Showing posts with label in and around chennai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label in and around chennai. Show all posts

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Chennai - pre-fixed auto fare system

In an attempt to facilitate a hassle-free journey for passengers, a pre-fixed auto fare system has been introduced in the Chennai city by Minister K N Nehru on Saturday.

Chennai - a pre-fixed auto fare system introduced

Chennai - pre-fixed auto fare system

In an attempt to facilitate a hassle-free journey for passengers, a pre-fixed auto fare system has been introduced in the Chennai city by Minister K N Nehru on Saturday.

Chennai - a pre-fixed auto fare system introduced

Friday, April 18, 2008

Coimbatore Tidel Park: Coimbatore IT Park

Coimbatore Tidel Park - Coimbatore IT Park

TIDEL is a well known and reputed brand. Having established high standards of quality and service, TIDEL Park is planning to utilize its experience and expertise in the IT infrastructure to develop a world class IT Park at Coimbatore.

TIDEL – Coimbatore will be an IT Park in the IT-SEZ of ELCOT at Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. It is located very close to the Coimbatore Airport on the Avinashi Road, adjoining Coimbatore Medical College. Total built-up area will be about 1.0 million sq.ft. and will have the flexibility to accommodate IT companies of various sizes (small, medium & large). The Building & facilities will meet the requirements of IT companies and of international standards. Similar to the TIDEL Park – Chennai, this facility at Coimbatore will adopt latest technologies to make it truly a world class IT facility. To name a few, the IT Park will have the following facilities.

1) Connectivity - High speed data & Voice communication back bone by multiple service providers
2) 100% back up for power & communication facilities
3) Intelligent Building Management System
4) Auditorium / Conference Halls with Video Conferencing facilities
5) Food Courts, Banks and other support services facilities

The site development work is in progress.

TIDEL Park at Coimbatore is targeted to become functional by Mid 2008. The booking for space will also start soon.

sourcing from tidelparkcoimbatore.in

Coimbatore Tidel Park: Coimbatore IT Park

Coimbatore Tidel Park - Coimbatore IT Park

TIDEL is a well known and reputed brand. Having established high standards of quality and service, TIDEL Park is planning to utilize its experience and expertise in the IT infrastructure to develop a world class IT Park at Coimbatore.

TIDEL – Coimbatore will be an IT Park in the IT-SEZ of ELCOT at Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. It is located very close to the Coimbatore Airport on the Avinashi Road, adjoining Coimbatore Medical College. Total built-up area will be about 1.0 million sq.ft. and will have the flexibility to accommodate IT companies of various sizes (small, medium & large). The Building & facilities will meet the requirements of IT companies and of international standards. Similar to the TIDEL Park – Chennai, this facility at Coimbatore will adopt latest technologies to make it truly a world class IT facility. To name a few, the IT Park will have the following facilities.

1) Connectivity - High speed data & Voice communication back bone by multiple service providers
2) 100% back up for power & communication facilities
3) Intelligent Building Management System
4) Auditorium / Conference Halls with Video Conferencing facilities
5) Food Courts, Banks and other support services facilities

The site development work is in progress.

TIDEL Park at Coimbatore is targeted to become functional by Mid 2008. The booking for space will also start soon.

sourcing from tidelparkcoimbatore.in

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Continuing research on Karur: Industry, Profile and Potential: Nearby District of Chennai

Karur is also famous for two banks, since early twentieth centuries. The reason I am excited about these two banks is - these banks were started with an initial investment with as low as Rs.1,00,000 on those days - say early 19xx's.

I am impressed by the entrepreneural skills, risk taking personalities and at the most - they have started to help the financial side of agricultural and trade needs at those times.

Hats off to all the people behind these banks birth!

Karur Vysya Bank and Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Karur

Karur Vysya Bank

The year was 1916 when two illustrious sons of Karur, the Late Sri M.A. Venkatarama Chettiar and the late Sri Athi Krishna Chettiar came together to found Karur Vysya Bank (KVB) with an initial capital of Rs. 1 lakh with an avowed desire to support the agricultural and trade activities in and around Karur. In the business of providing exemplary financial service for over 90 years, KVB is today the favorite banker to millions of customers around the country, enjoying a premier position in the banking industry.

