.

According to Hyundai managing director H.S. Lheem, the third shift will help the company meet the domestic and export demand.

The introduction of the new shift will create over 800 new jobs.:banana:

http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-25514.html

Elango1984

October 3rd, 2008, 07:30 AM

South Korean car major Hyundai will invest 50 million dollars (approximately over Rs 200 crore) in expanding its production unit at Chennai in India, as it gears up to go a step further to make the country its global hub with plans to start full-scale shipments of completely knocked down units.

The company has launched its new premium hatchback 'i20', which will be mainly exported to Europe, but expected to be launched in India either by the end of this year or early next year.

"We need to set up a fresh press line as to meet demands of newly launched premium hatchback 'i20' as well as the 'i10'. So we will invest around 50 million dollars to set up a fourth press line," Hyundai Motors India Managing Director H S Lheem said in Paris on the sidelines of Paris Auto Show.

He said a separate unit for the new press line would be set up at the company's existing plant at Chennai.

"I have got approval from the board of the parent company in Korea," Lheem said, adding the company has also decided to start full-scale exports of completely knocked down (CKD) units from India as well.

"Our estimate is to export a total of 33,000 units of 'i20' this year and by next year we will start CKD exports to countries like Australia and New Zealand to save import duties in those markets," he said.

Lheem said the mass production for exports of 'i20' would start by this month itself and the company's two units in Chennai are already running full capacity in three shifts of production.

Asked how the 'i20' would be positioned in the Indian market, he said: "It will be 8-10 per cent more expensive than the 'Getz' and both will co-exist," he said.

'Getz' is priced at Rs 3.39 lakh onwards.

Hyundai plans to sell a total of 5.8 lakh units of vehicles this year from its Indian operations.

"Next year we should be able to sell six lakh units," he said, adding new markets like the US and Canada are being explored for export opportunities besides plans to ship more to Russia.

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/hyundai-to-invest-rs-200-cr-to-expand-india-production-unit/368675/

Rasnaboy

October 4th, 2008, 04:16 AM

CHENNAI: The Hyderabad-based Mahidhra Projects Pvt. Ltd. is developing nearly 122 plots on 10 acres at Sriperumbudur near Chennai. The new venture, Mahidhara Capital, offers DTCP (District Town and Country Planning) approved plots and villas. In the first phase, around 56 plots ranging between 1,650 sq. ft. and 2,700 sq. ft. are being developed. In the second phase, it will develop villas as per customers’ specifications.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/04/stories/2008100460632000.htm

SVG

October 16th, 2008, 03:10 PM

To support India’s rapid growth in mobile subscribers, Nokia Siemens Networks today inaugurated a new facility for the manufacture and distribution of mobile communications infrastructure at Oragadam near Chennai.

Over the next three years the company plans to invest Rs 300 crore, approximately $70 million, in the facility and to generate 400 new jobs.

Simon Beresford Wylie, the chief executive officer of Nokia Siemens Networks, said, “Our operations in India are a prime example of where we feel we can build on our existing leadership with prudent, customer focused investment.”

He added, “With its proximity to the local market improving our responsiveness and reducing the carbon footprint of new network deployments, this additional facility epitomizes our global strategy to build a responsible, customer focused business.”

The new Oragadam facility will manufacture Nokia Siemens Networks mobile base station controllers, Flexi EDGE BTS, microwave radio and access line-card products, as well as other telecom equipment.

The first deliveries of radio access products manufactured and distributed from the site to customers in India are planned for later this month.

http://infotech.indiatimes.com/News/Chennai_gets_Nokia_Siemens_facility/articleshow/3604045.cms

Rasnaboy

October 17th, 2008, 04:15 AM

Chennai, Oct. 16 Nokia Siemens Networks on Thursday inaugurated a new facility for the manufacture and distribution of mobile communications infrastructure at Oragadam near Chennai. Over the next three years the company plans to invest $70 million (Rs 300 crore) in the facility. The facility will manufacture mobile Base Station Controllers, Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi EDGE BTS, Microwave Radio and Access line-card products, as well as other telecom equipment.

Mr Simon Beresfold-Wylie, CEO, Nokia Siemens, said the capacity of the plant would be ramped up to 4,000 units a month, in about six to nine months. These products are currently being imported. Mr Wylie also added that the optimal capacity of the facility can be determined only after 6 to 9 months.

Addressing a press conference here on the occasion of the inauguration of the plant, he said the technology of mobile base stations had improved over the years. Equipment that were as big as a large refrigerator and consumed 1,500 watts of power four years ago, are today of the size of a desktop computer and consume around 500 watt. Nokia Siemens is working towards reducing energy consumption further, to about 350 watts. Also, today’s technology allows the base stations to function in a higher ambient temperature (40 degree C), obviating the need for air conditioning.

The plant was later inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Mr M. Karunanidhi. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister noted that Motorola and Nokia were already present in the state, producing mobile handsets. “With the establishment of the Nokia-Siemens plant here, the telecom equipments manufacturing industry is getting integrated in Tamil Nadu,” he said.

In his address at the function, Mr Wylie noted that Nokia Siemens Networks is already present in India (through its imported products). The company powers services for more that 175 million subscribers in India, he said.

“Around the world, Nokia Siemens Networks expects a 100-fold growth in network traffic globally, and the majority of this growth is expected to come from emerging markets,” Mr Wylie said.

Besides the plant inaugurated, the company’s operations in India include a global services hub, sales and marketing offices in Delhi NCR, a manufacturing facility in Kolkata for producing fixed network equipment, a development centre in Bangalore and a Global Networks Solution Centre in Chennai. The company also intends increasing the number of R&D centres in India.

With a workforce of more than 8,000, Nokia Siemens Networks has a presence in more than 200 locations in India, and measured in terms of revenue, is one of the country’s top 30 enterprises.

Also speaking at the function, the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr A. Raja, noted that $73 billion of investments would be needed in the 11th Plan period (2007-12) to achieve the target of 600 million phone connections. “A majority of this is expected to come from FDI,” he said. At present, there are 350 million subscribers — both mobile and fixed line — in the country. Each month, 8 million subscribers are being added to this, Mr Raja said.

Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/10/17/stories/2008101751362100.htm

anand9sv

October 17th, 2008, 02:48 PM

Hi ,

anand9sv

October 17th, 2008, 03:08 PM

Hi, There is no doubt that next industrial revolution taking place between the area of Chennai , Sriperumbudur & Oragadam. My question is, why not Govt make a master plan now itself to have a speed train between Chennai and Sriperumbudur. May jbe like a mono rail or elevated speed train so that workers can go from Chennai to Sripenrumdur and return to chennai in the evening. No dobut a quite amount of people will go from chennai to Srierumbudur for work on a daily basis and Bus journey will be tedious. Everybody can not offered for a car and going to sriberumbudur by motorcycle is ruled out. Sriperamdur should be taking inside the city limit the elevated metro train which govt is considering up to poonamalli may be extended till Stripermadur. They may have have a link line between Tambaram to Poonammaili so that it will be convenient for mount road commuters to catch train from poonammaili and go to sripeambdur and come back. Really it will be a good network I belive.

venkatm

October 17th, 2008, 05:25 PM

Sriperumbudur is 40 KM from the city and the metro fare will costs a minimum of 50 Rs one-way at today's prices which the workers will not be able to pay. The best solution is for the govt to work with Railways to build a double line with space for 1-2 more tracks from tambaram or Avadi. These will be used by both goods and regular emu's. I doubt MK or any other party in TN has any foresight except formulas for winning elections/making more money. Witness the land acquisition for the second parallel runway being put in cold storage

senthil2001msk

October 18th, 2008, 04:34 AM

Caparo-Hyundai bus on slow track

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News_by_Industry/Caparo-Hyundai_bus_on_slow_track/articleshow/3610645.cms

....Caparo India had signed a technical agreement with Hyundai Motor Company to mark the former’s foray into the luxury bus segment. Caparo’s assembling plant was to come up on a 20-acre site in South for manufacturing 1,500 buses a year.

Caparo was evaluating locations like Sriperambadur, Oragadam and Nellore, and was hoping to firm up its decision in three months. The venture was slated to start production in the last quarter of 2008-09.....

.......But, sources familiar with the development said the project has not much made headway since then. It is learnt Caparo is not pursuing the venture for various reasons. It is also said that other than the investment made on the auto component project at Sriperambadur near Chennai, it has decided to freeze fresh investments.

Rasnaboy

October 18th, 2008, 07:41 PM

CHENNAI: Japanese auto major Nissan Motor Co will make next generation March model at its Orgadam plant near here, built in partnership with French
car maker Renault, a top official said Saturday.

The joint venture company Renault Nissan Automotive India Ltd (RNAI) is investing around Rs.40 billion ($833 million) in the plant, which has a total capacity of 400,000 units.

"We will roll out the small car from our Chennai plant while the plant in Thailand is the mother unit for that model," RNAI managing director Shouhei Kimura told reporters.

He said construction work was progressing at the plant site. "The foundation for stamping unit and paint shop has been laid. Excavation work for constructing other units are on," Kimura added.

According to him, around 50 vendors will set up their operations near the car plant, including some overseas companies like Unipress Sheet Metal Press.
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Nissan Motor India Ltd has tied up with Hover Automotive India Ltd to take care of the car distribution in the country. The company plans to have 55 dealers by 2012.

Expected to start commercial production by 2010, Nissan plans to ship out 110,000 cars, primarily to Europe from 2011 through the Ennore port.

"We plan to increase exports to 180,000 units from India over a period of time," said Nissan Motor corporate vice-president Toshifumi Hirai.

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) to this effect was signed between Nissan Motors and Ennore Port Ltd. The exports would include the next generation small cars.

Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Automobiles/Nissan_to_make_new_car_in_Chennai/articleshow/3612623.cms

Subra

October 18th, 2008, 08:42 PM

Good to know that Ennore is also becoming a car export hub. Daimler is also looking at Ennore port.

