Job Creation: BPML Establishes an Industrial Zone in Solitude

After Ebony and Rose-Belle, Business Parks of Mauritius Ltd ( BPML) Solitude target to establish an industrial zone. The work must begin within six months, says Dharam Naugah, Executive Chairman of BPML, for operationalization at the beginning of next year. This project will create a thousand jobs. "The goal is to create jobs in the region and boost the export of our products,"says Dharam Naugah. The industrial zone will accommodate companies operating in the field of lightweight engineering. Local and foreign companies are concerned. They produce mechanical parts including.

These companies will be housed in a building of one or two floors that BPML will build on an area of 40,000 or 50,000 square feet. It will be built on three acres of land belonging to the government and made available to BPML last year.

The draft BPML park for high tech at Rose Belle begins in March. Dharam Naugah explains that the shortlisted companies that will be received will be known in the coming weeks. BPML had launched a public appeal to find interested companies. Park Rose-Belle will be used in the manufacture of parts and equipment, including aviation, medical and pharmaceutical industry.