Business Landmarks as on 30th September, 2007:

* With a deposit base of Rs. 10916.38 cr. and advances figure of Rs. 7438.68 cr., KVB has recorded a total business of Rs. 18355.06 cr.
* The Net Profit earned by the bank during the first half of 2007-08 was Rs. 91.36 cr.
* The Net Owned Funds of the bank has reached a figure of Rs. 1063.16 cr. as on 31.03.2007. In fact, KVB is the first Tamilnadu based Old Private Sector Bank and the third in the country in this category to cross the Rs. 1000 cr. mark in Net Owned Funds. But the special landmark is that the entire amount is clocked under Tier I capital only.
* The Capital Adequacy ratio is at a healthy 15.42% on the increased asset base as against the RBI stipulated norm of 9%.
* With a record of uninterrupted earning of profits and declaration of dividend, KVB has declared 100% dividend consecutively for the past four years. This year, the bank had declared Rights and Bonus shares to its stakeholder and the dividend of 100% declared for 2006-07 is on the enhanced capital base.

Check out Karur Vysya Bank

The Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited was founded seven decades ago ( in 1926) by seven people of karur. At present, the bank has a network of 236 branches, spread over 11 states and the union territory of Pondicherry.

The Lakshmi Vilas Bank's business crossed Rs. 8,752 crores as on March 31, 2007. The Bank earned a Net profit of Rs. 17.58 crores. The Net owned Funds of the Bank reaches Rs. 396.08 crores. With a fairly good quality of loan assets the Net NPA of the bank was pegged at 1.58 % as on March 31, 2007 down from 4.98% as on March 31, 2005.

Check out Lakshmi Vilas Bank

Continuing research on Karur: Industry, Profile and Potential: Nearby District of Chennai

Karur is also famous for two banks, since early twentieth centuries. The reason I am excited about these two banks is - these banks were started with an initial investment with as low as Rs.1,00,000 on those days - say early 19xx's.

I am impressed by the entrepreneural skills, risk taking personalities and at the most - they have started to help the financial side of agricultural and trade needs at those times.

Hats off to all the people behind these banks birth!

Karur Vysya Bank and Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Karur

Karur Vysya Bank

The year was 1916 when two illustrious sons of Karur, the Late Sri M.A. Venkatarama Chettiar and the late Sri Athi Krishna Chettiar came together to found Karur Vysya Bank (KVB) with an initial capital of Rs. 1 lakh with an avowed desire to support the agricultural and trade activities in and around Karur. In the business of providing exemplary financial service for over 90 years, KVB is today the favorite banker to millions of customers around the country, enjoying a premier position in the banking industry.

Business Landmarks as on 30th September, 2007:

* With a deposit base of Rs. 10916.38 cr. and advances figure of Rs. 7438.68 cr., KVB has recorded a total business of Rs. 18355.06 cr.
* The Net Profit earned by the bank during the first half of 2007-08 was Rs. 91.36 cr.
* The Net Owned Funds of the bank has reached a figure of Rs. 1063.16 cr. as on 31.03.2007. In fact, KVB is the first Tamilnadu based Old Private Sector Bank and the third in the country in this category to cross the Rs. 1000 cr. mark in Net Owned Funds. But the special landmark is that the entire amount is clocked under Tier I capital only.
* The Capital Adequacy ratio is at a healthy 15.42% on the increased asset base as against the RBI stipulated norm of 9%.
* With a record of uninterrupted earning of profits and declaration of dividend, KVB has declared 100% dividend consecutively for the past four years. This year, the bank had declared Rights and Bonus shares to its stakeholder and the dividend of 100% declared for 2006-07 is on the enhanced capital base.

Check out Karur Vysya Bank

The Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited was founded seven decades ago ( in 1926) by seven people of karur. At present, the bank has a network of 236 branches, spread over 11 states and the union territory of Pondicherry.

The Lakshmi Vilas Bank's business crossed Rs. 8,752 crores as on March 31, 2007. The Bank earned a Net profit of Rs. 17.58 crores. The Net owned Funds of the Bank reaches Rs. 396.08 crores. With a fairly good quality of loan assets the Net NPA of the bank was pegged at 1.58 % as on March 31, 2007 down from 4.98% as on March 31, 2005.

Check out Lakshmi Vilas Bank

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Karur District Profile and Industrial Potential: Chennai Machan reports



Karur Profile: near-by district of Chennai

Karur is exactly located at the center of the tamil nadu state. You will be amazed to see the amount of export Karur does in a year and to the places in different parts of the world. I was stunned to read that Karur exports to Walmart, IKEA, Target etc., 90% of the buses in South India are built in Karur!!

-Chennai Machan!

Karur Economy

Agriculture

The main crops are Paddy, Banana, Sugarcane, Battle leaf, Grams&Pulses, Topicco, Kora grass, Groundnuts, Oilseeds, Tropic-Vegetables, Garland Flowers, Medicinal Herbals etc.,.

Home textiles

Karur is famous for its home textiles. Karur has a niche in five major product groups — bed linens, kitchen linens, toilet linens, table linens and wall hangings. Overall Karur generates around Rs.6000 crores ($1200 million dollars a year) in foreign exchange through direct and indirect exports. Allied industries like ginning and spinning mills, dyeing factories, weaving etc employs around 300,000 people in and around Karur.

