Swiss-based global automation giant ABB is going to establish two new units in India at a cost of $20 million.
ABB集团总裁兼首席执行官Fred Kindle说，其中一个在Haridwar的单位将生产低压分销电气产品，而另一个部门将在Nashik中制造真空界面。预计Haridwar部门将在今年的第三季度准备就绪，到2007年初，Nashik设施将准备好，每个单元都有接近400人。
在过去的两年中，ABB在班加罗尔，Vadodara，Nashik和Halol建立了制造单元，以扩大其在印度生产的产品组合。ABB的印度运营是多种产品和组件的全球采购基地，包括高压断路器和磁性执行器。
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"ABB is firmly committed to growing its operations in India and our investment program for the country is on course. Half of our proposed investments have already been made, and the remaining will be done by early next year," said Kindle.
He said the Group's Indian subsidiary, ABB India, has already spent $50 million out of the $100 million investment that he had announced for Indian operations during his last visit to India in November 2004. "The balance, $50 million, would be spent by early 2007," he told reporters during a visit to ABB's local operations here.
Kindle said India is one of the fastest growing markets for the $20 billion ABB, and that a growing proportion of ABB's investments are being made here. "Nearly 10 percent of our capital expenditure of $500 million last year was made in India. This proportion could grow," he said.
Kindle不希望被列入全球首席执行官的一长串负责人，称赞印度的资源及其潜力，Kindle还说：“印度正在发展跑道，准备起飞。通过克服其基础设施挑战并释放其巨大的潜力，印度将在新兴的全球经济秩序中占据应有的地位。”他补充说，本世纪将是亚洲人。
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Uday Lal Pai是印度的自由记者。
