A high-level plot allotment committee has cleared the allotment of industrial plots to 19 units in various industrial estates developed by the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC).

The total investment involved in setting up these projects will be around Rs 1,100 crore. These projects will provide direct employment to more than 6,000 persons on implementation. The committee has been constituted by the state government to consider projects involving capital investment of Rs 30 crore and those with FDI component.

Managing director of HSIIDC Rajeev Arora said allotments have been made for projects in diverse fields of brake parts(back plate & anti-noise shims), tooth brushes, stainless steel products, machine and machine parts including machine assembling, overhauling, moulds and tools, extruder food products and dehydration of vegetables, fruit, retort food, jams and ketchup, cold-rolled stainless steel coils, CNG dispensers and compressors, seed processing plant cum storage facility, footwear, food processing units etc.

Around 49.16 acre has been allotted for industrial plots in estates at Kundli, Rai, Growth Centre Bawal, Bahadurgarh, Karnal, IMT Manesar and Gurgaon for these projects, he added.

A number of companies have been allotted industrial plots for food processing units in different industrial estates developed by the Corporation.

One of them is Nestle R & D Centre India Pvt Ltd in Industrial Model Township (IMT) Manesar, which will set up a research & development centre for food & beverages in India with an investment of Rs 149.63 crore.

Nestle SA has tied up with Specialty Foods India Pvt Ltd for setting up a R&D centre.

It has been engaged in the business of health care nutrition with a turnover of more than Rs 3,000 crore for the period ending December 2008.

The proposed R&D facilities to be created at IMT Manesar will facilitate development of competencies in Indian traditional raw materials like turmeric, fenugreek, ginger, Indian mint, etc. The project is likely to be operationalised by 2012.

Prominent projects that have been allotted plots under the FDI category include Delta India Electronics Pvt Ltd in Sector-35, Gurgaon for setting up of video display and projection system with an investment of Rs 103.22 crore.

Another company in this category is Hi-Lex India Pvt Ltd, a Japanese multi national company in Industrial Model Township (IMT) Manesar which will set up a project mechanical control cable for automobile and window regulator with an investment of Rs 32 crore.

Plots have been also been alloted to Shree Bankey Behari Exports Pvt Ltd in Industrial Estate Rai for setting up of food processing unit with a capital cost of Rs 120 crore.