KC Nahata of Jain Enterprises, a unit manufacturing electrical accessories, is keen on increasing his unit's turnover. As the limited space available with him is proving to be a constraint, Nahata is planning to open a bigger unit soon. Says Nahata, "I have done very well in the last few years as there is a big demand for electrical appliances. I feel confident that even if I treble my production I will not have problems finding a market for it."

Nahata does not want to buy land in Delhi because of high prices. "I might choose Rajasthan, as land is very cheap there."

Lowering production cost

Mahesh Vijayvargiya of Albatross Herbals, a herbal cosmetic manufacturing unit in Mahipalpur Extension in Delhi, is planning to shift his unit to Rajasthan where he will undertake production on a larger scale. Vijayvargiya feels that his business will run more smoothly in Rajasthan as it is the raw-material base for the product he manufactures. "I require a lot of henna for my products and the state offers an abundant supply of the raw-material at a much cheaper price. This will cut down on my production cost."

Upgrading to expand

Pragya Hydro Equipments, Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, engaged in designing, manufacturing and supply of mechanical/hydro-mechanical material handling equipment, is all set to expand its business domain. Says L C Tolani, managing partner of the company: "We upgrade our technology on a regular basis to suit the changing demands". Earlier, the company used to supply equipment to the vegetable oil processing industry only. But, with the help of regular upgradation, the company has started supplying these equipment to cold rolling mills, hot rolling mills, tube mills & saw pipe industries. Says Tolani, "We are in the process of expanding the existing business and wish to have some foreign collaboration for further technological upgradation."

E-mails without a PC

I B Saxena of I B Saxena Design Labs, Noida, wants to make every netizen's dream come true with an "e-mail address for everyone". Early next year, Saxena hopes to launch, Fetcher, a device which fetches one's e-mails of the Internet. "The one thing which makes Fetcher unique is that it needs no PC. All it needs is PSTN telephone line, a bridge server and a TV to send and receive e-mails." Fetcher, which is expected to sell at a retail price of about $75, uses the monitor to display the e-mails and has a built-in keyboard as an input device. E-mails have, however, to be limited to text format. Fetcher has no storage device but print-outs can be had using a printer. For this purpose, Saxena has developed a new protocol called Bad Line Modem Protocol (BLMP) which keeps in mind the poor telephone line conditions in developing countries.

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