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ABN AMRO
The bank set up its BPO division, the Global Support Centre (GSC), in Chennai
in 2002.At present, GSC employs 275 individuals, who handle ABN AMRO's trade and
cash management transactions and is planning to double the headcount to 500.The
bank's BPO operations have been able to achieve growth in cash lockbox (700
clients) and international netting (10 clients). The Dutch-based ABN AMRO Bank
proposes to invest US$ 1 billion in India through selective acquisitions.
Amalgamations Group
The Amalgamations Group is one of the country's largest light engineering
conglomerates with 34 plants, 12,500 employees and revenue of US$ 475 million.
The group conprises 43 companies in manufacturing, trading &
distribution and services & plantations. The group is known for its
well-equipped plants and world-class technologies. The group has a major
presence in diesel engines, agricultural tractors, auto components, batteries,
cutting tools and paints. The subsidiaries include TAFE, Higginbothams Pvt Ltd,
India Pistons Ltd, Amco Batteries Ltd, among others.
Ashok Leyland
Ashok Leyland, a company under the Hinduja flagship, has a prominent presence
in India's commercial vehicle industry with a reputation for reliability and
ruggedness. The innovations made by the company have gone on to become industry
norms. It is the first automobile company in the country to win the ISO 9002
certification in 1993. At 70 million passengers a day, Ashok Leyland buses carry
more people than the entire Indian rail network. The sales turnover of Ashok
Leyland stood at US$ 81 1.1 million in 2003-04.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL)
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd is one of the largest engineering
and manufacturing enterprises in the country and is ranked among the leading
power manufacturers in the world. BHEL has 14 manufacturing plants and a number
of service centres spread across the country and overseas. BHEL offers a wide
spectrum of products and services for various sectors such as power,
transmission, industry, transportation, oil & gas, telecommunications,
non-conventional energy systems etc. One of the foremost manufacturing
facilities of BHEL is the Tiruchirappalli (also known as Trichy/Tiruchi) Complex.
It comprises a high-pressure boiler plant, seamless steel tube plant and boiler
auxiliaries plant.
Caltex
Caltex commenced operations in the country in 1936 through a joint venture
between Chevron Corporation and Texaco Inc. The company's manufacturing and
refining operations are through its LPG bottling plants at Chennai and Madurai,
its import terminal with refrigerated link at Tuticorin and a 51 per cent stake
in Caltex Spic India Ltd. Caltex Gas India Pvt Ltd has a turnover of US$ 43.5
million with investment of US$ 100 million approximately, and has an employee
strength of 270.
Caterpillar India Pvt Ltd (CIPL)
Caterpillar Inc., USA is a global manufacturer of construction
and mining equipment, diesel & natural gas engines and industrial gas
turbines, with 105 plants, spread across 21 countries with a turnover of US$
20.15 billion. Caterpillar India Pvt Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Caterpillar Inc., formed after the acquisition of the Earthmoving Equipment
Division of Hindustan Motors in 2001,for an estimated US$ 71 million. The company manufactures construction and mining
equipment. It has its manufacturing facility in Thiruvally, 50 km from Chennai.
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL)
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd, widely known as Madras
Refineries Ltd (MRL), is one of the largest and most integrated refineries in
south India producing fuel products, lubricants and additives. The company's
principal activity is to operate refineries at Manali and Cauvery Basin. It has
an employee strength of over 1,650 and recorded a total turnover of US$ 2,055
million in 2003-04 as against US$ 1,782 million in the previous year,
registering an increase of 10 per cent approximately. CPCL was honoured with the
Green Tech Environment Excellence Award in 2002-03 for Environment Management at
the Manali refinery.
Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt Ltd
Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, is a leader in software development,
integration and maintenance services that links e-business with core information
systems for companies worldwide. The company started its operations in India at
Chennai in 1994.With a workforce of over 2,700, Cognizant operates under a high
quality onsite/offshore model that enables better, faster and more cost
effective development and deployment of large-scale systems across a wide range
of transaction intensive business needs. The company holds SEI CMM Level 5, ISO
9001, P-CMM Level 5 certification for its performance and quality.
Computer Associates (CA)
Computer Associates is one of the leading providers of IT
management solutions and services. CA in India is involved in providing software
products and services with 6 offices in all the major cities since its inception
in 1997.The company recorded a total turnover of US$ 64 million approximately,
in 2003-04.The company set up its Global Technical Support Centre at Chennai in
2000, which is involved in providing technical support its global clientele. The
centre currently operates with an employee strength of over 200 skilled
professionals.
