Recent news on Halol

Lovers from city elope, enter into suicide pact  -  May 22, 2007
Ahmedabad Newsline,The Halol police reached the spot after being alerted and found vials of poison. They also found a suicide note written by Usha Gohil before she entered

GM India to launch Optra Diesel in luxury segment  -  May 22, 2007
TechWhack,It will be manufactured at our Halol plant and should reach Chevrolet retailers next month,� said Mr. P. Balendran, Vice President, General Motors India.

Death toll in Gujarat road accident rises to 28  -  May 14, 2007
Gujarat Global.com,The bus was going from Mehsana to Halol. The accident took place around 6.30 pm when the bus collided with a gas tanker coming from the opposite direction.

GM aims to spark Indian car interest  -  May 2, 2007
IndUS Business Journal,GM is in the process of expanding the manufacturing capacity of its existing plant in the western India city of Halol — a decision Chaba said was prompted

Gandhi Special tubes declare a dividend of 40%  -  May 5, 2007
Myiris.com,The plants are located in Halol in Panch Mahals (Gujarat) and Bhosari in Pune (Maharashtra). Shares of company closed down Rs 3.05, or 2.24%,

Mela steps up information quotient  -  Apr 29, 2007
Ahmedabad Newsline,Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) organised ‘legal information mela’ at Halol for the first time in the Panchmahals district on Sunday.

Tata Motors mulls plant in Gujarat  -  May 21, 2007
Indiatimes,Gujarat hasn’t had any luck with the auto sector ever since US auto giant General Motors drove into Halol in 1994. Even GM, which claims to have invested Rs

GM to roll out second small car in 2009  -  May 13, 2007
Livemint,...the outskirts of Pune in Maharashtra, to ship out 1.4 lakh small cars in addition to its Halol unit, which will make 85000 units a year starting 2008.

Aditya Birla Nuvo, An Aditya Birla Group Company Reports Good ...  -  May 4, 2007
Business Wire India (press release),Revenues have been affected by an illegal strike at the Halol plant for major part of the year. After amicable settlement with the workers in December 2006,

GM India embarks on marketing blitz with  -  May 3, 2007
Moneycontrol.com,...the Chevrolet Optra, Chevrolet Aveo, Chevrolet SRV, Chevrolet Aveo U-VA, Chevrolet Spark and Chevrolet Tavera at its state-of-the-art facility in Halol.

GM India Embarks on Marketing Blitz with Tara Rum Pum  -  26 Apr 2007
agencyfaqs.com,...the Chevrolet Optra, Chevrolet Aveo, Chevrolet SRV, Chevrolet Aveo U-VA, Chevrolet Spark and Chevrolet Tavera at its state-of-the-art facility in Halol.

Shooting for a difference  -  26 Apr 2007
Times of India,...‘Sakshi Media’, a group from Halol has been set up by Drishti Media initiatives and aims to facilitate development in its adjoining talukas.

Fire breaks out in Halol scrap yard  -  Mar 28, 2007
Ahmedabad Newsline,Vadodara, March 28: A MAJOR fire broke out at a scrap yard in GIDC Halol in Panchmahals district on Wednesday at about 1 pm for unknown reasons.

GM to roll out Spark despite production constraints  -  Apr 15, 2007
Business Standard,...the company will not be able to produce more than 2000 units per month owing to manufacturing constraints at its original plant in Halol at Gujarat.

