The Hindu Business Line : Uniworld logistics park to be opened today

Chennai, Jan. 30 Uniworld Logistics Pvt Ltd’s Rs 50-crore ‘integrated logistics park’ at Irungattukottai on the Chennai-Bangalore highway will be inaugurated on Saturday.

It will have an inland container depot, airfreight station, bonded warehouse, customs clearance, general warehousing and can also be used for distribution of products, according to the company official.

Acer, the computer manufacturer, will be one of the first customers to use the new facility. It will import laptops from China; carry bags from Taiwan and mouse/keypads from Thailand. The finished product will be assembled at Uniworld Logistics Park, and distributed to various parts of the country, Mr Prem Kumar, Managing Director and CEO, Uniworld, told newspersons.

Fresenius Medical Care, a German provider of dialysis products and services for patients, will also use the new facility to distribute its products in India.

A number of users will share the common resources in the facility built in 22 acres of land, he said.

Mr Kumar said the company, with a turnover of around Rs 310 crore, will invest an additional Rs 40 crore in the next couple of years to build a similar logistics park in Bangalore and also a Free Trade Warehouse in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai.

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