Rasnaboy

October 19th, 2008, 07:18 AM

^^Oh great!! Do you have any source for that (Daimler), Subra?

Rasnaboy

October 19th, 2008, 08:18 AM

Good to know that Ennore is also becoming a car export hub. Daimler is also looking at Ennore port.

^^Here's the reason why Chennai Port was not chosen.

Ennore Port gets boost from Nissan business

Work on a Rs 110-cr facelift to begin soon.

Chennai, Oct. 18 Armed with the prospect of long-term business from Nissan Motor India, Ennore Port Ltd will soon begin work on a Rs 110-crore facelift that will enable it to handle export of cars.

In six months, Ennore Port will be ready with a quarter-kilometre-long ‘common user terminal’ where car-ferrying ships can anchor in the 12-metre deep waters. Abutting the waterfront will be enough space to park 5,000 cars.

If Nissan alone uses the terminal, EPL’s investments will be paid back in six years.

Nissan expects to begin exporting (mostly to Europe) 1.1 lakh cars a year — cars that will be manufactured at a facility created by a joint venture of the Japanese company, and Renault of France.

The plant, at Oragadam near Chennai, will make cars for both the companies. Nissan also expects to ramp up exports — up to perhaps 2 lakh — in line with market demand.

Why not Chennai port?

Nissan should have liked to use the Chennai port, which is nearer to the car plant by 25 km. But there is not enough room there, Hyundai having taken up most of it. In fact, Chennai port charges Hyundai 0.30 per cent of the FOB value of cars, lower than the 0.45 per cent that Nissan has agreed to pay the Ennore port.

Also, any benefit of expansion at Chennai port will first go to its anchor customer, Hyundai. The Korean company has sent 1.17 lakh cars out of the port so far in the current financial year, against 1.38 lakh cars in 2006-07. According to Mr K. Suresh, Chairman, Chennai Port Trust, some 5 lakh cars would be shipped from 2011. Hence, there is substantial “spill over from Chennai port” that Ennore could capture.

Mr S. Velumani, Chairman, Ennore Port, and Mr Shouhei Kimura, Managing Director, Nissan Motor India, on Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding for Nissan to use the port.

Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/10/19/stories/2008101951200200.htm

Subra

October 19th, 2008, 11:20 AM

^^Oh great!! Do you have any source for that (Daimler), Subra?
Based on a old press article, couldn't find the source now.

Elango1984

October 22nd, 2008, 12:04 PM

Velankani, an affiliate of AIG Global Real Estate, Tuesday said it will invest Rs.3 billion in the Velankani Tech Park, a notified special economic zone (SEZ), in Tamil Nadu's Sriperumbudur area.

"The proposed development of 8.5 million square feet is aimed at providing `plug-and-play' space for at least 20 electronics hardware and telecom component manufacturers and IT/ITES (IT enabled services) companies to commence operations in a seamless manner in this industrial hub," Velankani director Kiron Shah said.

"All basic infrastructure will be provided by Velankani to meet tenant requirements including future expansion. AIG Global brings tremendous experience in development of industrial parks worldwide and we hope to augment the burgeoning industrial growth in the state by partnering the global giant's experience," Shah added.

"This investment is a statement of AIG Global's continued commitment to India and our investors," AIG Global Real Estate India managing director Rajesh Agarwal said.

Sriperumbudur, an industrial hub, is 50 km west of Chennai.

AIG Global owns, manages, or has under-development approximately $25.7 billion in assets of all property types located in over 50 countries, according to a company release

http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-35179.html

Rasnaboy

October 23rd, 2008, 03:10 AM

CHENNAI: AIG Global Real Estate has invested in Venlankani Tech Park, part of the Bangalore-based Velankani group. Velankani is developing a notified special economic zone in Sriperumbudur. According to a release, the proposed development of 8.5 million sq. ft is aimed to provide plug-and-play space for electronics hardware and telecom component manufacturers and IT/ITeS companies.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/23/stories/2008102356251800.htm

kvijayasundaram

October 24th, 2008, 02:58 PM

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/10/24/stories/2008102451322300.htm

........The company has taken up a Rs 300-crore project to build economy homes near Siriperumbudur near Chennai. About 1,500 apartments in multi-storey blocks, with size ranging between 1,000 and 1,200 sq. ft and costing up to Rs 20 lakh would be built, Mr Reddy said.

About 20 acres has already been acquired. The target group is the large industrial workforce in the area, which houses automotive majors and a wide range of industries, he told Business Line...............

Rasnaboy

October 25th, 2008, 03:51 AM

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

Rasnaboy

October 25th, 2008, 03:58 AM

^^Where is "Vallam Vadagal"? Near Sriperumbudur?

Kewl Batty

October 25th, 2008, 10:52 AM

^^Where is "Vallam Vadagal"? Near Sriperumbudur?

Where is pillaipakkam first? then talk about vallam vadagal or something..
can someone enlighten us on these locations??:nuts:

kannan infratech

October 25th, 2008, 01:18 PM

Where is pillaipakkam first? then talk about vallam vadagal or something..
can someone enlighten us on these locations??:nuts:

Pillaipakkam and Sirugalathur are all villages situated on the southern side of Bangalore Highway in between chembarambakkam and kundrathur (approx).

SIPCOT has started acquiring lands now along Sriperumpudhur Kundrathur road, Sriperumpudhur Oragadam road and Sunkuvarchatram Chengalpet road(Walaja).

Since the demand for land is high from industries, it is a nice move. But the compensation to be given to the land owners have to be in tune with the market.

This belt may become the satellite city (Industrial) of Chennai. The rectangle Tambaram - Chenglepet - Kanchipuram - Sriperumpudhur is the place which will rock in the next few years.

Rasnaboy

October 26th, 2008, 12:16 PM

Produces 200 million sets in 3 years.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/10/26/images/2008102650670701.jpg

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New Delhi, Oct 25 Riding on a surge in mobile usage in the country, Nokia’s handset manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu this week reached production volume of 200 million handsets.

The target has been achieved within just three years of launching the facility at Sriperumbudur, about 50 km west of Chennai, making it the fastest growing unit for Nokia globally in terms of handset production.

Employee strength

The manufacturing facility, with over 8,000 workers, is already Nokia’s largest plant in the world in terms of employee strength.

Mr David Cheung, Vice President, Volume Operations, Markets told Business Line: “The factory in Tamil Nadu has performed beyond all our expectations and projected targets. This is not just in terms of the output or the number of units but also when it comes to best practices and the commitment of the workers.”

Nokia had rolled out its 125 millionth handset from the TN plant in March this year.

Plan for second one?

When asked whether Nokia plans to set up a second unit in India, Mr Cheung said: “We have two manufacturing units in China so there is a precedent. India is similar to China in terms of the market size and, therefore, we do not see any reason why we cannot have another plant in India one day. We may look at it.”

Nokia has invested close to $285 million in the plant till now.

Approximately 50 per cent of its production at Sriperumbudur is consumed domestically and the rest exported to countries across West Asia and Africa, rest of Asia, Australia and New Zealand. “India’s proximity to markets in West Asia and Africa has made the manufacturing facility near Chennai a global hub for Nokia,” Mr Cheung said.

Hardware production

On China being a more attractive destination for hardware manufacturers compared with India, Mr Cheung said: “We need to be patient. China has not become a manufacturing destination overnight. India is on the right track in this regard. However, the Indian Government should focus on creating better infrastructure such as power, road, transport and better education to attract more investments. There should also be emphasis on meeting the aspiration levels of the workers in the manufacturing units as their income improves and demand rises.”

High-end sets

Asked why Nokia does not manufacture high-end mobile handsets in India, Mr Cheung said the product portfolio was decided keeping in mind the needs of the local market.

“Nokia does not have a single factory where all the products are manufactured. We want to achieve the best cost-efficiency by spreading the production across various facilities. But that does not mean that the Indian unit will not move up the value chain,” he added

Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/10/26/stories/2008102650670700.htm

Elango1984

November 6th, 2008, 10:37 AM

After four years of operation in India, Kuantan-based Thomyam Food Industries (India) Pvt Ltd now targets other neighbouring South Asian and West Asian markets to sell its flavoured sweet jelly and pudding confectionary.

In an interview with Bernama, the company's India operations general manager Lim Tee Jiow said Thomyam also planned to double its production for the Indian market, where demand figures were on a healthy track.

"Our target is to increase the production volume by 50 to 60 percent in the next few months. Two months ago, we started exporting to Bangladesh and we are looking at Sri Lanka and Maldives in the near future," said Lim.

In 2004, the company opened its factory in Sriperumbuthur, about 60 kilometres from Chennai, to produce a range of jelly and pudding of different flavours, from apple, strawberry, pineapple, mango to lychee, which has become popular among children.

The company sold only 26 tonnes in the early years in India but new marketing strategies gradually helped step up its production, with 300 tonnes in 2006/2007 and 520 tonnes in 2007/2008.

"From April to October this year our production is 600 tonnes and we are confident of reaching 1,000 tonnes in 2009. Our product is well accepted because of the quality and the taste," Lim said.

"Our aim is to distribute throughout India but we are now concentrating on South India like Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karantaka and Andhra Pradesh because of transport problems," he said.

Using local workers and local products, the company produces all its jelly and pudding products in its Sripertumbuthur factory, and only jelly powder ingredient is imported from Malaysia.

Despite competition from North Indian producers of a similar product, Thomyam is confident of increasing its market share, from the current below 50 percent figure, said Lim.

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=369482

Rasnaboy

November 7th, 2008, 05:32 PM

CHENNAI: Amara Raja Batteries has launched a new retail store format, Powerzone, to cater to the growing need for better technology and better service at affordable price in the rural markets. It will be a one stop shop offering a platter of products such as automotive batteries, tractor batteries, home UPS and two wheeler batteries, says a release. The powerzone store was recently inaugurated at Sriperumbudur, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/07/stories/2008110754251700.htm

Into_salem

November 11th, 2008, 01:25 AM

Foundation laid for the electronics hub at Oragadam

The Rs. 250-crore facility will be ready by end-2009

Initially, it will be assembling all the components

CHENNAI: Delphi Corporation laid the foundation for the construction of a new electronics manufacturing facility at Oragadam near Chennai. This will be the fifth facility for Delphi in India.