On the international textile map Karur has become synonymous with hand-loom “made-ups” first as Tirupur in the hosiery product. The weaving industry came to Karur from Kerala and has earned a reputation for its high quality hand-loom products today. Hand-loom Exports from Karur began on a modest scale with just 15 exporters in 1975 and today Karur has 1000s of exporters and the products are supplied to world leading chain stores like WalMart, Target, IKEA, Ahlens etc.

The hand-loom products being exported have been broadly classified under three heads viz., kitchen, bathroom and bedroom furnishing items. Some of the hand-loom made-ups exported from Karur are Bedspreads,Sheet sets, Towels, Floor rugs, Tea towels, Napkins, Aprons, Kitchen towels, Pot holders, Plate mats, Bathmats, Tea mats, Curtains, Pillow, Quilt covers, Shower curtains (above 500 classified verities).

Paper

TNPL is promoted by the Government of Tamil Nadu with loan assistance from the World Bank. Today TNPL is the largest producer of bagasse (sugarcane waste from Sugar mills) based paper in the world and the 2nd largest paper producer in asia. TNPL produces 230,000 tons of Printing & writing paper and consumes 1 million tones of bagasse every year.

Bus body building

Karur is a renowned centre for bus building industries. This is a unique feature of Karur and almost 90% of south Indian private bus bodies are being built here.And also Karnataka government buses. The total business is estimated to be around Rs.750 crore per annum.

Cement

Karur is also home to Chettinad Cements. It has an installed production capacity of 600,000 tons per annum, with another 1.1 million tons expansion in the pipeline.

Sugar

EID Parry has a sugar factory in Pugalur, Karur. It has a capacity of 4000 TCD per year. It also has a 22 MW co-generation Power plant, with TNPL.

Banking

Karur is the home town of India's oldest private scheduled banks, The Karur Vysya Bank and The Lakshmi Vilas Bank.

NYLON NETS

HDPE filament and associated product manufacturing. Its mainly for the fruit fields of Himalayas & north-east. Above 50% of nylon nets in India are made in Karur.

GEM STONES

The Karur belt also produces some very good Cats eyes, Feldspar, Moonstones, Aquamarines, Quarts, Sapphires, Jasper and beryls.

sourced at - w i k i p e d i a

Karur District Profile and Industrial Potential: Chennai Machan reports



Karur Profile: near-by district of Chennai

Karur is exactly located at the center of the tamil nadu state. You will be amazed to see the amount of export Karur does in a year and to the places in different parts of the world. I was stunned to read that Karur exports to Walmart, IKEA, Target etc., 90% of the buses in South India are built in Karur!!

-Chennai Machan!

Karur Economy

Agriculture

The main crops are Paddy, Banana, Sugarcane, Battle leaf, Grams&Pulses, Topicco, Kora grass, Groundnuts, Oilseeds, Tropic-Vegetables, Garland Flowers, Medicinal Herbals etc.,.

Home textiles

Karur is famous for its home textiles. Karur has a niche in five major product groups — bed linens, kitchen linens, toilet linens, table linens and wall hangings. Overall Karur generates around Rs.6000 crores ($1200 million dollars a year) in foreign exchange through direct and indirect exports. Allied industries like ginning and spinning mills, dyeing factories, weaving etc employs around 300,000 people in and around Karur.

On the international textile map Karur has become synonymous with hand-loom “made-ups” first as Tirupur in the hosiery product. The weaving industry came to Karur from Kerala and has earned a reputation for its high quality hand-loom products today. Hand-loom Exports from Karur began on a modest scale with just 15 exporters in 1975 and today Karur has 1000s of exporters and the products are supplied to world leading chain stores like WalMart, Target, IKEA, Ahlens etc.

The hand-loom products being exported have been broadly classified under three heads viz., kitchen, bathroom and bedroom furnishing items. Some of the hand-loom made-ups exported from Karur are Bedspreads,Sheet sets, Towels, Floor rugs, Tea towels, Napkins, Aprons, Kitchen towels, Pot holders, Plate mats, Bathmats, Tea mats, Curtains, Pillow, Quilt covers, Shower curtains (above 500 classified verities).

Paper

TNPL is promoted by the Government of Tamil Nadu with loan assistance from the World Bank. Today TNPL is the largest producer of bagasse (sugarcane waste from Sugar mills) based paper in the world and the 2nd largest paper producer in asia. TNPL produces 230,000 tons of Printing & writing paper and consumes 1 million tones of bagasse every year.

