Saudi Arabia-based Al Batterjee Group will set up a new plant in India at an estimated cost of 25 million dollar to manufacture baby care products.
"The process of identifying the location is on and most probably the new facility will come up in Coimbatore. We have planned to make the new plant operational in a year," Al Batterjee Vice-Chairman Mohammed Mazen Batterjee told reporters today after launching its 'Nunu' range of baby care products at a function here.
He said the new facility would have a production capacity of one billion packages of varying sizes per annum.
Batterjee said 'Nunu' (meaning new born in Arabic) was one of the leading baby care products in West Asia and was being sold in over 37 countries.
The products, first launched in Kerala three months ago, had received excellent response. After Bangalore and Chennai, the products would be next launched in Hyderabad before expanding to the north, he said.
He said the group is targeting a share of Rs 20 crore in the Rs 250-crore market during the first year of operations at the all India level.
Kerala-based Valy Trading Agencies Pvt Ltd is the importer and distributor of the baby care products in India.
Batterjee said the group had also planned to make a foray into IT and hospitality sectors in the metropolis with an investment of 25 million dollar each.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Radio City 91.1 FM launched in Coimbatore
Radio City 91.1 FM has launched in Coimbatore. This marks the 13th station of the FM station across the country.
Radio City Coimbatore will kick off Coimbatore mornings with Namma City Special followed by City Spice for Kollywood news coupled with contests.
Endrendrum Punnagai will see Coimbatore unwind while in the evening Silmisha Balbhaje Shikarika Bilaba will take over the listeners. Love Beat will address matters on romance and sun sign predictions, among other interactive content. The weekend special line-up has Pazhamozhi and Tatuvam.
Radio City is conducting an on-air and on-ground contest 'Jeeto Cash Tanaa Tan' starting 19 November, where listeners can win cash prizes on the spot every day for a month.
Radio City CEO Apurva Purohit said, "It is an extremely important market for us and we eagerly look forward to engaging with our listeners here. Combining our musical expertise, innovations and creativity, Radio City brings to Coimbatore compelling content and a music mix strategically planned to uplift the mood of its listeners."
Radio City Coimbatore will kick off Coimbatore mornings with Namma City Special followed by City Spice for Kollywood news coupled with contests.
Endrendrum Punnagai will see Coimbatore unwind while in the evening Silmisha Balbhaje Shikarika Bilaba will take over the listeners. Love Beat will address matters on romance and sun sign predictions, among other interactive content. The weekend special line-up has Pazhamozhi and Tatuvam.
Radio City is conducting an on-air and on-ground contest 'Jeeto Cash Tanaa Tan' starting 19 November, where listeners can win cash prizes on the spot every day for a month.
Radio City CEO Apurva Purohit said, "It is an extremely important market for us and we eagerly look forward to engaging with our listeners here. Combining our musical expertise, innovations and creativity, Radio City brings to Coimbatore compelling content and a music mix strategically planned to uplift the mood of its listeners."
Monday, November 12, 2007
Cisco’s local academy at Karunya University
Karunya University and Cisco Systems inked a memorandum of understanding by which the company will set up its ‘Regional – Local Academy’ in the university campus.
Jegan Jothivel, Cisco Area Academy Manager – India and SAARC, and Anne Mary Fernandez, Vice-Chancellor (in-charge), Karunya University, signed the MoU in the presence of the Registrar, Joseph Thomas, and Director i/c (Computer Science & Technology), Elijah Blessing. According to a university release, the MoU will enable the university to run Cisco-certified programmes such as CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate), Network Security and Wireless LAN.
These certification programmes will commence from January 2008 for the university students. For others, these certification courses will also be run at the Karunya University City Centre.
The university is for developing the school of Computer Science and Technology into a centre of excellence in the area of Networking at Rs. 1 crore.
Jegan Jothivel, Cisco Area Academy Manager – India and SAARC, and Anne Mary Fernandez, Vice-Chancellor (in-charge), Karunya University, signed the MoU in the presence of the Registrar, Joseph Thomas, and Director i/c (Computer Science & Technology), Elijah Blessing. According to a university release, the MoU will enable the university to run Cisco-certified programmes such as CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate), Network Security and Wireless LAN.
These certification programmes will commence from January 2008 for the university students. For others, these certification courses will also be run at the Karunya University City Centre.
The university is for developing the school of Computer Science and Technology into a centre of excellence in the area of Networking at Rs. 1 crore.
Plans to train workforce for the foundries
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Institute here plans to train workforce for the foundries in a joint effort with the industry.
It had called for applications for “foundry moulder” training. Candidates should have studied at least up to Standard VIII. Over 1,000 applications had been collected. The institute was in the process of formulating the course material, said an official at the institute. The training was likely to be conducted in Coimbatore and Chennai, he added.
This would be a six-month programme and the classes would include theory and practical sessions. The total number of candidates to be trained would depend on the industry’s needs. The institute was in the process of collecting information from the industries on the number of candidates the units would be interested in training. The unit would have to provide accommodation and assistance to the candidates.
Through this programme the trainees would get hands on experience and the units could retain them after the training period too.
The programme was evolved since the industry was suffering from shortage of manpower and had sought trained workforce to be employed in the foundries. The programme was expected to take off in a month, the official said.
It had called for applications for “foundry moulder” training. Candidates should have studied at least up to Standard VIII. Over 1,000 applications had been collected. The institute was in the process of formulating the course material, said an official at the institute. The training was likely to be conducted in Coimbatore and Chennai, he added.
This would be a six-month programme and the classes would include theory and practical sessions. The total number of candidates to be trained would depend on the industry’s needs. The institute was in the process of collecting information from the industries on the number of candidates the units would be interested in training. The unit would have to provide accommodation and assistance to the candidates.
Through this programme the trainees would get hands on experience and the units could retain them after the training period too.
The programme was evolved since the industry was suffering from shortage of manpower and had sought trained workforce to be employed in the foundries. The programme was expected to take off in a month, the official said.
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