Chevy Spark launch could result in capacity problems for General ...  -  Apr 16, 2007
TechWhack,They are currently manufacturing the car at their original plant in Halol at Gujarat. This plant already manufactures several other models for the company

GM launches small car Spark  -  Apr 17, 2007
Hindu,The company, which has so far sold two million units of the small car globally, will initially roll out Spark from its Halol manufacturing facility in

General Motors has big plans in India  -  Apr 17, 2007
International Herald Tribune,Wagoner said GM was more than doubling its production capacity in India, to 225000 units, by increasing production at its Halol facility in Gujarat,

INDIA: Spark to light up GM unit  -  Apr 17, 2007
just-auto.com (subscription),In the meantime, the Spark will be manufactured at GM's existing Halol facility which has a monthly capacity of 7000 units. With other GM models already

GM India records highest ever monthly sales in March 2007  -  Apr 7, 2007
Moneycontrol.com (press release),General Motors India’s Halol capacity has also been increased to 85000 units per annum to cater to the increased market demand for Chevrolet brand of

General Motors Corp Chairman Rick Wagoner to visit India  -  Apr 14, 2007
Moneycontrol.com (press release),GM India manufactures the Chevrolet Tavera, Chevrolet SRV, Chevrolet Aveo U-VA and the Chevrolet Aveo at its state-of-the-art facility in Halol, Gujarat.

GM chief to visit India next week  -  Apr 13, 2007
Times of India,...models on the Indian roads Chevrolet Tavera, Chvrolet SRV, Chevrolet Aveo U-VA and the Aveo, which are manufactured at its facility in Halol, Gujarat.

GM India launches Chevrolet Optra Platinum  -  Mar 31, 2007
Moneycontrol.com (press release),In addition to the Optra family, GM India also assembles the Chevrolet Tavera, Chevrolet Aveo and Aveo U-VA, and Chevrolet SRV at its facility in Halol,

All the General's cars  -  Apr 21, 2007
Business Standard,The Spark roll-out plan (western and northern regions will get the car first) is based on the capacity constraints that GMI faces at its Halol facility in

GM Says It Will Make More Vehicles and Buy More Parts in India  -  Apr 18, 2007
New York Times,Mr. Wagoner said GM would more than double its production capacity in India, to 225000 vehicles a year, by making more vehicles at its Halol factory in the

India: Locally assembled Chevrolet Spark launched  -  Apr 18, 2007
Automotive World (subscription),The Spark is produced in the west of India at GM's Halol plant in Gujarat. Other vehicles that the OEM builds in India include the Chevrolet Optra sedan,

GM India enters small car segment  -  Apr 17, 2007
Andhra Cafe,The car would be manufactured in GM's plant at Halol near Vadodara in Gujarat, which has a capacity to produce 225000 units in a year.

GM Sparks price war in small car segment  -  Apr 17, 2007
Economic Times,The company is initially aiming at selling 2000-3000 units Spark in a month, which will be rolled out from its Halol facility in Gujarat.

General Motors lines up new cars for India  -  Apr 17, 2007
Hindustan Times,General Motors, which is increasing capacity at its Halol plant in Gujarat to 85000 units, is setting up a second facility at Talegaon in Mahasrashtra,

GM launches Spark at Rs3.09 lakh  -  Apr 17, 2007
India Infoline.com,The Indian subsidiary of US-based auto giant General Motors Corp. will initially roll out Spark from its Halol manufacturing facility in Gujarat.

GM launches small car `Chevrolet Spark' in India  -  Apr 17, 2007
domain-B,The company is initially aiming at selling 2000-3000 units of Spark a month, which will be rolled out from its Halol facility in Gujarat.

India possible global hub, sourcing of USD 1 bn in 5 yrs: GM  -  Apr 17, 2007
Zee News,The company is initially aiming at selling 2000-3000 units spark in a month, which will be rolled out from its Halol facility in Gujarat.

Four new cars to hit roads this month  -  Apr 1, 2007
Economic Times,Pegged for April 17, Chevy Spark will be made at Halol with completely knocked down kits being imported into the country. “There will be a good amount of

Hot wheels to hit roads this summer  -  Apr 1, 2007
Times of India,Pegged for April 17, Chevy Spark will be made at Halol with completely knocked down kits being imported into the country.

