Uttarakhand having about 51,000 registered manufacturing units with Haridwar being the largest industrial area accounting for 60% of the investments, the four-day CII Industrial Expo 2016 has taken off in Haridwar at Chinmaya Degree College in SIIDCUl area. The objective of the Expo is to bring together large and small scale industries from across the country to help them explore business partnerships and transact business. Exhibitors from 33 industries from Uttarakhand are participating in it.
Speaking of the Expo, vice chairman, CII Uttarakhand State Council Vikas Garg said, “Through events like Industrial Expo, CII aims to broad-base the industrial development of the state, foster partnerships and promote sharing of best practices. We mainly focus on connecting MSMEs to large companies aside from bringing in new technologies to help industry in Uttarakhand be competitive.”
Inaugurating the Expo, chairman, steering committee for Industrial Expo 2016 and ED BEHl Prakash Chand said that the expo has exhibitors from 15 states across India. Addressing the senior industry representatives present on the occasion, Prakash emphasised that Uttarakhand has witnessed industry led growth with manufacturing playing a key role.
lauding the State Government’s initiatives on ease of doing business which has led to the State’s ranking improve to 9 from 23 rd last year, he urged the State to be more aggressive in terms of attracting further industry.
Sharing the highlights of the event, Suresh Redhu, chairman CII Industrial State Council, said that the event comprises an exhibition spread over 5,000 square meters,with about 150 exhibitors from 15 states, including Uttarakhand. He said that multiple sessions were focused on business development and new technologies would also be organised during the course of four days of the event.
Dwelling upon the journey of CII Industrial Expo, Redhu said that given the importance of the manufacturing sector, it is necessary to create an environment in the State where the sector continues to thrive.
Industry captains from the State Sandeep Jain, and heads of leading industries like BHEl, ITC, HUl, Hero MotoCorp, Satyam Auto and Rockman were present.
The exposition showcases industrial products and services and helps explore endless business opportunities with the large manufacturing base both within the State as well as some of the other leading industrial clusters in the
country.