EI DuPont India (EIDI)
EI DuPont India is a subsidiary of EI DuPont de Nemours and Company, USA. It
is engaged in formulation and trading of crop protection products, engineering
polymers, specialty fibres, specialty chemicals and polymers. The company started
its operations in 1994 with an investment of US$ 80 million at Madurai.
Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
Electronic Data Systems was formed as a 100 per
cent subsidiary of EDS Corporation in 1996.With a revenue of US$ 21.8 billion,
EDS ranked seventy-ninth among the Fortune 500 companies in 2003. EDS has
established its head office at Chennai and has three facilities in the state. It
started its software development operations in 'Tidel Park', an IT park
developed by the State Government and is one of the largest in the country. The
company plans to expand its BPO operations to Chennai.
Ford Motor Company India
Ford Motor Company India was established with an investment of US$ 351.1
million under single window policy at Maraimalai Nagar, near Chennai in 1995.
With a total workforce of 900, the company is currently manufacturing three
models with a number of variants and is one of the key players in the Indian
automotive industry. Ford Endeavour captured over 40 per cent of the emerging
SUV market within six months of its launch. The company plans to export vehicles
from the Chennai plant to various destinations, owing to the incentives offered
by the State Government. The Ford Ikon is India's largest exported car in the
mid-size car segment.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd
Hyundai Motor India Ltd is a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea
and was established at Irrunattukottia, near Chennai, in 1997 with an initial
investment of US$ 614 million. The plant presently is the largest manufacturing
facility of Hyundai Motor Company outside Korea. Hyundai is the second largest
and the fastest growing car manufacturer in the country. Hyundai presently
markets over 18 variants of passenger cars across four models. The company
emerged as the second largest exporter of passenger cars from the country. The
company intends to shift its manufacturing base to this plant. Hyundai is ISO
14001 certified and recorded sales of over 500,000 units in a period of five
years.
Lakshmi Machine Works (LMW)
Lakshmi Machine Works, established in 1962, is a
leading manufacturer of textile machinery. LMW has 60 per cent market share in
the domestic textile spinning machinery industry. It has diversified into CNC
Machine Tools and is a brand leader in manufacturing customised products. LMW
Foundry manufactures precision castings for industries, both domestic and
global. The group's presence has grown over the years, with a market presence not
only in developing countries but also in Europe. It has won the Top Export Award
in textile machine exports for the past seven years.
Madura Coats Ltd (MCL)
Madura Coats Ltd (MCL), a subsidiary of Coats
Viyella Plc, UK is a market leader in sewing and embroidery thread with 50 per
cent market share in the organised sector. MCL supplies its products to clients
such as Clairborne, Lee, Levis, Gap, Nike, Adidas, Tommy Hilfiger, among others.
The company has an employee strength of 13,700. It operates through three
business units: Coats India, Madura Textiles and Intrad. MCL is involved in
sourcing textile products from handloom and small-scale sectors of India for
export markets.
Matsushita Electric
Matsushita Electric is Japan's leading consumer electronic company with
brands such as Panasonic and National. The company has two of its production
plants in Chennai, Indo Matsushita Carbon Company Ltd which manufactures carbon
rod for dry battery and Indo Matsushita Appliances Company Ltd (IMACO) which
manufactures products such as rice cooker and mixer grinder. Both plants
obtained ISO 14001 certification in 1998. The company has invested US$ 12
million approximately, under single window policy of the Government to expand
its operations.
Muruguppa Group
Muruguppa is a diversified business group with interests in plantations,
chemicals, financial services and abrasives. The group comprises 29 Strategic
Business Units (SBUs) and is spread acorss 1 1 states in the country. It has a
focused interest in the agriculture sector with business specifically in
fertilisers, pesticides and sugar. Some of the subsidiaries include Carborundum
Universal Ltd, Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Co Ltd, Coromandel
Fertilisers Ltd, EID Parry (India) Ltd, Godavari Fertilisers & Chemicals
Ltd, Parry Agro Industries Ltd and Tube Investment of India Ltd. The group is a
pioneer in the Indian bicycle industry and in developing neem-based
applications. The company is also a leader in ceramic sanitary products.
Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC)
Neyveli Lignite Corporation, a public sector enterprise, was
established in 1956.The company is involved in the production of lignite, urea
and the generation of power. It has three opencast mines and three pithead
thermal power generating stations. NLC serves as an important source of energy
for state electricity boards in the southern states. Power generation accounts
for 90 per cent of the company's revenues.
Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd
specialises in the manufacture of bulk cephalosporin antibiotics.The company is
the largest producer in the country and has also established itself as a leader
in its production in the global market.
