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Surya Roshini to set up manufacturing facility in Shimoga

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Project Location : Shimoga, Karnataka

Surya Roshini, flagship company of Surya Group is setting up a manufacturing facility in Shimoga in Karnataka for production of GI pipes. The new plant will have a capacity of 1 million tpa and is coming up with an investment of Rs. 1000 million. Apart from this, the company is also adding up two units in Bahadurgarh plant to augment its capacity. The company is also a big exporter of GI pipes

Helvoet Pharma to set up new pharma packaging unit in Pune SEZ

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Helvoet Pharma, of Switzerland-based Daetwyler Group is setting up a manufacturing base in Satara in the upcoming SEZ in Pune. It is setting up a pharma packaging components with a capacity of 1 billion pieces which is likely to be ramped up to 4 billion pieces by 2015. This facility will also serve as a export base to neighbouring countries. The new unit will go operational by early 2012.

GapCon India to set up paper smoothing machine unit in Kolkatta

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GapCon GmbH, is setting up a new greenfield unit, the first of its manufacturing base outside Europe in Kalyani Industrial Estate in Kolkatta, West Bengal. The company had signed an MoU with WBIDCC and had been allotted 2 acres of land for Rs.. 25 lakh and is expected to get another 10 acres soon. It is setting up a paper calendar unit (paper smoothing machine) which is likely to go operationally by November 2011.

Kemppi Oy to set up welding equipment assembly plant in Chennai

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Project Location : Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Kemppi Oy, a Finnish manufacturer of welding equipment has set up a assembly plant in Chennai, the first outside Finland. The facility will entail an investment of Rs.. 500 million over a period of two years. The company will manufacture inverter based welding equipment. It will produce around 3000 units in the first phase, besides importing equipment from Finland