Bus body building

Karur is a renowned centre for bus building industries. This is a unique feature of Karur and almost 90% of south Indian private bus bodies are being built here.And also Karnataka government buses. The total business is estimated to be around Rs.750 crore per annum.

Cement

Karur is also home to Chettinad Cements. It has an installed production capacity of 600,000 tons per annum, with another 1.1 million tons expansion in the pipeline.

Sugar

EID Parry has a sugar factory in Pugalur, Karur. It has a capacity of 4000 TCD per year. It also has a 22 MW co-generation Power plant, with TNPL.

Banking

Karur is the home town of India's oldest private scheduled banks, The Karur Vysya Bank and The Lakshmi Vilas Bank.

NYLON NETS

HDPE filament and associated product manufacturing. Its mainly for the fruit fields of Himalayas & north-east. Above 50% of nylon nets in India are made in Karur.

GEM STONES

The Karur belt also produces some very good Cats eyes, Feldspar, Moonstones, Aquamarines, Quarts, Sapphires, Jasper and beryls.

sourced at - w i k i p e d i a

Monday, April 7, 2008

Dindigul - Nearby district of Chennai - What is the potential of Dindigul industries and growth?

Dindigul was part of Chennai in the past, as a history. Dindigul was separated from Chennai, for administrative purposes.

Dindigul is called as The City of Locks and Tannery, because it is a tier-4 fast growing industrial city in India. The specialty of this city is textile mills and standard education. The hills such as Palani and Kodaikanal comes under Dindigul district. The Dindigul Fort is one of the most beautiful places to visit.

Dindigul is an interior region of Tamilnadu. Dindigul lies on the banks of Kudavanar River with a total landscape of 6058 sqkm. In spite of its geographical location there are about 110 tanneries both registered and non-registered in and around Dindigul. This district is well known for the making of locks. The Dindigul district is divided into 7 taluks namely, Dindigul taluk, Natham taluk, Kodaikanal taluk,
Nilakkottai taluk, Palani taluk, Oddanchatram taluk & Vedasandur taluk
.

The Dindigul fort is one of the major Landmarks of the city which is visible from several kilometers. This huge rock hill on which the fort is constructed, looks like Pillow ('Dhindu'), when viewed from one angle (from south east) and hence the City is known as Dindigul. This fort is at a height of 280 ft.

Dindigul is noted for its Locks. Also Iron safe of good quality and durability are made here. A lock manufacturing unit under co-operative sector is functioning here. It is flourishing industry gives employment to wide section of people. Its one of the largest trading center in Tamil Nadu for chewing tobacco and “Roja Supari” are
produced in this town and are being sent to various places in and around the Tamilnadu. Dindigul is flourishing with handloom industry at Chinnalapatti, which is located at 11 km away from Dindigul on the Chennai-Dindigul road. Art – Silk sarees and sungudi. Sarees Produced in Chinnalapatti is famous in the district. More than 1000 families are engaged in this Industry.

Chennai Directory

Dindigul - Nearby district of Chennai - What is the potential of Dindigul industries and growth?

Dindigul was part of Chennai in the past, as a history. Dindigul was separated from Chennai, for administrative purposes.

Dindigul is called as The City of Locks and Tannery, because it is a tier-4 fast growing industrial city in India. The specialty of this city is textile mills and standard education. The hills such as Palani and Kodaikanal comes under Dindigul district. The Dindigul Fort is one of the most beautiful places to visit.

Dindigul is an interior region of Tamilnadu. Dindigul lies on the banks of Kudavanar River with a total landscape of 6058 sqkm. In spite of its geographical location there are about 110 tanneries both registered and non-registered in and around Dindigul. This district is well known for the making of locks. The Dindigul district is divided into 7 taluks namely, Dindigul taluk, Natham taluk, Kodaikanal taluk,
Nilakkottai taluk, Palani taluk, Oddanchatram taluk & Vedasandur taluk
.

The Dindigul fort is one of the major Landmarks of the city which is visible from several kilometers. This huge rock hill on which the fort is constructed, looks like Pillow ('Dhindu'), when viewed from one angle (from south east) and hence the City is known as Dindigul. This fort is at a height of 280 ft.

Dindigul is noted for its Locks. Also Iron safe of good quality and durability are made here. A lock manufacturing unit under co-operative sector is functioning here. It is flourishing industry gives employment to wide section of people. Its one of the largest trading center in Tamil Nadu for chewing tobacco and “Roja Supari” are
produced in this town and are being sent to various places in and around the Tamilnadu. Dindigul is flourishing with handloom industry at Chinnalapatti, which is located at 11 km away from Dindigul on the Chennai-Dindigul road. Art – Silk sarees and sungudi. Sarees Produced in Chinnalapatti is famous in the district. More than 1000 families are engaged in this Industry.

Chennai Directory