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एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720:
Blue Star to set up refrigerator plant in Uttarakhand
NEW DELHI: Airconditioning systems maker Blue Star today announced setting up a new refrigerator facility at Uttarakhand in the next 18 months, even as it expects a 35 per cent topline growth this fiscal.
The company is also looking forward to establish an assembly unit in the Middle East for central airconditioning machines.
"We are examining the possibility of setting up our sixth plant in Uttarakhand and most likely it will be for our refrigerators. It will be ready within next one and half year," Blue Star Ltd Deputy Managing Director T Gouri Sankara Babu told reporters here.
The facility would have a capacity to manufacture products worth Rs 500 crore, he added.
Blue Star has completed the construction of its fifth plant at Wada in Maharashtra at an investment of Rs 50 crore and it would commission the unit in one month. The plant would produce central and telecom airconditioners (ACs) worth Rs 500 crore per annum, Babu said.
The company is also planning to set up an export oriented unit (EOU) inside the Wada plant, which would be ready within one year after the due approval processes get over, he added.
Blue Star witnessed about 40 per cent growth during 2007-08. "We are yet to declare the results but we expect it to be around Rs 2,200 crore from Rs 1,600 crore in the previous fiscal," Babu said.
The company is expecting over 35 per cent growth in its revenue during the current financial year, he added.
एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720:
NRB Bearings inaugurates Pantnagar manufacturing facility at Uttarakhand
Friday, 09 May 2008
Uttarakhand: NRB Bearings Limited, manufacturers of the widest range of bearings and automotive components today inaugurated its new manufacturing facility at Pantnagar, Uttarakhand.
The modern manufacturing facility which was completed in a record time of 8 months was inaugurated by Ms. Harshbeena Zaveri, President of the company at a ceremony which was attended by the company’s important customers including Tata Motors, Bajaj Auto, and senior officials from SIDCUL.
The occasion was graced by Mr. Tilak Raj Behar, the Ex Minister & sitting MLA of Rudrapur (U.S. Nagar).
Mr.Tilak Raj Behar congratulated NRB Bearings for its first venture in Uttarakhand and wished it all success; he hoped that it would be amongst the most important plants of the company in the coming years.
Ms. Harshbeena Zaveri, President of NRB Bearings Ltd., said “This plant at Pantnagar is part of our strategy to be located in close proximity to our customers and continually strive to be the most preferred bearing supplier to all our important customers.
With an initial investment of Rs. 25 crores, the facility will manufacture Ball & Roller Bearings for the domestic market. The facility spread over 2,17,525 square feet, will have a capacity of producing over 22 million Ball & Roller Bearings over the next 3 years.
एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720:
RTTNews) - Monday, JBM Auto said that the company entered into a joint venture agreement with Ashok Leyland for supply of sheet metal components for their G90 Cab and G-90 FES.
The joint venture company would set up state of art facilities at Pant Nagar, Uttarakhand at an estimated cost of Rs.100 crores and would have large pressing and welding facilities.
JBM Auto would hold 74% and Ashok Leyland would hold the rest in the joint venture that would start commercial operations from 2010.
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एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720:
Riddhi Siddhi’s Uttarakhand plant to reach optimum capacity this year
The plant would focus on the production of value-added maize starch derivatives for the food, dairy and pharma industries.
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Our Bureau
Ahmedabad, May 19 The Rs 120-crore plant set up at Rudrapur in Uttarakhand by Riddhi Siddhi Gluco Biols Ltd, India’s largest producer of maize starch and its derivatives, would reach the optimum level of production in 2008-09, the company said here on Monday.
The maize processing plant, having a capacity of 1.65 lakh tonnes per annum (TPA), was commissioned in the last quarter of 2007-08. Its operations have stabilised now and the capacity utilisation is being gradually increased to reach the optimum level this year.
The plant would focus on the production of value-added maize starch derivatives for the food, dairy and pharma industries. With its commissioning, the company’s total maize processing capacity has gone up by 50 per cent, from 3.35 lakh TPA to five lakh TPA.
With this capacity addition, the Gokak (Karnataka) plant is back to its normal operation and with the functioning at its peak after capacity expansion at the Viramgam (Ahmedabad) plant, the company is poised for an aggressive growth in the coming years, it said in a statement.
The company also has a polymer plant at Puducherry for producing specialty starches for the paper industry.
Improving yield
In 2006, Riddhi Siddhi Gluco Biols, the largest corn wet milling company in the Indian subcontinent having the highest crushing capacity, had joined hands with France’s Roquette Freres, a leading player in this industry with a consolidated turnover exceeding $4.5 billion, to improve the yield parameters and develop new products.
Its products are used in various applications catering to key industry verticals, namely food, confectionaries, textile, paper, pharmaceuticals and adhesives. Its 200-plus clients include Nestle, Perfetti, Heinze, ITC, Britannia, Wrigley, Hindustan Unilever and Cadbury’s.
एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720:
Setco commences operations at new facility in Sitargunj, Uttarakhand
Written by Ganesh
Monday, 19 May 2008
Mumbai: Setco Automotive Ltd (Setco) manufacturers of world renowned ‘Lipe’ clutches for heavy and medium commercial vehicles on 10th last month, inaugurated its state of the art facility set up to cater to the aftermarket clutch requirements of its customer base. Approximately 55 Setco employees based out of this facility will be involved in the manufacture of Setco's new and enhanced, high quality clutch products.
This is a semi-automated assembly line, which will increase Setco's capacity and productivity in India by 150% thus adding the capability to cater to increasing aftermarket needs consistently.
Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Harish Sheth, Chairman & Managing Director, Setco Automotive Ltd., said, “We are very excited to have this new facility up and running. Setting up a plant in Uttarakhand was a strategic decision on our part to emphasize our support to our OEM and aftermarket customers. Apart from this because of the benefits offered by the state, our same high quality products will cost less to manufacture, thus allowing us to give more competitive prices to the end user. This will definitely give us a competitive edge in the market. We are committed to the community and are happy to be here."
Located near Sitarganj, the unit is placed in the rich fertile triad belt, surrounded by lush green fields & forest encompassing wild habitation and is on a 2 acre plot with an investment of Rs. 9 crores. Setco’s new and improved products will be manufactured here to give customers better performance for every rupee spent."
Further, the setting up of this facility would provide leverage in terms of the reliable supply chain to meet the consumer requirements. The capacities freed at Kalol will be used to produce our new and improved product lines to the OEMs and meet their global requirements. It will also allow us production diversity without losing productivity.
The facility will be commencing production immediately after the inauguration. In the next 5 years it will add more products and capabilities and at least triple its employment creating value added jobs for the local community.
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