Two-wheeler national meet at Coimbatore

The second leg of the UCAL-Rolon National Road Racing Championship 2006 for two-wheelers will be held this weekend at the Kari Motor Speedway at Chettipalayam in Coimbatore.

The first round held last weekend saw over 80 competitors in the fray, a press release here said. Ashwin Sundar, who won both the races in the first round will face stiff competition from Emmanuel Clarke, Karthik and Harry Sylvester to maintain his championship points lead in the Group 'D' 4-stroke 80 to 110 cc category. The 111 to 160 cc class of the same category will see three contenders Ashwin Sunder, Emmanuel Jebaraj and K Rajini battling it out for the top slot.

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Lucky draw at TN 'uzhavar sandhais'

Coimbatore, June 25 (PTI): In a bid to boost sales at local farmers' markets, the district administration has come out with a novel prize scheme.

As part of attracting customers, the collector, Neeraj Mittal, has introduced the prize scheme by draw of lots at 'uzhavar sandhais' in Kurichi and Pollachi, official sources said.

A pot with empty lots and five prize lots would be kept at the entrance of the two markets and the buyer could pick up one lot, on entering them.

If the customer gets the lot with official sandhai seal, he could be the lucky winner of one kg of vegetable, they said.

There would be five lucky winners each day.

With the change of guard, the incumbent DMK government has started reviving the sandhais, which were on the verge of closure across the state.

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Coimbatore IT park gets SEZ status

The Union government on Saturday granted the special economic zone (SEZ) status for the proposed information technology (IT) park in Coimbatore, according to C Umashankar, managing director, Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (Elcot).

Addressing a press conference, he said that the IT park, pending for a long time, would come up soon with the government starting the clearance process.

“Elcot has taken over nearly 11.65 hectares (29 acres) of land near the Coimbatore Medical College campus and floated a special purpose vehicle (SPV) – Elcot IT Parks Limited. Only the issue of identifying a partner remains,” he added.


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Amaron ropes in Karthikeyan for racing academy

Leading battery maker Amara Raja Batteries has roped in Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan for setting up a racing academy in Tamil Nadu.

Named Amaron-NK Racing Academy, it aims to identify, nurture and promote young talent and groom future fast track racing drivers for India, the promoters said here Monday.

A part of the Amaron Pro Racing initiative, this academy will leverage existing racing infrastructure in the country. Amaron is a leading brand of Amara Raja Batteries. The academy will be an independent institution.

As one of the first few initiatives of the academy, racing workshops will be conducted at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore.

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Coimbatore-based firm to introduce electro-chemical activation tech

City-based Envirolyte Aquasolution Pvt Ltd-India yesterday said it is in the process of introducing electro-chemical activation technology in the region.

The electro-chemical activation was the process of passing a diluted saline solution or ordinary water through a reactor, generating environment friendly, highly active 'aquasol' solutions of 'anolyte and catholyte,' company Managing Director C Balan told reporters here.

He said, the technology would be a boon to bleaching and dyeing in textile industry, agricultural, poultry, food processing sectors.

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Perot to set up centre in Coimbatore

CHENNAI: U.S.-headquartered Perot Systems Corporation, a provider of information technology services and business solutions, is set to spread wings in India by expanding its operations.

At present, the company operates from Bangalore, Noida and Chennai. Come August, Perot will open a new information technology centre in Coimbatore.

Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday, Peter Altabef, President and Chief Executive Officer of Perot, said the proposed Coimbatore facility would come up on a new 20,000 sq. ft office space and would accommodate about 375 seats across three shifts.

The upcoming facility would initially handle additional business from the company's worldwide BPO operations.

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Infosys, Wipro to invest in Tamil Nadu

BANGALORE: Infosys has announced its plans to make huge investments in Chennai.

The announcement was made during Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi's visit to the Infosys campus here on Thursday. Union minister for communications and IT Dayanidhi Maran accompanied his grand-uncle Karunanidhi to the Infosys campus.

The company plans to invest Rs 1250 crore over the next three to four years, and hire around 25,000 people during the same period, at its upcoming 125-acre campus at Mahindra City SEZ near Chennai, said TV Mohandas Pai, Infosys board member and head of HR, education and research.

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TCS to recruit more from Coimbatore

Buoyed by the presence of a number of reputed engineering and technical educational institutions in and around the city and the availability of a vast talent pool, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global IT consultancy and services major, is targeting Coimbatore for recruitment.

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IVRS facility at Coimbatore airport

The Airports Authority of India has introduced an Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) at the city airport, claimed to be the first such facility at airports in the country.


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US balloon-maker to start operations in Coimbatore

Pioneer Balloon Company, a US-based balloon manufacturing company, plans to set up its manufacturing factory in Coimbatore for producing a complete line of play and exercise balls, besides foil and latex balloons which are printed with pictures, used mainly for outdoor advertising.

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