Delphi will be investing close to Rs. 250 crore in the new facility, which is planned to be built in three phases and is expected to be operational towards the end of 2009, according to Ashok B. Ramaswamy, President and Managing Director, Delphi India.

The foundation was unveiled here on Monday by Jeffrey J. Owens, President, Delphi Electronics & Safety and President, Delphi Asia Pacific; Ashok B. Ramaswamy, President & Managing Director, Delphi India; M. F. Farooqui, Principal Secretary to the Industries Department in Tamil Nadu and M. Velmurgan Director, Guidance Bureau, Industries Department, Government of Tamil Nadu were present on the occasion.

Mr. Ramaswamy said the new facility would come up on 10 acres. In the first phase, it would manufacture immobiliser, body computer, instrument clusters and driver information systems. In the second phase, it would produce safety products and in the third phase audio products. With the setting up of the Chennai facility, Delphi’s entire range of products that were being manufactured outside India would now be produced in India itself. At present, it had four facilities located in and around Delhi and a technical centre in Bangalore.

Mr. Ramaswamy said Chennai was becoming the hub for the manufacturers of small and medium-sized cars. Electronic and automotive industry was also booming. These factors drew Delphi to set up shop here, he said.

Mr. Owens said at present the new facility would be assembling all the components. The local content of these components would be increased only with the demand, he added.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/11/stories/2008111156391600.htm

pdykid

November 11th, 2008, 06:01 PM

lakshman

November 15th, 2008, 12:39 AM

Me in Chicago.I heard that there was a hoarding erected on vandalur - padappai road by a builder just after mudichur road junction towards padappai.CAN ANY ONE GET ME THE BUILDERS NAME IF POSSIBLE..I think the road widening is also started.This will be first project on that streach.Still many will come in span of 2-3 years.

Rasnaboy

November 16th, 2008, 10:06 AM

KANCHEEPURAM: The Sriperumpudur Town Panchayat has taken up basic infrastructure works, including construction of shops and a restaurant at the bus terminus, at a total cost of around Rs.2.20 crore.

The old shops that had been let out to traders on ground-lease basis earlier will be replaced by uniformly-spaced (10 feet by 10 feet) shops on the southern and western sides. A restaurant will also come up atop the building.

The civic body has allocated Rs.74.20 lakh for the project and the work of constructing 38 shops has started.

It has also been proposed to install high-mast lamps in important junctions.

Two high-mast lamps had already been installed near the bus terminus.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/16/stories/2008111650620200.htm

Arul Murugan

November 20th, 2008, 12:12 AM

Infrastructure development under way at Sriperumbudur

V. Venkatasubramanian

Shops and restaurant to be built at the bus terminus

NEW AMENITIES: Shops being built at the bus terminus in Sriperumbudur

KANCHEEPURAM: The Sriperumbudur town panchayat has taken up infrastructure development, including construction of shops and a restaurant at the bus terminus, at a cost of Rs.2.20 crore.

The old shops, which have been rented to traders on a ground-lease basis earlier, are being replaced with uniform-space shops (10x10 feet) in the southern and western sides. A restaurant will come up atop the terminus building. The civic body has allocated Rs.74.20 lakh for this project, and the work on building 38 shops have started.

Flood drains

The civic body has also decided to build flood drains (along the main throughfares) and lay 21 cement roads, besides taking up infrastructure development works worth Rs.1.45 crores.

These works apart, it also proposes to install high-mast lamps at five places: near the Indira Gandhi statue, the Chennai-bypass junction on the Chennai-Bangalore National Highway, the Adhikesava Perumal temple, the Sivan temple and at the junction of the Chennai-Bangalore National Highway-Kodambakkam Road near the Rajiv Gandhi Memorial, according to Executive Officer V. Jayaraman. Two high-mast lamps have already been installed near the bus terminus.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/20/stories/2008112060310500.htm

Into_salem

December 10th, 2008, 09:05 AM

Hospitality

Empee International Hotels & Resorts Ltd, based in Chennai, plans to develop a 3-star hotel at Sriperumbudur in Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu.
Ramakrishnan, Vice President, told Projectmonitor, "The town of Sriperumbudur has many advantages for setting up the hotel project. There is lots of industrial development with excellent future prospects. Besides, it's an important industrial
corridor in the region. Nearly Rs 2,500 crore investment is expected in this industrial corridor. The actual hotel will be located about 3 km from Sriperumbudur, on the Chennai-Bangalore highway."
Commenting on the hotel itself, he added, "It's going to be a budget hotel with 100 keys. It's still in contract stage, and the current guess is that it may be ready by 2011. We've not yet worked out the cost. We've a plot of land measuring one acre, but the hotel-cum-resort complex itself will cover 65,000 sq. ft. Regarding clearances and approvals, we've got in-principle approval for the layout development plan."
The Empee Group of Hotels also manages the Grand Orient and New Victoria hotels in Chennai.

http://www.projectsmonitor.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=17536&secid=28

Elango1984

December 24th, 2008, 10:03 AM

The Tamil government is planning to create a dedicated country-specific industrial townships near Chennai, where the investors can locate both their businesses and homes in the same place.

As a first step, the state government has identified Sriperumbudur and its adjacent areas to create dedicated townships for those investors from three countries such as Korea, Finland and Japan who have a major presence in and around Chennai, sources in the State Industrial Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) told FE.

“The state government is said to have issued a neccessary government notification in this regard and the Corporation is in the process of acquiring anywhere between 1,500 acres and 1,800 acres at Sriperumbudur and its adjancent areas,” a SIPCOT official said.

“The state government is wanted to create a township-like cities for the investors from different countries and accordingly going forward with its plans. We hope to complete the land acquisition process in the next six months and will create basic facilitiers there to woo group of investors,” the sources said.

Initially the state government is targeting investors from countries such as Korea, Finland and Japan for the said township projects. The investors can put up their projects other than pollution in nature apart from have their own residential complexes. The state government will provide all basic facilities. Industries such as auto components, electronic units are some of the segments can be put up there, the sources added.

In addition to SEZs on apparel, leather, and engineering goods, the state government is also in the process of setting up a food SEZ at Nilakottai near here. The Corporation is working on the project and will soon identify land to house the project.

The state government has also started acquiring land ranging between 1,000 acres and 1,500 acres in places such as Madurai, and Tuticorin to woo major investments to these regions. The state government is already initiated necessary exercises in this regard.

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/now-countryspecific-industrial-townships-in-tn/401600/

Rasnaboy

December 24th, 2008, 05:28 PM

^^An investor-friendly move... :)

kvijayasundaram

December 25th, 2008, 09:54 AM

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Jobs/Sriperambudur_corridor_to_employ_2_lakh_by_10/articleshow/3883021.cms

Silk to silicon typifies the change undergone by heritage town Kanchipuram. Ten years ago, the sleepy Sriperambudur corridor, in Kanchi
district of Tamil Nadu, was totally disconnected from the capital. But, the state’s clinching of the major Ford car project in 1995 marked its transformation into an industrial hub.

Comparable to Chakan, near Pune, and Gurgaon, there are over 22 Fortune 500 companies operating and 27 private SEZs are coming up in the district. Needless to say, investment flow in the belt has surpassed official forecasts.

There are 140 projects in pipeline in the corridor, with an investment tag of Rs 1 lakh crore. Assuming even a mortality rate of 50% in view of the current slow down, it looks poised to attract Rs 50,000 crore or $12 billion as investment in the near future.

It is expected to generate employment close to two lakh by 2010 or early 2011. These and more staggering statistics show the transformation that the belt has undergone in the last one decade. Six global car manufacturers plus electronic hardware majors have made big ticket investments here. Competition from other states, marathon sessions and sleepless nights led to investments pouring in from world-over.

A fact reflected by global companies like Ford, Hyundai, BMW, Renault-Nissan, Caparo, Daimler, Mitsubishi (via HM), Delphi, Saint-Gobain, Nokia, Motorola, Foxconn, Flextronics, Dell and Samsung, selecting this as the destination to park their investments.

While efforts are on to sustain the momentum, OEMs and their suppliers in the area want authorities to address burning issues like the lack of physical infrastructure—better road, rail and air connectivity, power supply, water, industrial gas pipeline and truck parking area—besides social infrastructure like mass low cost housing projects, hospitals, schools and police stations.

On the other hand, officials want companies to provide jobs to locals, especially those who lost their land to projects and take up more skill training programmes. With the Centre insisting on rehabilitation and resettlement of people who lost their land and land prices shooting up in the belt, State agencies want to take up the role of facilitating direct dealing between investors and land owners.

Against this backdrop, ‘Wheels in Motion’ an ‘ET Think Turf’ initiative was organised recently at Waterina Hotel and
resorts at Sriperambadur to discuss the future growth strategy for the corridor. TN Industries Department Guidance Bureau director M Velmurugan, who has been closely associated with winning all the major projects in the last decade, outlined the state’s vision to transform it into one of the best industrial corridors in the country.

“Few years ago, the entire country was producing less than a million cars. By the end of 2010, the six car manufacturing plants in this corridor alone will account for 1.28 million and become one of the top 10 global car manufacturing centres” he said.

Kanchipuram District collector Santhosh K Misra said the district topped in terms of contribution to the state GDP. “Based on our estimates, companies in this corridor are doing business worth Rs 70,000 crore and employing one lakh people. Besides, Siruseri IT park, which also falls under Kanchi, employs about 50,000 people. With Moser Baer coming in as a silicon manufacturer, we are going from an era of silk to silicon,” he said.

