RPINDIA ARCHIVE
President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's state visit to India
SUMMARY OF BUSINESS CALLS
MUMBAI
Praj Industries
- Praj industries is working in the field of biofuels, with
primary focus on renewable energy sources such as cassava,
sweet sorghum and sugar cane; and is also concerned with the
utilization of waste power to generate energy.
- Praj is doing a project in the Philippines on ethanol blending,
and they expect to produce the first flow of Filipino ethanol
to get into the market.
- They will also be working on a joint program for the development
of sweet sorghum, and would like to share this knowledge with
the Philippines.
- Praj and the Department of Agriculture will be signing an
agreement for the joint propagation of sweet sorghum, which
has a higher ethanol yield than sugar cane.
WNS
- WNS is India’s largest BPO company, which has been
in business for the past 10 years.
- WNS intends to expand their presence in the Philippines.
The idea is to get away from the larger cities and locate
in the smaller towns.
- Looks forward to the government’s support on this
in terms of the physical and technological infrastructure.
- WNS notes with appreciation that the Philippine government
is training call center employees. This has made the Philippines
an attractive destination for Indian companies in the BPO
and call center industries.
- WNS would like to transfer the management practices that
have proven successful, and train Filipino workers to take
on positions of management.
Sutherland
- Sutherland Global Services is a global customer management
company in the BPO industry with over 20 years of practitioner
heritage in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). Sutherland
helps companies design, build and manage their customer management
operations. Sutherland’s customer management operations
centers are located in USA, Canada, India and the Philippines.
- Sutherland is mobilizing its operations in the province
of Camarines Sur and is creating 300 jobs there before the
end of the year.
- They are also expanding their facilities in Clark, targeting
overall employment there at 2,500 seats.
- They are also looking at opening offices in Davao and Iloilo
to generate another 600 jobs.
- Sutherland also plans to create more than 500 IT Training
seats and train about 500 graduates per month in seven provinces
across the Philippines.
Hinduja
- The Hinduja Group is one of the largest diversified groups
in the world spanning all the continents. The Group employs
over 30,000 people and has offices in many key cities of the
world and all the major cities in India.
- Expansion of Call Center & BPO business in the Philippines
through HTMT Global Solutions. The Group has already invested
over $25 million in this industry and has high growth plans
to expand their presence in the Philippines.
- Gulf Oil, which also belongs to the group, has been in the
Philippines for over 10 years and is actively looking at opportunities
to expand and invest.
- Hinduja has previously entered into a joint venture with
the Department of Energy on the production of compressed natural
gas (CNG).
- Hinduja will be working with the PNOC and the DOE to establish
a distribution network for CNG.
Ispat Industries
- Ispat Industries Limited (IIL) is one of the leading integrated
steel makers and the largest private sector producer of hot
rolled coils in India.
- Global Steel Philippines (SPV-AMC), which was bought by
Ispat, is the leading manufacturer and principal supplier
of flat products in the Philippines and other ASEAN markets.
Products include hot rolled coils, hot rolled plates, cold
rolled coils (fullhard, annealed) and tinplates. Formerly
known as National Steel Corporation, the plant is currently
under the management of Global Ispat Holdings Limited, one
of the world’s pioneering steel producers, having facilities
in countries like Bulgaria, Nigeria, India, Bosnia, Libya
and Zimbabwe.
- Global Steel Philippines (SPV-AMC) Inc. has submitted plans
to set up an integrated steel plant involving investments
of US $1.6 billion to be carried out in two phases.
Points raised by Indian Film makers:
- Highly appreciate the opportunity given to them to dialogue
with a head of state.
- The film makers warmly welcomed the recent relaxation of
procedures for the issuance of Philippine visas to Indian
nationals.
- The Department of Tourism will organize a familiarization
tour for Indian film makers, to encourage them to use the
Philippines as location for their films.
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