The rapidly growing luxury car segment (at a price range upwards of Rs 25 lakh) in India has seen young affluent customers buying vehicles on the back of a rise in disposable incomes, changing lifestyles and a shift in decision-making from elders to youngsters.
Ever since the Chinese-owned Apache SEZ went into full-scale production exactly a year ago, a lot has improved for Tada and its 100,000-plus inhabitants.
The Tamil Nadu government is proposing a nanotechnology park, similar to the highly successful Hsinchu Science Park in Taiwan. The park, likely to come up near Chennai, will focus on hi-tech manufacturing in semiconductor foundries, chip assembly and testing, optoelectronics, solar cell technologies and nanotechnology.
The $1.5 billion UK-based Caparo group, specialising in the manufacture and supply of engineering and steel products, is planning to set up an aerospace component park in Tamil Nadu. The park will involve an investment of about Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) and offer a range of component solutions to the aerospace industry.
The $300-million GiantPlus is a leading Taiwanese firm engaged in developing, manufacturing and selling LCD panels and modules focusing on small- and mid-sized applications such as mobile phones, consumer products and entertainment equipment.
CLE, the implementing agency for the park, is in the process of creating the common facilities in the park.
Infosys will be taking over the subsidiary along with all the costs in the similar manner that TCS had acquired the operations of the Pearl Group in the UK.
California Software Company Ltd is all set to clinch deals from China for integrating Adobe Macromedia Flash platform components to create rich multimedia content and applications for embedded devices.