He traced the transformation to a vibrant eco-system to encourage investments, primarily on the basis of its vast talent pool. Another key advantage is the hassle-free land acquisition. The Oragadam model in land acquisition, which attempted to give fair market value to land-owners, was replicated at Pillaipakkam also, he added. Mr Misra said this would be the corridor of the future, especially with the government declaring its intention to make it a corridor of excellence in the industrial policy.

Rasnaboy

December 25th, 2008, 12:28 PM

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Jobs/Sriperambudur_corridor_to_employ_2_lakh_by_10/articleshow/3883021.cms

^^^^

Dear KV Sir! Your post amidst current economic slowdown is quite encouraging. When several car manufacturers seem to have decided to cut down their production, this news comes as a morale booster. Let's hope for the best! :)

arijeetb

December 25th, 2008, 06:56 PM

Caparo Engineering unit
Photo copyright - Self

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/7076/caparosriperumbudurmg6.jpg

Rasnaboy

January 7th, 2009, 06:32 PM

Offers to bear 15% of the infrastructure cost.

The Tamil Nadu government would bear 15 per cent of the infrastructure cost incurred by the textile industry for setting up common effluent treatment plants, said industries secretary, MFFarooqui on Tuesday.

The move is aimed at boosting the textile sector that is facing declining demand from the export markets.

“The state government will do everything that is necessary and possible to help traditional industries like textile, handicraft and leather amidst the slowing market. The state currently bears 15 per cent of the infrastructure costs incurred by tannery units for setting up CETP. We are ready to extend this facility to the textile industry too,” he said addressing a conference on Traditional Industries organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci).

The state government will provide 10 acres of land free of cost for setting up a footwear design and development institute at Irungattukottai, in Sriperumbudur, the minister added.

Source: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/tn-to-help-textile-ind-seteffluent-treatment-plants/22/51/345418/

birraj

January 8th, 2009, 02:32 AM

Caparo Engineering unit
Photo copyright - Self

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/7076/caparosriperumbudurmg6.jpg

LOOK good - But what is it? - Where is it? ?? A little description will be helpful

Kewl Batty

January 8th, 2009, 09:10 AM

Caparo is generally into manufacturing steel, automotives and general engineering products.
This plant is @ sriperumbudur. I guess this forge unit is mainly for aluminium forging and foundry. Mainly for automotive components supply.

greatshankar

January 10th, 2009, 01:33 AM

Renault puts Chennai plans on hold as demand slows

In the wake of the general recessionary trend in the global automobile industry, French automaker Renault has decided to freeze its Cars of the future assembly plant in Chennai. The project — which recently saw Mahindra & Mahindra pulling out — is a 50:50 JV between Renault and Japan’s Nissan Motor.

Though Nissan will go ahead with its plan to produce entry-level vehicles from Chennai, it is learnt that Renault may launch its future products like the Megane and the Sandero from M&M’s Nashik plant. However, company officials insist that no final decision has been taken on the new launches from Nashik. Currently, Renault makes the entry-level Logan in a JV with M&M from the Nashik unit.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Auto/Automobiles/Renault_puts_Chennai_plans_on_hold_as_demand_slows/articleshow/3958251.cms

Rasnaboy

January 10th, 2009, 05:09 AM

^^

NEW DELHI: Taking a cautious approach in the wake of a market slump, Japanese carmaker Nissan on Friday said it would start with a single line of production to launch a small car in India by 2010 from its upcoming greenfield facility in Chennai, co-developed with French giant Renault.

“We have to be economic and keep in mind the customer’s demand. So, we are going slow and will have to start with a single line (of production) for the both firms,” Nissan Motor India Chief Executive Officer Shouhei Kimura told reporters here.

Commitment

The joint venture between the two firms — Renault Nissan Automotive India Pvt. Ltd. — had earlier planned to have two different production lines for the two manufacturers but recently announced that they would be holding back on investments in the wake of the global economic downturn. “We have to look at the market very carefully and the second line will be added depending on the economic condition,” Mr. Kimura said, adding that the facility would initially produce two lakh vehicles annually.

“Our commitment to the plant is to invest Rs. 4,500 crore to produce four lakh units annually and we are not holding the investment. This capacity will be achieved by 2015 as per the MoU signed with the Tamil Nadu Government,” Mr. Kimura said. He said that despite the market condition, the company would roll out its locally produced small car by 2010.

On the tripartite low-cost car project with Renault and Bajaj, Mr. Kimura said the parties were assessing the market situation. Besides, Nissan would launch two new variants of its SUV X-Trail and sedan Teana in India next year.

On the company’s export contract for A-Star with Maruti Suzuki, Mr. Kimura said: “Many rumours and many speculations are there. It is not the time to announce when and by how much volume, we will export A-Star from Suzuki.” He said the company exported the hatchback to Europe under the brand Pixo and the shipment would start this year. — PTI

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/10/stories/2009011059341600.htm

Rasnaboy

January 30th, 2009, 01:40 AM

CHENNAI: The U.S.-based automatic transmissions maker, Allison Transmission, broke ground for a facility to manufacture auto components at Oragadam here.

The 2,03,000-square foot facility, will initially be used to make components for export starting early 2010.

It will also serve as the regional headquarters, Ram Amarnath, managing director, Allison Transmission India, said.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/30/stories/2009013055890500.htm

Rasnaboy

January 31st, 2009, 03:56 AM

Chennai, Jan. 30 Uniworld Logistics Pvt Ltd’s Rs 50-crore ‘integrated logistics park’ at Irungattukottai on the Chennai-Bangalore highway will be inaugurated on Saturday.

It will have an inland container depot, airfreight station, bonded warehouse, customs clearance, general warehousing and can also be used for distribution of products, according to the company official.

Acer, the computer manufacturer, will be one of the first customers to use the new facility. It will import laptops from China; carry bags from Taiwan and mouse/keypads from Thailand. The finished product will be assembled at Uniworld Logistics Park, and distributed to various parts of the country, Mr Prem Kumar, Managing Director and CEO, Uniworld, told newspersons.

Fresenius Medical Care, a German provider of dialysis products and services for patients, will also use the new facility to distribute its products in India.

A number of users will share the common resources in the facility built in 22 acres of land, he said.

Mr Kumar said the company, with a turnover of around Rs 310 crore, will invest an additional Rs 40 crore in the next couple of years to build a similar logistics park in Bangalore and also a Free Trade Warehouse in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai.

Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/01/31/stories/2009013150342100.htm

Elango1984

February 10th, 2009, 03:08 PM

Sew Eurodrive India, manufacturer of drive and motion control devices like industrial gears, commissioned its Sriperumbudur plant near here Tuesday.

“The Rs.330-million outlay plant was set up to serve the southern markets that contribute to nearly 40 percent of our turnover,” M.J. Abraham, chief executive of the Rs.1.07-billion (Rs.107-crore) company, told reporters here.

“The balance turnover comes from western (40 percent) and northern (20 percent) parts of India that will be serviced from our Vadodara plant in Gujarat,” he added.

According to Abraham, the company has invested Rs.550 million (Rs.55 crore) since 2007 towards expanding the Vadodara unit and building the Sriperumbudur plant.

He said Eurodrive supplies to automobile, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, steel, construction and textile industries.

Eurodrive’s parent company Sew Eurodrive GmbH has 19 plants in the Asia region of which the Chennai unit is the first one being built as per green building specifications.

With the new plant, the company’s capacity in India would go up to 56,000 units.

The company sold 17,000 units in 2008.

http://www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/61933.htm

Elango1984

February 11th, 2009, 02:37 PM

From the Espoo factory, which is to be closed down in stages during the summer, 282 people will be made redundant from production and support services.
According to Nokia Siemens Networks Chief Operating Officer Mika Vehviläinen, the production of microwave radio products will be moved from Espoo to the Chennai plant in India while the base station product manufacturing will continue at the Suzhou factory in China.
“Moving the production to the Durach factory in Germany is only a temporary operative solution”, Vehviläinen continues.

http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Nokia+Siemens+Networks+to+close+Espoo+factory+and+cut+560+jobs+in+Finland/1135243447436

Rasnaboy

February 14th, 2009, 04:48 AM

CHENNAI: The Chennai-based XL Estates has announced the launch of XL Woods, a premium residential property with a total of 176 low-rise apartments at Sriperumpudur near here at an investment of Rs. 35 crore. The price of two-bed room, three-bed room and luxury studio apartments ranges between Rs. 13 lakh and Rs. 25 lakh. The project is scheduled to be completed by July 2010, says a company release.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/14/stories/2009021455881600.htm

senthil2001msk

March 3rd, 2009, 05:59 AM

http://www.eetindia.co.in/ART_8800565035_1800007_NT_2afb398f.HTM

Moser Baer Photo Voltaic (MBPV), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delhi-based Moser Baer India Ltd, is planning to double its headcount this year for its manufacturing facility in Greater Noida, reports Hindustan Times.

At present, the company has about 600 workers at the facility, said Yogesh Mathur, group chief financial officer, Moser Baer. Mathur added that MPBV is also targeting to increase its manufacturing capacity from its current125 mega watts to 300 mega watts over the next two quarters.

MBPV will invest about Rs.7,460 crore ($1.5 billion) in three phases to develop its manufacturing facility in Chennai, and aims to generate up to 1,000 mega watts through its Greater Noida and Chennai facilities by December of next year.

"We plan to invest about $1.5 billion (Rs.7,460 crore) for the Chennai plant. We have some internal accruals and would raise debt and equity to fund the investment," said Mathur.

The company has not raised any money for this so far, according to Hindustan Times. It expects construction for the plant to start by October this year and expects to generate about 500 megawatts of thin photovoltaic film by the end of financial year 2010.

chennaidesi

March 16th, 2009, 05:45 PM

The 190 million Euro plus Lohmann, a leading manufacturer of speciality adhesive tapes and high-precision die-cut, has established the
facility of its first Indian subsidiary at Oragadam, near Chennai. It has entailed an investment of Rs 35 crore.

