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India growth story charms Nokia-land

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Posted: 2007-09-12 00:00:00+05:30 IST
Updated: Sep 12, 2007 at 0954 hrs IST

Helsinki, September 12:: CEO Ole Johansson sees India as "an important market".

Another Finnish major, Kone, won a substantial order for installing elevators in the Delhi Metro. Pekka Kemppainen, Kone's area director for Asia-Pacific, is elated.

"The project to construct one of the world's most modern stations in a metropolis like Delhi has been really exciting. The increasing need for developing infrastructure in India makes it a very interesting market for Kone. The rapid urbanisation and increasing wealth are our business drivers in India," he said.

Hiab, part of Cargotec which is one of the world's leading providers of cargo handling solutions with products being used in ships, ports, terminals, distribution centres and local transportation, hopes to find takers in India for its load-handling solutions.

So does Konecranes, which provides productivity-enhancing lifting solutions and services for lifting equipment of every make.

And Finnair's new routes have just made India "geographically closer".

"We fly daily on the Helsinki-New Delhi route, which is just six hours. We have five flights to Mumbai and soon we will fly to either Chennai or Bangalore. We are also in talks with Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines to extend our operations in India," a senior Finnair official said....

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