The company has a bulk drug facility at Alathur, which has a manufacturing
capacity of over 500 tonnes of oral and sterile cephalosporins. It has dedicated
plants for most of its products. It is setting up a US$ 10.3 million
formulations facility at Irungattukottai. The company recorded a turnover of US$
147.3 million as compared to US$ 1 1 1.8 million million in the previous year.
Premier Instruments & Controls Ltd (Pricol)
Premier Instruments & Controls Ltd was
established in 1974 at Coimbatore and commenced manufacturing operations in 1975
in the precision engineering field of automotive instruments. At present, it is
a leader with 53 per cent share in the automotive instruments market. In 1997,
exports accounted for 12 per cent of the company's turnover with exports to USA,
Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Turkey, Egypt, the Middle East, Asia,
Australia and New Zealand. Pricol is certified ISO 9001 since 1993 and QS 9000
since 2001. It has initiated Total Quality Management (TQM), Total Productive
Manufacturing (TPM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Resource Planning
(SAP R3 ERP) and Collaborative Product Commerce (CPC -Windchill).
Saint-Gobain Glass India
Saint-Gobain Glass India is a subsidiary of
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, France and is the second largest producer of
laminated and toughened glass. With an initial investment of US$ 108.4 million,
the company started operations at Sriperumbadur, near Chennai, in 2000.The
companexport 30 per cent of its total production, shipping more than 2,500
containers per annum through the Chennai port.
Sanmar Group
The Sanmar Group, with its corporate headquarters at Chennai, has set the
benchmark for global partnerships in chlorochemicals, speciality chemicals,
engineering and life insurance. The group also has a presence in shipping and
software. It has significant holdings across its businesses and is managed by
over 600 highly qualified managers. The group entered into its first
international joint venture in the 1960s with B F Goodrich, USA, forming
Chemicals and Plastics India Ltd. At present, its turnover stands at US$ 206.5
million approximately, with 25 businesses and manufacturing units each spread
across ten locations in the country.
Scope International
Scope International, Chennai is a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard
Chartered Bank, UK operating in shared services centres. Despite being a
relatively late entrant in the BPO business, it has emerged as one of the top
five back offices in the country for international companies. The company has
adopted the Six Sigma quality methodology in the organisation to create a highly
effective metrics driven performance culture. Scope has grown to over 3,000
employees in a short span of one year.
TVS Group
The TV Sundaram Iyengar Group (TVS Group), established in 1911, has a
turnover of over US$ 1 billion and is the largest manufacturer of automotive
components in the country with a workforce of over 5,000. Some of the major
subsidiaries include TVS Motors, Brakes India, Lucas TVS Ltd, Sundaram Fasteners
and Wheels India. The group produces auto-electricals, diesel fuel injection
systems, braking systems, automotive wheels, axle fasteners, powder metal
components, radiator caps, two wheelers and computer peripherals. It has the
largest distribution network for automotive products in the country. The
group has over 29 companies under its umbrella and holds diverse business
interests. The subsidaries, TVS Motors, Sundaram-Clayton Ltd (Brakes Division) and
Sundaram Brake Linings Ltd have bagged the Deming Award for their performances.
Visteon
Visteon Corporation, USA, a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest
automotive suppliers in the world. It started its operations with two projects
on a 50 acre facility at Maraimalai Nagar, near Chennai, in 1999. The Chennai
operations comprise Visteon Automotive Systems India Pvt Ltd (VASI),
manufacturing climate control systems, instrument clusters and a range of
automotive plastics and Visteon Powertrain Control Systems India Pvt Ltd (VPCSI),
an export oriented unit, manufacturing starter motors and alternators. With a
total investment of over US$ 120 million under single window policy of the
Government, it currently has a workforce of over 700.
World Bank
The World Bank commenced its BPO operations at Chennai in 2001 with an
initial workforce of 80. At present, its employee strength stands at 180 and
aims to expand its operations from basic processing to value-added work. The size
of the commercial bonds portfolio is estimated at US$ 100 billion approximately.
World Bank plans to outsource IT work worth US$ 10 million to its Chennai centre
through its Indian partners, Satyam Computers, HCL Technologies and MegaSoft.
Xansa
Xansa is an international business process and IT services company creating and
delivering process and technology solutions. The company’s services include
business and technology consulting, IT implementation, IT outsourcing and BPO.
Xansa has recently commenced its BPO operations at SIPCOT in Chennai. The
Chennai campus spread over 27 acres, has the potential to house up to 6,000
employees. The company made an initial investment of over US$ 47 million under
single window policy of the Government.
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