The new facility has a clean room production unit to make specialised self-adhesive die-cut parts used by electronics majors like Perlos, Laird Technologies, BYD Electronics India and Samsung India. The facility was inaugurated by Lohmann Group CEO Jurgen Walda on Monday.

Millions of die-cuts can be produced in a month at a time depending upon the criticality of the product. From hygiene to graphics, Lohmann's product range covers a spectrum of industries like automotive, building and construction, consumer goods and electrical and electronic devices.

Being a major supplier to all the European car manufacturers, Lohmann India would also focus on providing specific solutions to customers in the domestic market such as Maruti, Tata, Ford, GM, VW and BMW, company said in a statement.

In December 2007, the group began work on its 1.65 acre facility with a built-up area of 60,000 sq ft at the hi-tech city SEZ at Oragadam. The plant is equipped with the latest German machinery to ensure best possible manufacturing product and processes.

Its sales network has been expanded across the country with presence in places such as Pune, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Delhi.

Lohmann Adhesive Tape India's present turnover is Euro one million. "The Indian operations will contribute more than two million Euro to the group turnover, by December 2009," Lohmann Adhesive Tape national sales manager Yash Mittra said.

The adhesive tape business is estimated to be worth more over 50 million euro. From a small core team of five employees, the Indian operations have added more than 30 people to its rolls, he added.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News-By-Industry/Cons-Products/Electronics/German-firm-Lohmanns-facility-in-TN-goes-onstream/articleshow/4272815.cms

MyNation

March 19th, 2009, 03:59 PM

Chennai: For the first time the most advanced operation theatre lights will be manufactured in India. Private equity-backed medical technology provider Trivitron in alliance with UK-based Brandon Medical will make these lights at Trivitron’s facility in Sriperumbudur near Chennai. Production of these shadowless lights is expected to commence by 2009-end and the companies are aiming to price it 30-40% cheaper than imported ones, company officials said.
The Chennai-based Rs 280 crore Trivitron has 51% stake in the joint venture, that would be operating under the name of Brandon Trivitron Medical Technologies. Initially, an investment of $ 2 million will be required for the manufacturing project and the site will come up at Trivitron’s Rs 250 crore medical technology park in Sriperumbadur.
“The technology tie-up is aimed at manufacturing shadow-less lights used in operation theatres. Initially, 70% of components for these lights would be sourced from India and we would ramp it up in future,” Trivitron MD G S K Velu said on Wednesday. A top-end light with LED technology costs Rs 12 lakh, whereas Brandon Trivitron JV is aiming to bring the same cost down to Rs 5 lakh.
“This would work out cheaper than a Rs 8 lakh halogen lamp too. These have a lifetime of 10 to 15 years and treatment outcomes are proven,” Velu said.
Only few plants around the world have the know-how and capability of making the diode, a crucial aspect of the LED technology, Brandon Medical MD Graeme Hall added.

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOI&BaseHref=TOICH/2009/03/19&PageLabel=20&EntityId=Ar02004&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T

pdykid

March 22nd, 2009, 08:58 PM

CHENNAI: Essar steel has set up a steel processing facility, with a capacity of 2.5 lakh tonnes per annum, in proximity to the manufacturing unit of one of its largest customers - Hyundai motor India - at Oragadam near Chennai. The Rs.75 crore unit built over an area of 22 acres, was inaugurated by Bank of India CMD T S Narayanasami, in the presence of Essar group chairman Shashi Ruia.

The Sriperumbudur - Oragadam belt is Chennai's largest industrial hub, with over 22 Fortune 500 companies operating, of which six are global car manufacturers. Among industries in Tamil Nadu, only few global manufacturing units like Hyundai's have a captive steel-processing unit.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News-By-Industry/Indl-Goods--Svs/Steel/Essar-steel-sets-up-processing-facility-in-Chennais-auto-belt/articleshow/4297441.cms

senthil2001msk

March 27th, 2009, 04:05 PM

ZTE Mulls Manufacturing Facility In India

http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/33431/news.htm

ZTE Telecom India is planning to establish a manufacturing facility in the country, reports The Hindu Business Line. The company is part of the $10-billion Chinese firm in the telecommunications equipment and network solutions space. Tamil Nadu is a preferred destination, thanks to availability of skilled man power, says D.K. Ghosh, chairman and managing director, ZTE Telecom India. For this purpose, ZTE seeks about 30 acres of land near Sriperumbudur. Ten per cent of the global revenue of ZTE comes from India, whereas China contributes 30 per cent.

chennaidesi

March 27th, 2009, 09:26 PM

ZTE is a huge company so better TN gets this before others.

Rasnaboy

June 5th, 2009, 03:31 AM

Renault ‘suspends’ plan to have production line for now

CHENNAI: Nissan, on Thursday, said that its joint venture production facility, in tie-up with Renault, at Oragadam, near here, would go on stream in May next, setting at rest intense speculation caused by events in the wake of global recession.

Nissan said that work on the project, coming up on 640-acres, was apace and progressing according to schedule, though Renault had ‘suspended’, at least for now, its plan to have a production line in the upcoming facility.

Addressing select media persons, after a conducted tour of the project site, Colin Dodge, Executive Vice-President, Nissan Motor Company, said that Renault was very much part of the Renault Nissan Automotive India, the promoter of the Oragadam project.

Mr. Dodge said that globally there were 68 million cars in 2007 and this had come down to 54 million in 2008. Renault’s decision to ‘suspend’ its plan for a production line at the upcoming facility should be read in this context, he said. “Renault is very much there in the venture. They will come back to have their production line,” he said.

The Executive Vice-President informed presspersons that the Oragadam venture would have flexibility to make products on three platforms — A segment cars, B segment products and light commercial vehicles.

On Nissan’s joint venture with commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland, Mr. Dodge said the two sides had held parleys on Thursday. Stating that talks on ways to optimise production were at an advanced stage, Mr. Dodge said the venture could roll out its light commercial vehicles in the middle of 2011. He said India would form an important constituent of the global sourcing strategy of Nissan.

Investment

India, according to Kiminobu Tokuyama, President and CEO of Nissan Motor India, will see largest capital investment from the auto major in 2009. The company had drawn up a 350 billion yen global investment plan. Nissan would launch nine models in India by 2012, including five India-made models. At the moment, it had only two models. In the current year, it would launch 370Z, X-Trail and Teana in India.

The Oragadam project promoters had committed an investment of Rs. 4,500 crore over a seven-year period from the MoU (memorandum of understanding) date of February 2008. Initially, the unit would churn out two lakh units, which could go up to four lakh units at full capacity. Over 20 suppliers were also expected to house their units in the suppliers’ park that was coming up adjacent to the car project, they said.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/05/stories/2009060551731600.htm

shekar

June 7th, 2009, 07:54 AM

hi every boy:banana:

Bless

June 8th, 2009, 12:38 PM

hi every boy:banana:
Welcome :cheers:

krishnancv

June 8th, 2009, 02:15 PM

Many manufacturers in and around Chennai were complaining about capacity constraints at Chennai Airport with Nokia leading the charge. If the proposed dry port at Sriperumbudur could also be used for Air Cargo some relief would be there for manufacturers, logisticians as well as AAI. Is it also included? Can anybody enlighten on this?

pdykid

June 18th, 2009, 04:14 PM

CHENNAI: Momentive Performance Materials, a US-based high tech Silicones manufacturing company (formerly GE Bayer Silicones), has set up a new
facility for silicones manufacturing and application development at Sriperumbudur near Chennai. It will entail an investment of $ 27 Million in two phases

"Frankly, we are here mainly because the TN industries department moved much faster with approvals and land procurement," Momentive MD and GM-India V P Nalian

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Momentive-sets-up-silicones-unit-near-Chennai/articleshow/4672496.cms

satishanu

July 6th, 2009, 10:40 PM

CHENNAI: Nokia will enter into a joint venture agreement with Apollo Hospitals to construct a 60-bed multi-specialty hospital in its manufacturing facility at Sriperumbudur and has sought State government nod.

The State government is likely to give its nod on Monday for the Rs.50-crore project at a meeting to be chaired by Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. The meeting will also sort out a civic problem.

Nokia officials approached Mr. Stalin last week, as it is operating from a leased land. The hospital will become operational in two years. Out of the 210 acres, Nokia will set aside three acres for the project. The hospital will treat its employees as well as the outsiders. Mr. Stalin, who also holds the industries portfolio, visited industrial parks and special economic zones at Oragadam and Sriperumbudur for the first time on Friday to hear the investor’s grievances. He was accompanied by industries Secretary M.F. Farooqui and State Industrial Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) chairman and managing director N. Govindan along with other industry department officials. During his visit, Nokia officials said that they had employed over 9,000 people, of whom nearly 90 per cent were from socially backward classes.

He visited the Renault-Nissan facility at Oragadam.

Source: Hinduonnet (http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/06/stories/2009070659950700.htm)

senthil2001msk

July 13th, 2009, 10:14 AM

Apollo Tyres sees Nov rollout from Chennai plant

Capacity to produce 8,000 tyres a day.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/07/12/stories/2009071250970200.htm

Chennai, July 11 Apollo Tyres expects its greenfield facility near Chennai to go on stream from November. The plant will make top-of-the-line truck and bus radials and ultra-high-performance passenger car radial tyres.

According to the company’s 2008-09 annual report, work on the plant that will cater to the growing small car segment is going full steam ahead. The technical standards are ready and product development plans have been finalised. Wet commissioning of equipment has also been undertaken.

The plant will have a capacity to produce 8,000 tyres a day, according to the annual report.

Apollo Tyres signed an agreement in August 2006 with the Tamil Nadu Government for setting up the plant at Oragadam, an industrial suburb to the west of Chennai, at an investment of over Rs 500 crore. The company had said the plant would go on stream in June 2009.

‘Run on Flat’ technology

The company’s annual report also says that it has commenced development of “Run on Flat” technology tyres and winter tyres, in the passenger car radial segment.

