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Sanand has recently attracted commitments of billions of US dollars in investments from some of world's largest companies. Some of these companies have already started producing and shipping products, while others have announced facility completion and product shipment within the next 1–3 years. Some
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GE Power
Systems India Private Limited (erstwhile Alstom Bharat Forge Power Private Limited) established a state of the art Steam Turbines and Generator manufacturing facility in 2013. It is a subsidiary of GE, the America-based global conglomerate. Manufacturing commenced in the year of 2015. The
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Electronics Pvt Ltd announced a 60:40 joint venture between Japanese electronics major, Hitachi Ltd and Hi-Rel Electronics Pvt Ltd, an Ahmedabad-based power electronics products maker, is setting up a manufacturing facility of power equipment at Sanand near Ahmedabad. Hitachi
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Post-acquisition, the locals claim one of the biggest gains to come out of the Nano project is that the environment in our village has improved drastically. The
Gujarat government has placed significant efforts into preventing pollution and improving environmental quality in Sanand. It has given
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protested. The government explained that it was not trying to get their land for free, declared the price of the land at Rs 1,200 per square metre (US$ 108,000 per acre), four-times the market price. The opposition crumbled and the farmers cooperated with the government.
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Gujarat was chosen as the location of the plant in order to cater to the demands of the burgeoning car markets of the North and North West of India.The
President of Ford Asia-Pacific-Africa, Joe Hinrichs, said it takes 10 days to transport cars from its
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plant, vendor facilities and a railway transportation hub near
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The plant, spread over 460 acres, will have a capacity to make 240,000 cars/year and 270,000 engines/year. 5000 people will be employed at the plant, another 25,000 indirectly and another 6000 in ancillary engineering, totalling 36,000 jobs.
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Ahmedabad. Singapore Based Investment Fund Isobar Global Holdings PTE. LTD. along with
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first turbine was dispatched from the factory in the month of June 2016 for
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notice to factories, small as well as large, that emit high levels of pollution in the area to either leave or treat the pollutants. This has been well received by rural communities around Sanand.
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The 460 acres was leased to Ford for Rs 1100/square metre while the prevailing market rate in the area is Rs 4000/square metre.
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