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Karunanidhi to move Centre on rail link for Sriperumbudur

N. Anand

Samsung India’s electronics manufacturing facility launched

— Photo: S. S. Kumar

ready for production: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi inaugurating Samsung India’s Electronics manufacturing facility at the SIPCOT Industrial Park at Sriperumbudur on Tuesday.

SRIPERUMBUDUR: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Tuesday said the State Government would take up with the Centre the need for providing rail connectivity to the Sriperumbudur and Oragadum areas in view of the rapid growth of industries there.

Inaugurating Samsung India’s electronics manufacturing facility at SIPCOT Industrial Park, Sriperumbudur, he said National Highways Authority of India officials were being persuaded to take up road improvement works.

Congratulating Samsung India for commencing the project within a year of signing the memorandum of understanding with the Government, he said this showed that his Government followed up all issues and ensured that new industries were able to start production as early as possible. He urged Samsung to speed up the setting up of the production facility in the Special Economic Zone. It would give a boost to exports from the region.

Initiatives

Recognising the importance of skilled manpower for hi-tech industries, Mr. Karunanidhi said various initiatives had been planned in collaboration with industry to improve the infrastructure at industrial training institutes, revise the course content and provide right inputs so that students found placement in industries.

In his message from New Delhi, Union Telecommunications and IT Minister A. Raja said the electronics hardware industry had a bright future. By 2012 India would become a major manufacturing hub.

He cited the improved infrastructure and industrial policy as the reasons for the growth of electronics hardware sector in India in general and Tamil Nadu in particular.

Second facility

H.B. Lee, president and CEO, Samsung South West Asia Regional Headquarters, said: “This is Samsung’s second manufacturing facility in India. This facility has been set up in eight months with the aim of making it a global manufacturing hub. We will leverage the Indian talent along with our proven manufacturing technology to produce world class products from this facility.”

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