Run on flat tyres allow a vehicle to be driven even when a tyre has been deflated because of a puncture, at reduced speeds for a limited distances. These tyres have stiffer side walls that can bear the vehicle’s weight even when the air pressure is reduced. They are widely used in luxury cars.

For commercial vehicles, the company has conducted extensive tests on the ‘Endurance’ premium radial truck tyre and it hopes to launch the product by next year.

The passenger car radial tyre capacity at the Baroda plant has been expanded to 16,500 tyres a day.

The plant will concentrate on high-end, premium products. The company has also commissioned its off the road tyre plant with an initial capacity of 7,400 tonnes a day.

Hungary project deferred

According to the annual report, the project planned in Hungary has been deferred due to the economic slowdown. The company was to invest Euro 200 million in a greenfield plant in Hungary. It recently acquired premium European tyre manufacturer Vredestein Banden of the Netherlands.

Apollo Tyres posted a standalone net profit of Rs 108 crore on an income of Rs 4,071 crore in 2008-09.

The annual report says that the company has come out with a new corporate identity designed by Wally Olins, a leading global practitioner in corporate identity and branding, who has advised companies such as Prudential, Renault and Volkswagen.

krishnancv

July 13th, 2009, 11:19 AM

^^ Yup work was going on at a fast pace.
Here is a pic that i took on 11/07/2009.

Apollo tyres plant under construction

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5281/apollotyres.jpg

Saw around 100 construction workers in uniform going to get entry passes at around 07:30.

Euromast

July 17th, 2009, 10:20 AM

TN eyes Perambalur for locating aeropark on 4,000 acres (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News-By-Industry/Transportation/Airlines-Aviation/TN-eyes-Perambalur-for-locating-aeropark-on-4000-acres/articleshow/4788658.cms?curpg=2)

The aeropark, to be operational before 2012, would be an integral part of the aero triangle between Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. The Chennai
aeropark, envisaged to attract an investment $10 billion over the next 5-7 years, is expected to create direct and indirect employment for over one lakh for highly skilled resources.

The aeropark infrastructure would be developed by a special purpose vehicle, under the PPP model. This entity would build and operate the aeropark, to enable global players to design, manufacture and maintain all types of aircraft for both civilian and defence needs. With the rapid growth of Indian and Chinese civil aviation sectors, the focus of global aircraft manufacturing companies is shifting to servicing the needs of these growing economies.

There is a proposal to undertake a five-day visit to St Louis and Wichita to meet with global biggies like HBC, Cessna, General Dynamics and Wichita State University to explore the possibility of JVs. There is also a suggestion to set up a dedicated aero university within the aeropark. This proposal would be backed by a visit to OEMs such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin, another person familiar with the development told ET

kg4129

July 17th, 2009, 10:31 AM

^^This news very well deserved to be in Trichy Thread...

It's good to see the developments of such great project and expect TN should give more importance and conceive in earlier stage :cheers:

Euromast

July 17th, 2009, 10:50 AM

I confused Sriperumbudur with Perambalur:-(

krishnancv

July 17th, 2009, 10:58 AM

:lol: Named Chennai aero park. Situated in Perambalur.:nuts:

Kewl Batty

July 17th, 2009, 11:17 AM

^^ :lol:
http://chennaiaeropark.org/index.html :nuts:

kg4129

July 17th, 2009, 11:30 AM

:lol: Named Chennai aero park. Situated in Perambalur.:nuts:

For the media /Politician ,Tamilnadu means Chennai only...They will never come south/West of Chennai ever...

Hope, in coming years this perception will get changed.

krishnancv

July 17th, 2009, 11:33 AM

^^On a lighter note, May be they are stuck with the old name of Madras state.

Well it may also be for marketing reasons. Perambalur is just 4 hrs drive from Chennai airport.

sridhar_n

July 17th, 2009, 12:49 PM

^^On a lighter note, May be they are stuck with the old name of Madras state.

Well it may also be for marketing reasons. Perambalur is just 4 hrs drive from Chennai airport.

I would still want the aeropark to come up in Chennai. I think a SEZ is proposed in Perambalur isn't it?

krishnancv

July 17th, 2009, 01:02 PM

Yup. Even i wanted to. But one must think of the state as a whole. We(Chennai) have been doing great in automobile, IT and Electronics area. If this also comes so near to Chennai it would only have led to congestion. Chennai also plans to develop a Financial city. Look at tier 2 cities of TN. They haven't got the growth that Tier 2 cities in other states have like Mysore, Vizag, Pune etc. Infact the main reasons cited by the govt for moving to Perambalur was non availability of large tracts of land. This is a blessing in disguise for Chennai. Perambalur SEZ being just 4 hrs away from Chennai airport people would choose to transit in Chennai.

sridhar_n

July 17th, 2009, 01:22 PM

bharani.nitt

July 17th, 2009, 01:37 PM

Hosur should be the ideal candidate , not Perambalur :x

Perambalur is an agricultural district .

Shift it to Hosur or Chennai.

Even Kovai is a good option.

No Perambalur. Perambalur is my dad's native FYI. So I have nothing against perambalur . just that 4000 acres will mean farmers will lose their land.

krishnancv

July 17th, 2009, 01:50 PM

^^ hmmm...i understand...but proximity to port would be a major requirement for such a huge project (but in that case why has Hyd and B''lore been chosen for similar aeroparks? - i don't have an answer....!!!)

and btw, is perambalur just 4 hrs from chennai??? I didn't know that...may be not now since the 4 laning has not yet been completed...the ulundoorpet stretch is still a big problem isn' it???

I did Kathipara to Paal Pannai(a jn in trichy) in 5 hrs in a car 4 months ago. So I don't think it would take more than 4 hrs to Perambalur. Airbus's toulouse facility is land locked and is 210 km away from nearest major port Bordeaux. Here karaikal port is just around 100 km away.

@bharani.nitt: They aren't taking agricultural land. I believe there is lot of poromboke land near the sez.

kg4129

July 17th, 2009, 02:04 PM

H Factor

July 17th, 2009, 04:11 PM

^^It's possible in 4 hrs to reach Perambalur. I have also gone many times in last 6 months. Also 4 lane works completed upto Perambalur atleast, from samayapuram to mannarpuram in trichy city.. you'll find all the mess

Perambalur is not having much farm land compared to other district. So don't think, government will grab the farm land from the formers.

Locating this in Chennai- Bangalore corridor is ideal. It has the following advantages:

1. Leveraging strong R&D strength of Bangalore and manufacturing strength of Chennai.
2. Chennai bangalore highway is part of Cuddalore-chennai-Mumbai industrial corridor
3. Access to new sriperumbudur airport and Sriperumbudur dry port
4. Emerging cities like Vellore and Hosur will get a boost

If it cant be located too close to Sriperumbudur airport then ideal location is anywhere between Hosur & Vellore.

Our Govt thinks that inviting project of this will lead to development of backward district like Perambalur. However, without first investing on improving infra this project is not going to attract suitable investor.

die4chennai

July 17th, 2009, 04:15 PM

Attracting investments is gonna be a problem if it is going to b situated there

chennaidesi

July 17th, 2009, 04:24 PM

I think govt is just looking only land availability but think about other things.

Talent availability is a issue at many places and also infra.

Based on Chennai strength and talent availability and Infra
Chennai-

Based on Bangalore strength to draw investments
Hosur-

Third and Final
may be Coimbatore-

Any other city creating Infra is a big issue and also attracting big investments and talent will be very difficult.

kg4129

July 17th, 2009, 04:38 PM

^^Better we can carry forward our discussion in Arraitai arangam... related to pro's & con's of all the locations...

Let leave this thread for the purpose..

Subra

July 17th, 2009, 06:33 PM

Locating this in Chennai- Bangalore corridor is ideal. It has the following advantages:

1. Leveraging strong R&D strength of Bangalore and manufacturing strength of Chennai.
2. Chennai bangalore highway is part of Cuddalore-chennai-Mumbai industrial corridor
3. Access to new sriperumbudur airport and Sriperumbudur dry port
4. Emerging cities like Vellore and Hosur will get a boost

If it cant be located too close to Sriperumbudur airport then ideal location is anywhere between Hosur & Vellore.

Our Govt thinks that inviting project of this will lead to development of backward district like Perambalur. However, without first investing on improving infra this project is not going to attract suitable investor.

I agree. Chennai - Blore corridor is ideal and that was also actively pursued by the oficials. Not sure why there is a change in direction. Possible political play based on the assembly elections in 2 years.

krishnancv

July 17th, 2009, 07:35 PM

I agree. Chennai - Blore corridor is ideal and that was also actively pursued by the oficials. Not sure why there is a change in direction. Possible political play based on the assembly elections in 2 years.

I have discussed about this in Chennai discussions. Let's continue there.

Subra

July 20th, 2009, 10:33 PM

http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_moser-baer-defers-chennai-facility_1275872

New Delhi: Moser Baer Photo Voltaic (MBPV), a subsidiary of optical storage device maker, Moser Baer India, has deferred plans for the construction of its Chennai plant due to liquidity constraints and production mismatch.

The company was earlier planning to commence construction from October with power production from fiscal 2011. It was negotiating on equipment prices from different vendors, and agreement on the same was expected in April.

Moser Baer officials were not immediately available to comment on the development.

However, company sources said that it is looking to move "cautiously ahead" for its additional capacity expansion plans "at least in the short term" to counter any supply and demand mismatch, but its long-term optimism in the solar power business remains intact.

The New Delhi-based company had outlined plans to invest up to $1.5 billion in the Chennai plant over the next three years to ramp up capacity to make solar photovoltaic cells and modules to generate electricity of 1 gigawatt (1,000 mw) by the end of the calendar year 2010.

However, liquidity crunch in the European markets, which is the hub for solar power energy consumption, and huge oversupply of solar modules and cells leading to more-than-expected inventory, the company has decided to reassess and re-evaluate the ramping up strategy.

