Haryana govt inks deal with US firm to create 2,000 jobs

The Haryana government has signed a deal with a leading US firm to set up an additional plant for manufacturing air-conditioning devices in Gurgaon that will generate about 2,000 jobs and bring in investment worth 50 million dollars. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the state government and Carrier Airconditioning and Refrigeration Limited, a unit of Connecticut-based United Technologies Corporation for setting up the additional 8-acre plant.

The MoU was signed in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, and the Industries and Commerce Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu, at Hartford in Connecticut yesterday.

The proposed manufacturing facility in Gurgaon will provide employment to more than 2,000 people besides bringing in investment worth USD 50 million. The delegation led by the Chief Minister had visited the Pratt and Whitney Plant of Unitech Technologies where they saw the latest engines produced by Pratt and Whitney Plant being utilised by the aerospace industry.

The delegation was told that more than 300 engines manufactured at the plant have been used in the airbuses owned by Indian companies, including Go Air, Air <g data-gr-id="16">Vistar</g> and Air Indigo. The new engines being developed would help reduce the sound inside the aircraft by more than 50 <g data-gr-id="17">per cent</g> and pare down fuel consumption by 15 <g data-gr-id="18">per cent</g>.