GM India February 2007 sales up by 81%  -  Mar 5, 2007
Moneycontrol.com (press release),Gearing up for a major expansion, General Motors India’s Halol facility in Gujarat is undergoing an expansion drive to enhance its capacity to 85000 units

Ashghal signs deal for road work  -  Feb 28, 2007
Gulf Times,The project entails construction of 3km, three-lane dual carriageway extending from Halol Street to Wholesale Market Street. The work includes construction

Ashghal signs contract for Musaimeer Road  -  Feb 28, 2007
Peninsula On-line,The QR277m project is to construct approximately three km-long three-lane dual carriageway extending from Halol Street to Wholesale Market Street.

Tatas’ Singur deal matches benefits in tax havens Uttaranchal ...  -  Mar 20, 2007
Economic Times,GM’s tax holiday in Halol is over. So is Honda’s sales tax holiday at Surajpur. As for M&M, its ITEC project has gone to Maharashtra but the Nissan-Renault

India: Caparo to build new plant in Tamil Nadu  -  Mar 9, 2007
Automotive World (subscription),Caparo Maruti has component plants in Gurgaon and Bawal in Haryana, northern India and Halol, Gujarat. Caparo Engineering has plants in Pithampur,

Gujarat riot widows await justice  -  Mar 1, 2007
NDTV.com,Shahnaz now lives with her two young children, and other riot widows at a rehabilitation site near the village of Halol, bound to each other by grief and a

Farm worker in Halol village assaulted due to caste bias  -  Feb 17, 2007
Ahmedabad Newsline,Vadodara, February 17: Tersinh Nayak, an agricultural labourer from Halol village in Panchmahals district, was assaulted on Friday night by four people with

Man lynched by mob for 'extra-marital affair'  -  Feb 10, 2007
Ahmedabad Newsline,The Halol police have arrested the man who led the mob and are searching for the other eight people, who are absconding. On Friday at about 8 pm,

Anti-power theft drive in C Gujarat sparks protest  -  Feb 9, 2007
Ahmedabad Newsline,In Halol, it was only after the intervention of a local MLA that the drive went off smoothly. Many residents were reportedly irked with MGVCL technicians or

GM India sales up by 46% in January 2007  -  Feb 9, 2007
Moneycontrol.com,Gearing up for a major ramp up, General Motors India’s Halol facility in Gujarat is undergoing an expansion drive to enhance its capacity to 85000 units to

GM's small car Spark the season  -  Jan 30, 2007
Economic Times,First off is expected to be its small car, the Chevrolet Spark with a petrol engine, to be manufactured at GMI’s Halol plant.

GM India on a Roll - Bags Nine Industry Awards  -  Jan 29, 2007
agencyfaqs.com,...“As a further demonstration of our commitment to India, we have invested in the expansion of our existing manufacturing facility in Halol and begun work on

Liquor worth Rs 34 lakh seized, 2 held  -  Feb 6, 2007
Ahmedabad Newsline,On Monday, the Halol police had also seized a truck full of liquor worth about Rs 15 lakh near Pavagadh and arrested two people who are from the same region

Artists mesh it all up  -  Jan 30, 2007
Ahmedabad Newsline,...moods art camp’ at the premises of Haver Standard India Pvt Ltd, a manufacturer of woven wire cloth and wire products, on the Vadodara-Halol Road.

Burnt-down RTO office is easy target for thieves  -  Feb 22, 2007
Ahmedabad Newsline,Acting on a tip off, an RTO officials' team raided Relish Hotel located on the Vadodara-Halol highway late on Thursday evening and seized 11 trucks which

The Ruby Case: Woman surrenders stone  -  Feb 10, 2007
Chennai Online,As planned, they left for Jaipur on December 6 in a car and halted at Sarvottam Hotel near Halol, where the hired killers bludgeoned Mihir,

Chevrolet Aveo extend contract with Rani Mukherjee,Saif Ali  -  Feb 9, 2007
Moneycontrol.com,...manufactures the Chevrolet Optra, Chevrolet Aveo, Chevrolet SRV, Chevrolet Aveo U-VA and the Chevrolet Tavera at its state of the art facility in Halol.

