Even as road connectivity issues rising concerns, Japan-based Toshiba Corporation is hopeful that its upcoming India manufacturing unit near Chennai to be ready by early next year.

The company hopes to commence full-fledged production of steam turbine generators for the coal-fired power projects in the country by middle of 2012.

In the meantime, it is also hopeful of securing orders of over 3,500mw worth of thermal projects of NTPC, besides an order from an independent power producer (IPP), in the immediate term.

“We have participated in NTPC’s coal-fired projects in Uttar Pra¬desh and Karnataka and hope to bag 3,720mw orders,” said Kenji Urai, MD of Toshiba India.

Toshiba under a 75:25 JV with JSW group is establishing a greenfield manufacturing unit at Ennore near Chennai to manufacture and market steam turbines and generators of size 500mw to 1000mw for supercritical thermal power plants. The JV had planned an investment of about Rs 800 crore

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