Amara Raja Batteries to set up second unit at Chittoor

Chittoor: The second manufacturing unit of Amara Raja Batteries run by Galla Aruna family is coming up at Chittoor town in an area of 483 acres. Chairman of the company Galla Ramachandra Naidu performed the ground breaking ceremony on Wednesday in which Minister Galla Aruna also took part. Speaking to the newsmen, Ramachandra Naidu said that the unit would be named as Amara Raja Infra Limited and it would manufacture automotive batteries at Amara Raja Industrial Park. "The manufacturing unit will be set up in three phases. The first phase will be completed by June next year. If the unit becomes fully operational the production of automotive batteries would touch six million units per year,'' stated Galla Jayadev, Managing Director, Amara Raja Batteries. The unit is coming up with modern equipment and technology with international standards, he added. Jayadev further said that rural youth would be trained and provided employment in the unit. "With the development of the total Industrial park, the rural youth around Chittoor town will get employment opportunities and placement will be based on individual talents and academic qualifications,'' he said. He informed that the works of UPS manufacturing unit were going on the expected lines and the unit will become operational by September end.