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Grasim Industries Ltd
Grasim Industries is the flagship of the AV Birla Group, one of the most
prominent Indian business houses. With the recent acquisition of cement business
of L&T, Grasim has become the largest producer of cement in India. Grasim is
also the eighth largest cement producer in the world. Grasim has two cement
units in Rajasthan with annual capacity of 1.9 million tonnes per annum. Grasim
produces both grey and white cement in Rajasthan. It is also planning to set up
a new cement plant at Kotputli with proposed investment of over US$ 150 million.
Gujarat Ambuja Cement Ltd (GACL)
Gujarat Ambuja Cement
Ltd is India's third largest cement producer, with a capacity of over 12.5
million tonnes per annum and revenue of over US$ 500 million. Its plants in
Rajasthan have an annual production capacity of 1.5 million tonnes.
Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL)
Hindustan Zinc Ltd is a part of the Vedanta Resources Group, a diversified
metals and mining group with worldwide presence. HZL is India's largest zinc
producer, catering to around two-thirds of the total domestic requirements. HZL
was privatized by the Indian government in 2002.
HZL is implementing a substantial expansion programme by installing 170,000
MT zinc smelter with mining capacities and a captive power plant of 150 MW. The
expansion is scheduled to be completed by early 2005.
Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd (CFCL)
Chambal
Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd operates two hi-tech nitrogenous fertilizer plants
near Kota in Rajasthan. It is the largest fertilizer complex in private sector
in India, with a capacity of over 1.7 million tonnes per annum of urea.
Indo Maroc Phosphore SA (IMACID), CFCL's joint venture phosphoric acid plant
in Morocco, successfully commenced commercial production in November 1999.The
US$ 204 million joint venture project, in equal participation with Office
Cherifien Des Phosphates (OCP) of Morocco, produces 330,000 tonnes per annum of
merchant grade phosphoric acid (54 per cent of P2O5).
OCP is the largest producer of phosphoric acid in the world. Phosphoric acid
is a major raw material for production of DAP and other complex fertiliser
grades. Zuari Industries Ltd buys its entire phosphoric acid requirements from
IMACID.
This arrangement ensures an uninterrupted supply of phosphoric acid to the
Company to produce DAP and also helps bridge the gap between demand and supply
of phosphoric acid, since India imports over 80 per cent of its phosphoric acid
requirement.
JK Synthetics Ltd
JK Industries Ltd is the flagship of the HS Singhania group of companies. In
Rajasthan, it has a presence in cement and tyre manufacturing. JK Tyre is the
largest exporter of tyres from India, accounting for 30 per cent of total tyre
exports. Globally, it is sixteenth largest tyre manufacturer, with annual
production of over 5 million tyres. JK Cement has cement manufacturing plants at
Mangrol and Nimbahera in Rajasthan.
The Indian Hotels Company
The Indian Hotels Company (IHC) is the hospitality arm of the Tata Group, India's largest private sector
business group. In Rajasthan, IHC operates six hotels and resorts in Jaipur,
Udaipur, Jodhpur and Ranthambore National Park, with over 400 rooms. IHC had a
consolidated income of over US$ 220 million for the year ending 31 March 2004.
DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd
DCM Shriram Consolidated
Ltd (DSCL) is a US$ 300 million company with interests in chemicals, cement and
sugar. DSCL has a 50,000 tonnes per annum of caustic soda plant at Kota, as part
of the integrated vinyl production complex. DSCL is one of the lowest cost
producers of caustic soda in India. DSCL's cement plant at Kota produced around
300,000 tonnes of cement in 2003-04.
Rajasthan Spinning and Weaving Ltd
Rajasthan Spinning
and Weaving Mills Ltd (RSWM) is the flagship company of the LNJ Bhilwara Group.
It is one of the largest textile groups in India for manmade fibres, yarns and
fabrics, as well as their blends with cotton and wool. RSWM is an ISO 9001:2000
company, with exports to 59 countries including Europe and USA. RSWM has a
technical tie up with Germany based TREVIRA for import and conversion of
flame-retardant fibres. LNJ Group is shifting focus from export of yarn or
fabric into readymade garments by investing US$ 33 million in the current year.
Cairn Energy Plc
Cairn is an independent Scottish oil and gas exploration and production company listed on the London Stock Exchange. Cairn specializes in exploration in South Asia.
Cairn is involved in a big way in Rajasthan in oil & gas exploration. It is
currently involved in an extensive exploration and appraisal programme across
its 5000 sq km onshore exploration block (RJ-ON-90/1) in the Rajasthan basin.
In 2004, Cairn struck oil in two different fields with estimated in-place
reserves between 580 and 1570 million barrels of oil. Cairn also plans to
commence additional infill development drilling on the Sangu field early in 2005
with a view to increasing production levels from the field to help meet growing
domestic demand.
GE Capital International Services
GE Capital International Services (GECIS), a subsidiary of General Electric, is the largest remote processing
(BPO) organization in India. It employs over 11,500 people in four different locations across India.
In 2003, GECIS decided to establish its latest contact centre in Jaipur. The
current staff strength in the Jaipur contact centre is around 200, which is
expected to go upto 500 by end of this year.
Pramod Bhasin, President, GE Capital India
"I think
the town (Jaipur) itself is very attractive. It's clean, it's very
well-maintained; the infrastructure in the town is very good; it's open; plus,
we have a lot of graduates and a lot of excellent colleges to pick future
employees from.... So, all these things put together have made Jaipur very
attractive for us."
Gillette India
Gillette entered Rajasthan through takeover of the Indian Shaving Products
Ltd (ISPL) in 1999. Gillette has its manufacturing unit in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan.
Gillette has identified Bhiwadi as its main manufacturing set-up in India for
the production of blades and razors.
Gillette India's currently expanding its Bhiwadi facility to increase
capacities of twin shaving systems up-gradation of technology. The expansion is
expected to cost US$ 12 million.
Pran Dang, Managing Director, Gillette India
"The peaceful industrial climate, the support of the government, a willingness to keep pace with changing times through reforms and supportive agencies, have made Rajasthan very conducive to industry.The infrastructure in the State continues to be among the best."
Climate Systems India
Climate Systems India (CSI) has been promoted by Ford Motor Company with a 56 per cent stake.
Other investors in CSI include Maruti Udyog, a subsidiary of Suzuki Motor
Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation.
CSI has set up a plant to manufacture 600,000 mechanically assembled
aluminium radiators and controlled atmosphere brazed radiators at Bhiwadi.
Federal Mogul Automotive Products
Federal-Mogul Automotive Products (India) is a 100 per cent subsidiary of
Federal-Mogul USA, a US$ 7 billion auto ancillary corporation.
It has set up a plant for manufacture of automotive spark plugs at RIICO
Industrial area at Bhiwadi. Federal-Mogul is an OEM supplier to several domestic
automobile manufacturers and has also exports to the Asia-Pacific region.
Samcor Glass
Samcor Glass, situated at Kota, is a joint venture of Corning Inc, USA,
Corning Korea and the Samtel Group of India.
It manufactures glass parts for black and white television picture tubes and
monochrome monitor tubes. The company has an installed capacity of 5.5 million
sets per annum.
Motor Industries Company
Motor Industries Company Ltd (MICO) is a part of the Bosch Group, Germany,
world's second largest supplier of automotive technology.
MICO has set up a unit for manufacture of auto components in Jaipur, with an
investment of approx. US$ 50 million. It has over 1,000 employees in Jaipur. The
unit was awarded QS 9000 certification in 2000.
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