Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Videocon to invest $1.5 b in China

Ten Indian companies, including consumer durable major Videocon would invest $5 billion in setting up manufacturing units in China. Videocon alone would invest $1.5 billion in a liquid crystal display (LCD) product manufacturing unit in Shenzhen.

The other Indian companies to have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with their Chinese counterparts include ZTE Telecom India, Spice Communications, International Certification, AKS Associates, Cosmos Industries, Maharasthra Industrial Development Corporation, Rajasthan Industries Development Corporation and Unity Power.

These MoUs were signed on Tuesday in Beijing. Videocon MD Rajkumar Dhoot on Tuesday signed an MoU with the China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) chairman Wan Jifei for the proposed plant in China. Industry body Assocham has sent a 35-member business delegation to Beijing to discuss business possibilities with CCPIT.

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