The clear timeline on when the Chennai plant would be "back on the table" could not be ascertained immediately.

The company was planning to develop the plant in three phases with investment of $500 million in each phase. However, several private equity investors and even banks are now unwilling to invest in the solar panel, cells manufacturing and thin film capacity due to its longer period of gestation which requires early equipment ordering.

Currently, the worldwide demand for solar power related equipment, raw materials and panels is at an all-time low leading to huge oversupply in the market.

Recently, the company also temporarily closed certain production processes in its solar photovoltaic plant at Greater Noida as it wanted to clear out the huge stocks of inventory before reviving production at full capacity.

greatshankar

July 21st, 2009, 12:57 AM

^^ What's happening?

Flextronics planning to move some of it's manufacturing units to bangalore, DLF getting out from SEZ project....

Subra

July 21st, 2009, 01:42 AM

^^ What's happening?

Flextronics planning to move some of it's manufacturing units to bangalore, DLF getting out from SEZ project....

I don't think they are connected. Moser Baer's decision is purely in line with Nissan-Leyland (economy and land issues) and Renault-Nissan (economy as Renault is not scaling up) ventures. They are all impacted by the economic recession. Even Hero pulled out of Daimler venture. They are only saying that the project will be implemented in phases.

BTW what is about Flextronics ?

Subra

July 21st, 2009, 12:53 PM

http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Flextronics_may_shift_some_operations_from_Chennai-nid-59559.html/2

Bangalore: Flextronics, an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider, is considering to shift some of its manufacturing operations from Chennai to Bangalore. The shift is being considered because of the company's belief that Bangalore can be a good option for manufacturing some of its components, the Economic Times reports.

But the spokespersons of the company have denied any such move, maintaining that the company is not even planning to shift its operations. "As an EMS provider, we constantly move capital equipment across our network of manufacturing facilities globally. If we transfer a few lines out of Chennai, it might well be in exchange of other equipment due to a shift in demand or operational strategy and should not be seen as an indication of any rationalization or downsizing exercise," responded Valerie Kurniawan, Senior Director, Corporate Marketing and Communications, Asia, Flextronics.

The company had announced to invest $200 million in phases at the special economic zone (SEZ), for which the Tamil Nadu government had allotted 250 acres. Shifting a SMT (surface mount technology) line costs up to $1 million.
The company is considering such a move, says component supplies and officials in the Tamil Nadu Industries and Labor Department. Some vendors have been asked to stop supplies too. Officials added that Flextronics will not shut down the unit but is only considering moving production of some components. The reasons for the shift are not clear.

Flextronics had announced that it will produce one million handsets per month at the time of opening the facility. Ashok Dhawan, Vice President and Managing Director, Global Shared Service Center, Flextronics stated, "We have no plans to shut down the Chennai facility. We are 30 months into our operations; hence it is too early to talk about viability."

Asserting the company's long term interests in India, Dhawan said, "In the recent months, we have launched Flex Power, a power chargers manufacturing unit at Chennai Industrial Park (Sriperumbudur SEZ). In addition to Chennai factory, we also operate a repair services unit at Bangalore and GSSC at Chennai. The centre has three premises and has a headcount of over 1,200 regular employees doing high-end IT and finance work mainly."

The Puducherry unit was closed two years ago following completion of its business with customers. Bangalore operations are normal.

The company's investments are close to its promise of investing $100 million is SEZ, said Dhawan. The State Labor Department hinted that the company is thinking about shifting a portion of the plant.

According to the Industrial Disputes Act, factories employing 100 or more workers must give 90 days prior notice to government if it intends to close down. The Labor department will then investigate and ascertain the reasons and hear the party before passing an order.

State administration is curious over the developments considering it was one of the big investment catch in the electronic hardware sector. The company employs 1,400 people, of which 400 are regular employees.

Industry forecasts states the EMS sector will touch $40 billion by 2012. India's economic growth rate, along with business opportunities in the telecom and automotive sectors had attracted many global corporations to the southern EMS space. The list of EMS and original design manufacturers included Delphi, Flextronics, Jabil, Sanmina-SCI, Solectron and Wintek.

The capital investments by companies in this corridor have touched Rs.3,300 crore, which is half of the country's EMS business. But, the global slowdown has also hit the players hard.
:ohno:

H Factor

July 21st, 2009, 05:12 PM

Can anyone of you help me on the potential loss to Chennai on account of recession?

1. Hero group out of Daimler. Any idea of the reduction in the investment size & workforce
2. Renault has deferred their plans for Chennai. Reduction in the investment size & workforce?
3. MB deferring $1.5B investment.
4. Ashok Leyland not gng ahead with Nissan on the proposed JV. Reduction in the investment size & workforce?
5. Flextronics moving out of Chennai. Effects?
6. AL not gng ahead with their expansion plans. Effects?
7. Hyndai's second car plant?
8. DLF 1500 crore IT SEZ near Taramani

Its unfortunate that all bog ticket investments remains only on paper. When is chennai gng to realize this? :ohno:

On the positive side,

1. Ford is still optimistic on their proposed expansion
2. Saint Gobain is expanding its operations
3. ??? What else? :bash:

Subra

July 21st, 2009, 05:29 PM

Can anyone of you help me on the potential loss to Chennai on account of recession?

1. Hero group out of Daimler. Any idea of the reduction in the investment size & workforce [No change to investment plan-Over 4000 crores]
2. Renault has deferred their plans for Chennai. Reduction in the investment size & workforce? [Investment cut by half temporarily-2000 crores, but still comitted to invest over 4000 crores in 7 years]
3. MB deferring $1.5B investment. [Investment might be delayed but still comitted to the MOU]
4. Ashok Leyland not gng ahead with Nissan on the proposed JV. Reduction in the investment size & workforce? [Investment delayed but still comitted to the MOU, over 4000 crores in 7 years]

5. Flextronics moving out of Chennai. Effects?[No idea what is happening ?]

6. AL not gng ahead with their expansion plans. Effects? [Investment might be delayed but still comitted to the MOU]

7. Hyndai's second car plant? [Investment competed as per the MOU and operational]

8. DLF 1500 crore IT SEZ near Taramani [TIDCO may need to find an other partner]

Its unfortunate that all bog ticket investments remains only on paper. When is chennai gng to realize this? :ohno:

On the positive side,

1. Ford is still optimistic on their proposed expansion
2. Saint Gobain is expanding its operations
3. ??? What else? :bash:

My answers are inline.

sridhar_n

July 22nd, 2009, 05:44 AM

ranga

July 22nd, 2009, 07:47 AM

The effects of recession is indeed visible. The impact of recession in India in general, have been bit less. Now that things are again looking up, let us all wish and pray that all the shelved / slowed down projects (except DLF) will take off some time or other. DLF are in a big soup and are withdrawing from all their big projects.

Until the developed countries in the west comes out of recession there is no hope.Why only lament on the developments taking a knock in chennai its happenning every where including the fastest growing country CHINA.However DLF made the mistake of entering chennai market making wrong calculations of pent up demand in the residential market space which i found to be far less than Bangalore and even Hyderabad.

sridhar_n

July 22nd, 2009, 08:51 AM

^^Ranga, not sure if this is the thread for this discussion, but would like to comment on your post.

This time around, the revival will be influenced by developing countries, especially BRIC countries..Thankfully, India and China have had lesser impact coz of the global slowdown compared to developed countries. With the govt's increased spending on infrastructure, all other industries would also benefit thereby helping the economy to look up again.

And I read an article which totally contradicts your view on the demand for residential properties. The article says that Chennai has displaced B'lore as the most preferred destination for investment in properties. Fortunately, chennai's real estate market had a lesser impact post slow down compared to the markets in B'lore and Mumbai. The market in these cities were over heated and hence a steep fall aftermath the slowdown.

MA Eswaran

July 22nd, 2009, 08:59 AM

Bless

July 22nd, 2009, 10:58 AM

^^
And I read an article which totally contradicts your view on the demand for residential properties. The article says that Chennai has displaced B'lore as the most preferred destination for investment in properties. Fortunately, chennai's real estate market had a lesser impact post slow down compared to the markets in B'lore and Mumbai. The market in these cities were over heated and hence a steep fall aftermath the slowdown.
Hi Sridhar_n,
Can you find the article online and post it (on Chennai Discussion II). I wanted to know the intention of the author for the article.

Subra

July 22nd, 2009, 01:35 PM

Folks, the DLF SEZ mentioned here is not for residential purpose. It is the TIDEL-III contract.

TechGuy

August 21st, 2009, 09:28 PM

Avista Advisory is the advisor for Nokia SEZ and Velankani SEZ in sriperumbudur, Chennai.

The have published a white paper of india's Electronics manufacturing.

http://www.avistaadvisory.com/images/white-paper-3.pdf

TechGuy

TechGuy

August 21st, 2009, 10:03 PM

The proposal for a greenfield airport at Sriperumbudur is gaining momentum following Airports Authority of India (AAI) Chairman V.P. Agrawal’s announcement
putting on hold the construction of a parallel runway at the Chennai airport.

http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/31/stories/2009073160850500.htm

TechGuy

ferrari_fan

August 22nd, 2009, 06:20 AM

^^ Cool!!

But they desperately need to upgrade roads from both Kathipara and Koyambedu upto Sriperumbudur..

The NH4 is already heavily congested..

die4chennai

August 22nd, 2009, 10:52 AM

^^ And a Rail-Route would be a icing on the cake

chennaidesi

August 22nd, 2009, 01:47 PM

I am not sure why govt is not taking any steps on this issue, also OMR needs train connection(may be metro)

Arul Murugan

September 5th, 2009, 03:39 AM

Industries are on a roll, but social infrastructure limps
T K Rohit | TNN

Chennai: Is the lopsided growth of the industrial hub of Sriperumbudur-Oragadam on the outskirts of Chennai — focusing on attracting investments and winking at lack of adequate social infrastructure — earning it the tag of an overgrown child?

