2015 Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet - J Jayalalithaa launches new projects and laid the foundation stone for ventures, estimated at an overall worth ₹10,000 cr

Tamil Nadu Chied Minister J Jayalalithaa through Video Conferencing

A)laid the foundation stone for 7 projects -

• Rs 350 crore expansion efforts of TVS Motors, MRF Ltd, Rs 2700 crore Apollo Tyres, and Saint-Gobain India Ltd

• manufacturing unit of Lotus Footwear Enterprises Ltd, 
• Rs 677 crore food processing facility of ITC and 
• Sheng Long Biotech India Pvt Ltd, involved in making aquatic feed.  

 The aforesaid facilities at an estimated ₹6,418 crore were located at Krishnagiri, Kancheepuram, Vellore, Perambalur, Pudukottai and Tiruvallur districts and would ensure 14,878 job opportunities

B)inaugurated 7 projects -

• tyre manufacturer MRF Ltd’s ₹1,200 crore expansion Phase I in Perambalur

• 150 MW solar power plant worth Rs 975 crore by Welspun Renewable Energy in Tiruchi-Karur districts

• expansion of Samsung India Electronics’ facility worth  Rs 450 crore at Sriperumbudur

• Rs 100 crore footwear maker Growthlink Overseas at Tiruvannamalai 

• Rs 300 crore Saint-Gobain’s glass-making facility at Erode

• 50 MW solar plant worth Rs 300 crore of Sun Edison Energy India Limited at Virudhunagar district and

• 61 crore manufacturing unit of perfume-maker Takasago International (India) Ltd in Kancheepuram district

 The newly inaugurated facilities will create 9,775 job opportunities and have been established at an overall cost of ₹3,636 crore

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa with industrialists, who invested in the State during the Global Investors Meet, at a meeting on Friday January 29,2016