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Sixty French automobile component suppliers on Monday explored setting up auto-components vendor park near Sanand in Ahmedabad district, where a number of global auto-makers, like Ford and Peugeot, are establishing plants.
Facilitating the French businessmen's visit to Gujarat, Mr Bernard Babo, Chairperson, French Vehicles Equipment Industries (FIEV), India Committee, indicated that plants in the vendor park could be set up in one to two years.
The proposed vendor park would consist of tier-1 and -2 auto-component suppliers to the recent auto entrants in the State and even to others, an official spokesman said here.
An event was organised by the Gujarat Government's Industrial Extension Bureau, along with Automotive Components Manufacturers Association, FIEV and French auto-major Peugeot, as part of the State's efforts to boost the automobile and auto-components sector.
Addressing French businessmen at the event, Mr Maheshwar Sahu, Principal Secretary, Industries and Mines Department, said apart from developing Sanand as an auto cluster, the State Government is also strengthening traditional auto clusters like Rajkot and Halol by setting up skilled operations centres throughout Gujarat.
The State Government has planned about 300 skilled operations centre for the sector, of which 86 have already begun operations.
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