The region, the once empty land that quickly mutated into a favourable manufacturing hub for international operation, is limping in terms of investment and growth in social infrastructure. For lakhs of employees working in this industrial belt, it is a pain-point. Now, with the state government promoting southern districts and regions like Cheyyar, the same concerns remain.

When the Sriperumbudur-Oragadam region began to grow, people had to brave bumpy rides on potholed roads to reach their factories. Company vehicles were the main means of transport because the region lacked a steady stream of buses. Now, the golden quadrilateral (Chennai-Bangalore highway) has become the artery for industries in the region. But still, a lot of needs to be done.

“Since Oragadam has become a huge manufacturing hub, the ideal situation would be to live here and go to work. But that is not possible because there are no schools or hospitals,” a senior Nokia official said.

The exponential growth of Oragadam region has even caught officials off-guard. “We actually did not expect so much of development in such a short time. Most of the growth has happened in the last two-three years,” a senior state government official said.:nuts:

In case of medical emergency, there is no quality hospitals in Sriperumbudur-Oragadam region. One has to rush to Sri Ramchandra Hospital in Porur or Meenakshi Medical College near Kancheepuram. Nokia SEZ is now in the process of setting up a 60-bed Apollo Hospital unit on their premises. Schools and food joints, a must to lure residential projects, just don’t dot the landscape.

“Except one or two good schools, there are no schools with brand names in the area. So, many of our employees are staying in areas like Poonamallee, Anna Nagar and adjoining areas. Only if the area gets social infrastructure like schools and hospitals, will people begin to start living here,” a spokesperson of Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) said.

Government officials acknowledge it. “There are not many hospitals and schools. We are working on developing them. The government is planning to come out with projects to set up schools and hospitals. Most of this will be executed through the Public Private Partnership model,” sources in the government said. The government is also trying to get Oragadam linked by rail. “But talks with railways are in initial stages,” officials said.

The Bangalore highway, which acts as the connect, is often clogged outside big factories by trucks waiting outside the big factories to be loaded and shipped. With the most industrialised corridors of the state facing shortages of basic social infrastructure, business houses have already started raising eyebrows on how the state would be able to attract quality investments in Cheyyar.

WHITHER SOCIAL INFRA? What Sriperumbudur and Oragadam region needs
Creation of residential townships Multi-specialty hospitals Fine dining restaurants and hotels Schools of repute Rail connectivity for mass movement of workers Truck parking bays

TOI

die4chennai

September 5th, 2009, 04:44 AM

Only now the builders have realized the true potential of this region and focussing here

kannan infratech

September 5th, 2009, 09:46 AM

The following roads assume significance to connect NH4 and GST Roads.

Tambaram - Mudichur - Oragadam - Sriperumpudhur

Singa Perumal Koil - Oragadam - Sriperumpudhur

Oragadam - Sunguvar Chatram

Chengalpattu - Walajah - Sunguvar Chatram

Chengalpattu - Enathur - Kanchipuram

Similarly Connection between NH4 and Kolkotha Highway is also important.

The IRR connecting Koyambedu Jn - Padi - Ponneri / Minjur

The proposed ORR

Other important Links:

Chengalpattu - Thirukalugu Kundram - Thirupporur (OMR)

OMR - ECR Connectivity at more places

Kewl Batty

September 5th, 2009, 11:48 AM

kannan infratech

September 7th, 2009, 10:36 AM

^^ Its high time they form a development authority for Sriperumbudur - Oragadam Development Authority (SODA :lol:) on the lines of CMDA and start providing social infrastructure to make more people live in there....

The proposed new corporations under Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts (apart from the existing Chennai Corporation) will be under CMA which will be governed by CMDA in future.

Already many proposed water supply & sewerage proposal that were under TWAD earlier for these suburbs are being shifted to CMWSSB.

But the main problem is DOES CMDA HAVE ENOYGH TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND PEOPLE TO HANDLE SUCH ABIG AREA?

Mad 4 Madras

September 9th, 2009, 08:31 AM

Kewl Batty

September 17th, 2009, 02:58 AM

Any idea on this project?

Townland is working on seven other projects in India, Veronique M. Dryden, town planner of TCPL, said. The projects include a 700-acre township project at Sriperumbudur in Chennai and another 700-acre residential project in Navi Mumbai.

Source (http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090917/jsp/business/story_11505884.jsp)

Mad 4 Madras

September 17th, 2009, 08:33 AM

Any idea on this project?

Source (http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090917/jsp/business/story_11505884.jsp)

I googled about Townland and got into their website. But on their project list I don't find anything about Chennai project. There is one Kerala Project, thats all in India.

pxp

September 17th, 2009, 12:25 PM

Source: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/townland-chosen-consultant-for-aerotropolis-project/370316/

Hong Kong-based Townland Consultants has been appointed by Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd (BAPL) for doing the detailed master planning of the airport city project.

Richard J Durack, director, Townland said, the plan would be submitted in 3-6 months. The conceptual master plan was done about a year ago and a week back Townland was appointed to do the master plan. The project was spread over 2,200 acres of which the anchor, airport would take up 600 acres. According to the conceptual plan, around two-third of the area was dedicated for industrial and commercial use.

Durack said, the land-use mix for the project would be revisited. The Greenfield airport city project, among the very few in the world, would also have residential and other infrastructure. It would have a population of 150,000.

TCE Consulting Engineers would do the infrastructure planning for the project, once the master plan was submitted. However, it would be a year before any construction started for the project. Apart from BAPL, Townland was working on seven projects in India, among which are a 700 acre township project at Sriperubudur, Chennai and another 700 acre mixed-used project at Navi Mumbai. Durack said, the company was now toying with 40 proposals in India.

In tandem, Townland was ramping up its headcount at Mumbai office from five to 25 over the next year. Townland happens to be working with the Reliance ADA group on one of its projects. :)

Kewl Batty

October 3rd, 2009, 10:01 AM

Samsung’s Chennai plant to go on stream (http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Samsung%E2%80%99s+Chennai+plant+to+go+on+stream&artid=plNW6ZL5jjg=&SectionID=XT7e3Zkr/lw=&MainSectionID=XT7e3Zkr/lw=&SectionName=HFdYSiSIflu29kcfsoAfeg==&SEO=)

CHENNAI: Samsung India Electronics, the South Korean consumer major, is all set to manufacture home appliances at its Sriperumbudur plant near Chennai from 2010, said Ruchika Batra, a key spokesperson of the company.

Speaking to the visiting journalists at the 80-acre company plant at Sriperumbudur in Kancheepuram district, 40 km from here, on Thursday, Batra said that as of now the Sriperumbudur plant had been manufacturing CTVs, LCD TVs, colour monitors and front load washing machines and the time had come for expanding its operations by producing home appliances like airconditioners, refrigerators and washing machines to meet the evergrowing demands for consumer durables.

Samsung India had already invested $30 million out of its commitment to invest $100 million on the Chennai facility, she said and added that the remaining $70 million would be invested in the next three years.

“As the Noida plant is now saturated, any future expansion is likely to happen at the Chennai facility,” she said and added, “the company has also launched energy efficient five-star rated 21” and 29” inch CTVs.” The exports by the company stood at Rs 535 crore in 2008, which might be doubled in 2009, and the revenue of the company in all probability would cross $2 billion during the current year, Batra noted.

Samung India expects to cross $2 bilion revenue in the current year from the rerent As of now, the Chennai facility has a capacity to manufacture 1.5 million CTV sets per annum and 0.6 million LCD sets per annum.

While the figure for front loading waching machine stands at 50,000 sets per annum, the one for colour monitor stands at 0.7 million sets.

Earlier, Samsung India Nosik Hero, Vice-President - Manufacturing, Samsung India Electronics Private Limited, gave an overall view of the Sriperumbudur facility to the visiting journalists.

Kewl Batty

November 15th, 2009, 12:30 AM

Samsung to shift AC unit to Chennai; dumps three vendors (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/the-sunday-et/companies/Samsung-to-shift-AC-unit-to-Chennai-dumps-three-vendors/articleshow/5231704.cms)
15 Nov 2009, 0254 hrs IST, John Sarkar & Shantanu Nandan Sharma, ET Bureau

NEW DELHI: There is a chill in the air and winter has got nothing to do with it. More than five lakh air conditioners are at stake as Samsung
India plans to shift its AC manufacturing base from the zero excise zones of Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh to Chennai, a no-incentive area.

Though it could be a part of Samsung India’s overall strategy to kick start Phase II of the Sriperumbudur plant next year, the reduction of excise duty from 16 to 8% as a part of the stimulus package early this year might have prompted the South Korean consumer durable company to go on a fast track and on its own.

As a result three Samsung vendors, Lloyd Electronic and Engineering, AG Aerovision and Onoma Group which have a combined turnover of about Rs 700 cr from the company’s AC business, have stopped getting work from the company, which would perhaps force them to shut down their factories in the near future, a commerce ministry official told SundayET on the condition of anonymity. Around 600 workers stand to lose their jobs in the process.

A Samsung spokeswoman, however, clarified that the orders to its vendors were still continuing. “We are giving them time to find new clients,” she said.

According to industry estimates, the total market for air conditioners in the country consists of around 17-20 lakh units per year, out of which Samsung India is estimated to sell nearly five lakh units this year, a 25% jump in volumes over last year. After LG Electronics India, Samsung is the second largest AC maker by sales in the country today.

Phase I of Samsung’s Sriperumbudur project was to make 1.5 million colour televisions, 1 million computer monitors and a few other products. The phase II is reportedly slated to start from 2010-11, wherein there are plans to increase its production capacities.

The Samsung India spokeswoman also mentioned that in house manufacturing will also ensure superior quality, faster response to the market and better logistics management and that the Chennai plant will only be a starter in the in-house manufacturing efforts by Samsung. “After attaining a feasible volume it’s logical for a manufacturer to start off on its own,” she added.