Gujarat’s Anand Vidhyanagar based Sardar Patel University (SPU) will confer honorary degrees to Rahul Bajaj, Bajaj group chairman as well as A M Naik, chairman and managing director of L&T, India`s largest engineering firm during SPU`s 54th annual convocation scheduled on December 15, Sardar Patel death anniversary day. Naik is an alumnus of Vallabh...
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Peugeot to start construction of Gujarat plant in November
According to Economic Times report French car-maker PAS Peugeot Citroen will start construction of their car manufacture facility in Gujarat’s Sanand in November this year. The report says that stone laying ceremony will take place on November 3 at the 600 acre site where a plant with investment of Rs 4,000 crore is going...
Bajaj Auto to set up auto plant near the Mundra port in Gujarat
According to Business Standard report, Bajaj Auto is planning to set up its fourth and largest five million unit per annum plant near the Mundra port in Gujarat with an initial investment of more than Rs 1,000 crore. The plant will also manufacture the long-awaited passenger car the company is developing with Nissan-Renault. The...
Gujarat’s Atul Auto to enter four-wheeler segment
Rajkot based Atul Auto has announced its plans to enter into the four-wheeler commercial vehicle segment and has already started scouting for land near Ahmedabad to set up a plant with 50:50 joint venture. The company is scouting for land in Ahmedabad with around Rs 200 crore investment. The company is presently involved in...
Tata Motors secures order for 1,111 trucks from Surat based Siddhivinayak Logistics
Tata Motors in its largest order ever of medium and heavy commercial vehicles frp, single fleet owner last week secured an order for 1,111 medium and heavy trucks from Surat, Gujarat-based fleet owner Siddhivinayak Logistics (SVLL), one of the largest fleet owners in the country, with a fleet of over 2,000 CVs. These trucks...
Tata Nano begins export, first destination is Srilanka
Tata Nano began its first export sales on Sunday by entering the Sri Lankan market.The cheapest no-frills Nano costs 925,000 rupees ($8,486) in Sri Lanka, compared to about $3,000 for a basic model in India. The price in Sri Lanka was due to high import duties and local sales taxes. “We have started accepting...
Maruti Suzuki’s first car plant outside Haryana to come up in Gujarat’s Sanand:FE report
According to Financial Express report, the Gujarat government has taken a decision to allocate over 500 acre land near Sanand to the country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki to set up its third facility and its first outside Haryana. The plant, expected to be up and running by 2015, would cater mainly to export markets...
Partial strike of labors in GM car plant of Halol ends
As many as 500 workers of General Motors India’s Halol plant on strike for last 50 days are going to resume their duty from thursday(4 May) after fresh settlement between the union and management. The company had continued production of cars in one shift but suffered loss of production of about 3000 cars during...
GM India to expand Halol facility from 85,000 to 110,000 vehicles per year
According to a report published in Wall Street Journal, General Motors India will be raising capacity at Gujarat’s Halol based car manufacturing plant by the end of this year, while the total expansion will be completed by the end of the next year. As per the report the move will include expanding the capacity...
After 30 days of partial labour strike at General Motors plant in Halol
Video uploaded on Youtube by one of the protesters It is the longest labour strike in any company of Gujarat in recent years. However not all labours are on strike. The strike is partial as there are two unions in Halol plant and the newer one which is the labour union affiliated with the...
GM launches new Chevrolet Cruze with ‘Jet Black’ interiors
Making amends to the original Cruze’s facile interiors, General Motors India, now introduces its stylish ‘diesel rocket’ in an all new ‘Jet Black’ avatar, contrasting titanium coloured stitch lines and some other additional features, thus giving the sedans interiors a much needed refreshing and luxurious appeal. Launching the new model, Mr. Karl Slym, President...
BMW opens second outlet in Gujarat at Surat
German carmaker BMW announced the launch of its second dealership facility in Gujarat in Surat. Surat is second largest city in Gujarat and one of the fastest growing cities of India. Any firm that enters in Gujarat market through Ahmedabad, immediately aims expansion in Surat as next destination. The new dealership, Parsoli Motors, has...