60-member French business delegation to meet AP CM
The Dollar Business Bureau A business delegation from France, comprising 60 members will visit Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday to hold talks with the state government on infrastructure, smart cities and investment. The meeting is slated to be held in Vijayawada.Ambassador of France to India, Alexandre Ziegler, will be heading the team and hold discussions with the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N Chandrababu Naidu, on “smart cities and infrastructures, industry and investment, IT and communication, transportation, water and waste management, energy and environment,” said a release from the Embassy of France, New Delhi. Officials of the Embassy and the French Development Agency would showcase expertise of France in the fields of urban development, infrastructures and renewable energy, among others, the release said. “France is one of the major investors and is committed to ...
Isuzu opens plant in AP, to roll out 50k vehicles
The Dollar Business Bureau Japanese automaker Isuzu Motors India (IMI) inaugurated a new state-of-the-art plant at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh and expects to reach a production level of 50,000 units per year in the coming three years. The plant was inaugurated by N Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The automaker rolled out its D-Max V-Cross - India’s first adventure utility vehicle, from this newly-opened facility. The company earmarked an investment of Rs.3000 crore for the project. Spread over an area of 107 acres, this local manufacturing facility has the production capacity of 50,000 units, which in future can be scaled up to 120,000 units. According to the company release, at the start of production, the new generation of Isuzu D-Max vehicles will be manufactured ...
Japanese firm all set to start Smart-grid project in Vijayawada
The Dollar Business Bureau In a move towards taking forward the Andhra Pradesh (AP)-Japan collaboration, Japanese-based Fuji Electric was said to have identified a site in Vijayawada, AP capital, for the smart grid project. An official confirmation in this regard was given by Fuji Electric Representative Director Yoshio Okuno, in a review meeting with the AP Chief Minister (CM) N Chandrababu Naidu, on Monday. In a meeting with the AP CM, Fuji Electric representatives report covered analysis on weather conditions, wind direction and correlation between weather and power demand in Vijayawada. The AP CM, who is on four-day visit to Japan, was said to have started off meetings firstly with Fuji Electric executives, where he was said to have reviewed the teams’ field ...
