Videocon Group is planning to invest
Rs.900 crore in West Bengal over a period of three years. The investment would
be directed towards:
- IT Park for hardware and software
units covering 40 lakh square feet in Salt Lake area at its existing project
with an investment of Rs.800 crore.
- Manufacturing of LCD TVs at its
existing plant at Taratola with an investment of Rs100 crore.
The company also has plans to invest
in the following projects:
- Setting up a BPO unit near its
existing facility at Salt Lake.
- State of art electronics unit near
Siliguri in North Bengal with an investment of Rs.200 crore and has acquired
land of closed Kanchan food products. The company is in the process of
acquiring more land and will commence work on the project with 1.5 acres of
land. It will manufacture microwave ovens, sound system and other
electronics items in the Siliguri facility.
- The company is in the process of
acquiring allotted 100 acres of land near Rajarhat for setting up a
manufacturing unit for colour TVs.