Aditya Birla Nuvo, an Aditya Birla Group Company Sustains ...  -  Jan 29, 2007
Business Wire India (press release),...turnover of Rs.51.39 crores lower than the corresponding quarter of the previous year due to an illegal strike at one of its manufacturing unit, Halol.

Rubamin acquires J&K Pigments  -  Jan 17, 2007
Business Standard,The Vadodara-based company has facilities in Halol, Daman and J&K. It also has a wholly owned subsidiary in Congo, which is engaged in mining,

General Motors to launch Chevy Spark in April  -  Jan 8, 2007
Economic Times,With the company enhancing the capacity at its existing plant at Halol as well as going in for a new plant at Talegaon in Maharashtra, it is looking at

General Motors to introduce mini-car Chevrolet Spark in April  -  Jan 8, 2007
Myiris.com,The initial production of Spark will be done out of GM`s Halol plant in Gujarat. Later, the car will be produced at its new plant coming up at Talegaon near

Road Safety Awareness programme by GM  -  Jan 6, 2007
Gujarat Global.com,For the commuters on the Halol-Vadodara Expressway, GM India will display safety banners and distribute leaflets, which seek to educate commuters on various

GM India records 16.2% growth in 2006  -  Jan 5, 2007
Moneycontrol.com (press release),...manufacturing facility in Halol to 85000 units and have also started construction of a new Greenfield manufacturing plant at Talegaon in Maharashtra.

Chevrolet Spark coming to India in April  -  Jan 9, 2007
TechWhack,The company is likely to manufacture Spark at their Halol plant in Gujarat. In later stages, it would be manufactured at its new plant coming up at Talegaon

Shaily Engg files draft prospectus  -  Dec 29, 2006
News Today,Shaily Engg Plastics was set up in Halol in 1987 and at present it has fully equipped plants at Halol and Rania. The company caters to a wide range of

GM attacks premium hatchback segment, launches Chevy AVEO U-VA  -  Dec 22, 2006
Indian Express,The company is expanding its capacity at the Halol plant in Gujrat to 85000 units by 2008 and is also building a new plant at Talegaon in Maharashtra with a

GM to double sales to 72000 units in India  -  Jan 9, 2007
Financial Express,The capacity of GM India's Halol facility near Baroda is being increased to 85000 units from the present 60000. It recently conducted the groundbreaking

GM India launches much awaited Chevrolet Aveo U-VA  -  Jan 9, 2007
agencyfaqs.com,In addition to the Aveo U-Va, Aveo and SRV, GM India also assembles the Chevrolet Tavera and Chevrolet Optra at its facility in Halol, Gujarat.

General Motors India To Roll Out Mini-Car Chevrolet Spark in April  -  Jan 8, 2007
Auto Insight (press release),The capacity expansion at the Halol plant started last year, is expected to be completed by March. The company is scaling up its production capacity to

GM launches 'Aveo U-VA' in Mumbai  -  Jan 4, 2007
domain-B,GMs' facility at Halol, Gujarat currently produces 60000 vehicles annually and the capacity would be increased to 85000 by April this year.

Chevrolet helps, GM India CY06 sales up 16%  -  Jan 1, 2007
Business Standard,The company, a subsidiary of world's largest automaker General Motors of the US, is currently expanding the capacity of its manufacturing facility in Halol

Super mini sizzler  -  Dec 27, 2006
Indiatimes,We are ramping it up to 85000 units in Halol. This additional capacity will be available to us from the first quarter of 2007.

GM launches Chevrolet U-VA  -  Dec 22, 2006
Economic Times,GM India, which is in the process of ramping up capacity at its Halol plant from 60000 to 85000 units will have around 72000-75000 units capacity available

General Motors lines up new cars for India  -  Dec 22, 2006
Hindustan Times,General Motors, which is increasing capacity at its Halol plant in Gujarat to 85000 units, is setting up a second facility at Talegaon in Mahasrashtra,

Auto bosses call on Bengal  -  Dec 23, 2006
Calcutta Telegraph,...“We have around 300 acres at Halol in Gujarat, of which we are using maybe only 20 acres,� he had said. An industry expert was upbeat on Bengal’s prospects.

