According to multiple reports, Maruti Suzuki is now moving forward with
this huge complex on an 800-acre site in Kharkhoda, located in Haryana
state in northern India. The location’s first plant is targeting a
capacity of 250,000 vehicles annually, primarily internal combustion
engine cars. The site is located in IMT Kharkhoda in District Sonipat.
The agreement for the site was completed last week with Haryana State
Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. The company
also operates plants in the Haryana locations of Manesar and Gurugram,
and is making investments in the state of Gujarat to manufacture EVs.
Maruti Suzuki recently advertised its follow-through as part of the Make
in India initiative by setting a record for most annual exports of
Indian-made vehicles, at 238,376.
Though the name looks like it refers to Haiti, this “Haitian” is a
Chinese company that last week reached an agreement with the government
of Ruma (Vojvodina) on the sale of land in the Rumska Petlja industrial
zone where it will construct production facilities for injection molding
machines. The initial investment in production and office will span more
than 1 million sq. ft. Ultimately the company plans to bring four
production lines to the site, including CNC machines. As reported in a
Serbian-language report in Euronews last week, Haitian CEO Sun Jiming
said the company is investing in Serbia with the aim of establishing a
new production base with good connections to the Port of Rijeka and
highways that will enable connections to European markets, “as well as
those in Russia, Turkey, the Middle East, India and even the United
States.”
Amazon says more than 1,000 of its planned 2,500 new jobs in Southern
California will be located in Santa Monica, where it’s signed a
200,000-sq.-ft. lease at the Water Garden (pictured). The new site will
begin welcoming employees in mid-2023, the company says.
Photo courtesy of Amazon
Amazon this month committed to adding 2,500 corporate and technology
jobs at tech hubs in San Diego, Irvine and Santa Monica,
California. The company said it opened more than 15 sites in Southern
California alone last year and created more than 17,000 jobs statewide.
“These 2,500 new jobs include roles building cloud infrastructure,
improving the Alexa experience, and designing cutting edge video games,”
said Holly Sullivan, Amazon’s vice president of worldwide economic
development (read Site Selection’s interview with Sullivan from last
year). “Communities across California have welcomed Amazon over the past
decade and have seen firsthand how our investments can unlock new
opportunities for their neighbors and local economies. We’ve created
more than 170,000 jobs across the state and are committed to continue
investing here,”
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Meanwhile, elsewhere in Southern California: Gurbax Sahota, president
and CEO of the California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED), made this
photo of Paul Newman, a longtime regional director of sales for Site
Selection, during a group tour of the Port of Long Beach during CALED’s
annual conference last week. Yes, Paul, big bridges are almost as cool
as giant cranes! Each year the port handles more than 2,000 vessel
calls, more than 8.1 million 20-foot container units (TEUs) and cargo
valued at $200 billion.
