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State signs MoU with U.S. firm for setting up unit at Oragadam

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Sanmina-SCI Corporation’s project on 100-acre site will provide jobs for 4,000

EXCHANGING DOCUMENTS: Shakthikantha Das, Industries Secretary (left), exchanging an MoU with Hari Pillai, president, Global Operations, Sanmina-SCI Corporation, U.S. (right) in the presence of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Tuesday.

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Government on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sanmina-SCI Corporation, the U.S.-based electronics manufacturing company, to set up its unit in the hi-tech industrial centre at Oragadam with an investment of Rs.225 crore.

The MoU was signed by President Sanmina-SCI Corporation Hari Pillai and Industries Secretary Shaktikanta Das in the presence of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi at the Secretariat.

The investment for this project was likely to rise to Rs. 315 crore and Sanmina-SCI’s spare parts manufacturers were expected to set up their units in the State, an official release said.

The Sanmina-SCI Corporation’s project to be set up on a 100-acre site would provide direct employment for 4,000 persons, besides generating indirect employment for 6,000 persons, it added.

Second hardware unit

The Chief Minister announced in the Assembly on May 8 that a hi-tech industrial centre would be established at the SIPCOT complex in Oragadam, the release recalled. This was the second computer hardware development centre to be established near Chennai. The Central Government had recently given its sanction for this centre, the release said.

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