GM launches hatchback Chevrolet Aveo UV-A  -  Dec 22, 2006
DailyIndia.com,GM makes the Chevrolet Aveo sedan, Chevrolet Tavera multi-utility vehicle, the Optra sedan, the Corsa and Corsa Sail at its plant in Halol in the western

ABB to acquire Raman Boards Ltd.  -  Dec 21, 2006
Prdomain Business Register (press release),RBL’s products will be seamlessly integrated to ABB’s existing product offerings that include insulation kit components made in Halol, India and other parts

Super mini sizzler  -  27 Dec 2006
Indiatimes,We are ramping it up to 85000 units in Halol. This additional capacity will be available to us from the first quarter of 2007.

India: GM plant in Halol builds its first Chevrolet Aveo U-VA  -  Nov 28, 2006
Automotive World (subscription),General Motors' Indian division has announced that the Halol plant in the western Indian state of Gujarat has produced its first Chevrolet Aveo U-VA.

GM attacks premium hatchback segment, launches Chevy AVEO U-VA  -  Dec 22, 2006
Indian Express,The company is expanding its capacity at the Halol plant in Gujrat to 85000 units by 2008 and is also building a new plant at Talegaon in Maharashtra with a

GM India Nov sales up by 11% yoy  -  Dec 2, 2006
India Infoline.com,Gearing up for a major ramp up, General Motors India’s Halol facility in Gujarat is undergoing an expansion drive to enhance its capacity to 85000 units by

GM rolls out first Chevrolet Aveo in India  -  Dec 7, 2006
Antara,Halol (Gujarat) (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - General Motors on Tuesday rolled out its first Chevrolet Aveo U-Va from its manufacturing facility in Gujarat.

GM rolls off Chevrolet Aveo U-VA  -  Dec 5, 2006
Moneycontrol.com,General Motors rolled off the first Chevrolet Aveo U-VA today at its Halol plant in Gujarat, reports CNBC-TV18. The company is targetting the youth and

Auto bosses call on Bengal  -  Dec 23, 2006
Calcutta Telegraph,...“We have around 300 acres at Halol in Gujarat, of which we are using maybe only 20 acres,� he had said. An industry expert was upbeat on Bengal’s prospects.

GM launches Chevrolet U-VA  -  Dec 22, 2006
Economic Times,GM India, which is in the process of ramping up capacity at its Halol plant from 60000 to 85000 units will have around 72000-75000 units capacity available

GM launches hatchback Chevrolet Aveo UV-A  -  Dec 22, 2006
DailyIndia.com,GM makes the Chevrolet Aveo sedan, Chevrolet Tavera multi-utility vehicle, the Optra sedan, the Corsa and Corsa Sail at its plant in Halol in the western

General Motors lines up new cars for India  -  Dec 22, 2006
Hindustan Times,General Motors, which is increasing capacity at its Halol plant in Gujarat to 85000 units, is setting up a second facility at Talegaon in Mahasrashtra,

ABB to acquire Raman Boards Ltd.  -  Dec 21, 2006
Prdomain Business Register (press release),RBL’s products will be seamlessly integrated to ABB’s existing product offerings that include insulation kit components made in Halol, India and other parts

Minister’s son booked for bootlegging sixth time  -  Dec 19, 2006
Gujarat Global.com,Pravinsinh has been booked by the police for bootlegging in the past several times and was also accused of assaulting the Halol deputy superintendent of

‘Asia will power growth’  -  Dec 8, 2006
Financial Express,...across locations and businesses, several new manufacturing units have been set up in the last couple of years in Bangalore, Vadodara, Nashik and Halol.

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