BMW team concludes Kerala assessment visit

[Ulhas Joglekar <joglekarulhas@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Business Standard

Thursday, July 29, 2004

BMW team concludes Kerala assessment visit

Our Correspondent / Kochi July 29,2004

A high level delegation from German car major BMW
concluded a 3-day visit to
the state to check out the possibility of starting a
vehicles manufacturing
unit.

According to Kerala State Industrial Development
Corporation (KSIDC) and
Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development
Corporation (Kinfra) officials,
the team visited many sites and also held discussions
with higher officials
of the state industries department.

BMW is expected to take a decision on the facility in
the next three months.

The delegation evaluated facilities in and around
Kochi, including major
hospitals and schools and held discussions with the
trade union leaders too.

The team also visited a site at Kalamassery near Kochi
and another at
Nedumbassery near the Kochi international air port.

Kinfra will provide 25 acres of land adjacent to Kochi
Indira Gandhi
Co-operative Medical College for the first phase and
another 50 acre for
further expansion in due course.

The team had discussions with the industries secretary
K Mohankumar, Kinfra
managing director G C Gopalapillai, KSIDC managing
director P H Kurian and
Development Commissioner of Kochi Special Economic
Zone Paul Antony on
various issues relating to the proposed unit.

The Kochi Port Trust chairman Jacob Thomas also held
discussion with the BMW
team and he said that the proposed Vallarpadam
container port was an added
attraction to the German car major.







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