Bihar Industries Association (BIA) delegation will attend the Hanover Messe,Germany 2012

     
 Hanover Messe,Germany Fair

PATNA: With the aim of making Bihar a low-cost manufacturing base to attract foreign investments, a 10-member Bihar Industries Association (BIA) delegation will attend the Hanover Messe 2012, a premier technology event at an international trade fair to be held in Hanover, Germany from April 23 to 27.
The BIA delegation will be accompanied by government of India representative and director of Micro, Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (MSME) Industrial Institute, Patna, D K Singh. Union ministry of MSME has organized the tour of a delegation of industrialists from six states to Hanover.
BIA president KPS Keshri said the Bihar team, during its visit to Hanover, would explore the possibilities of joint ventures, foreign collaborations and transfer of the latest technology. He said it would be a great opportunity for the industries in Bihar to go for international tie-ups by projecting the image of the state with cheap labour available for export-based production.
Keshri said the BIA team would be looking for the cutting-edge technology for the industries in Bihar to maintain quality in production at a cheaper rate and get a foothold on the Indian and international market.
The BIA team, led by the its secretary general Sanjay Goenka, consists of Sanjay Bhartiya, Sanjeev Kanodia, K N Varshney, Sanjay Poddar, P K Sinha, Sunil Kumar Singh, Manoj Khilani, Kunal Khilani and Amit Bansal.
Goenka told TOI that the BIA members would discuss with the representatives of multinational companies and technologists the possibilities of tie-ups with and technology transfer to the MSME industries. The possibility of technology transfer from German multinational, Siemens, for conversion of iron ore dust into steel would also be explored, he said.
P K Sinha said the team would also look for importing relevant technology to give leverage to the industries, including the IT industries, with a huge low-cost and skilled manpower to be created through training. He said technology of renewable energy, including the industries for manufacturing low-cost solar energy converter for IT industry and technology for setting up micro and small IT hardware units would also be explored, Sinha said.
Bhartiya said technical collaborations for making Bihar a low-cost manufacturing base would also be explored at the Hanover meet. He said, in Europe, manufacturing is no more viable. So, a state like Bihar should cash in this opportunity by creating a low-cost manufacturing base for export of cheaper but quality products into international market.