july 2014 centre gives in-principle clearance to kinfra’s...

July 2014

KERALA INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

(A Statutory Body of Govt. of Kerala)

Kinfra House, 31/2312, Sasthamangalam, Trivandrum-695 010, India, www.kinfra.orgTel: ++91-471-2726585, 2724860, Fax: ++91-471-2724773, email: kinfra@vsnl.com

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Centre gives in-principle clearance to KINFRA’s proposal

The proposal for the Rs.250-crore project, submittedby KINFRA in 2013, has received in-principle nod from

the Department of Electronics and IT, Government of

India. Electronics industry has been identified by the

State as an area of strength.

KINFRA had submitted a detailed project report to

the Department of Electronics and

Information Technology for

developing an electronics

manufacturing cluster in Cochin.

“The project, to be established in

75 acres of land owned by KINFRA

at Kakkanad, is being taken up

under the scheme envisaged in the

national electronics policy annouced in 2012,” said

Sri. S. Ramnath, MD-KINFRA.

“Computers and tablet PCs, telecom equipment,

mobile handsets and accessories, colour televisionsets, set top boxes, LEDs and CFLs, industrial

electronics, semiconductors, memory cards and other

consumer electronic products could be manufactured

at the centre.”

The land for the proposed electronics cluster is already

in possession of KINFRA, which is a clear advantage

to the investors, he added. The project could become

operational within two years of getting final clearance

from the Union government.

The proposed site is located adjacent to Smart City

area and Infopark, about 25 km from Cochin

international airport and 26 km from Cochin sea port.

The site is accessible through a PWD road connecting

Kalamasserry and Aluva. Power and water are available

at the location. Cochin University of Science and

Technology and HMT townships are within a radius of

5 km from the site.

With over 80 engineering colleges, abundant

manpower would be available for the operation of

the hub. Kerala has the highest labour productivity

among all Indian States, KINFRA had mentioned

in its report, quoting a World Bank-CII study. The

NeST Group is planning to set up an electronics

hardware manufacturing project at Kalamasserry,

which also could add strength to the electronics-

based industrial activity in the area.

S.Ramnath, MD

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KINFRA Integrated Industrial & Textile Park, Palakkad. At an

informal function in the Park a symbolic tape was cut to mark

the occasion by Smt. Eliamma Jacob, wife of the late Sri.

M.C. Jacob, founder of the KITEX-Anna group inKizhakkambalam, Ernakulam District. Managing Director-KITEX Ltd. Sri. Boby M. Jacob and Executive Director Sri.KLV Narayanan were also present.

Anna Group started out as an aluminium productsmanufacturer, way back in 1968, and expanded into othersectors gradually, extending its business into themanufacturing of food, spices, textiles, and more.

After the success of Anna Aluminium, the flagship company,Anna Group soon established a textile unit for the manufactureof Kitex Garments. Kitex Garments Ltd got WRAP “A” Levelcertification very soon, and is now one of the top cotton griegesuppliers in the State.

World Environment Day celebratedWorld Environment Day-2014 was observed in various KINFRA Parks in an effort to balance

industrial activity with the demands of the environment. In the noble effort to ‘green’ the

Parks, KINFRA Hi-Tech Park, Cochin, KINFRA Integrated Industrial & Textile Park, Palakkad

and KINFRA Film & Video Park, Kazhakkoottam, among others, planted trees in the respective

parks and vowed to turn the campuses into green zones of unpolluted glory.

Greening of KINFRA Parks aimed

KINFRA Integrated Industrial and Textile Park, Palakkad

KINFRA Film & Video Park, Kazhakkoottam KINFRA Hi-Tech Park, Cochin