Valdel to foray into retail mart, BPO service

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Valdel to foray into retail = mart, BPO=20 service

Fakir Chand in = Bangalore |=20 May 27, 2003 18:48 IST

Valdel Corporation, formed by merging the three business = entities of=20 the Bangalore-based M S Ramaiah group, is foraying into the retail = segment=20 in technical collaboration with Suiwah Corporation of Malaysia to = set up=20 one of the country's largest supermarkets in Bangalore.

The Rs 25-crore (Rs 250 million) Valdel also plans to enter the = booming=20 IT-enabled services market with its business process outsourcing = venture=20 later this year with an initial investment of Rs 10 crore (Rs 100 = million)=20 for catering to telecom, financial services and retail = verticals.

In order to leverage the strengths of its engineering and = construction=20 company, formerly known as John Brown Technologies, AmSoft = Information=20 Services, a joint venture with the US-based (i)Structure of the = Level 3=20 Communications, and its retail subsidiary, formerly Sun Mart, = Valdel has=20 restructured the entire set up and emerge as a multi-business=20 corporation.

"The merger of the diverse entities will enable Valdel to=20 synergistically cross leverage each company's entities strengths = and=20 increase the value delivered to all the stakeholders," said Valdel = managing director M J Shantharam in Bangalore on Tuesday.

"It will also help us stay focused in expanding the business = prospects=20 through international tie-ups and joint ventures with new = investments for=20 achieving the projected revenue targets," he said.

Valdel Retail will invest Rs 25 crore (Rs 250 million) to set = up a=20 super mall in an area of 100,000 sq ft to house a large department = store,=20 a food court, and an entertainment centre in south Bangalore, = which is=20 emerging as a hub of IT firms and multinationals.

"We have tied up with Suiwah, which operates a string of retail = chains=20 in Malaysian cities, to provide technical assistance, training, = and=20 management practices for offering the state-of-the-art customer = services,"=20 Shantharam said.

With the lifting of quantitative restrictions on import of any = number=20 of consumer goods, cosmetics and healthcare products, and food = items, the=20 Valdel mall plans to store large quantities of imported stuff for=20 up-market consumers.

"We are targeting a Rs 100-crore (Rs 1 billion) revenue by 2005 = from=20 our retail venture, which includes substantial exports of Indian = goods to=20 South East Asia and China through our Malaysian partner," claimed = MSR=20 Group Chairman M R Jayaram.

The company also plans to introduce ATMs, a 24-hour chemist = corner,=20 bakery, photo shop, floral and beauty care after the first year of = operations. It will initially employ about 500 people to operate = the=20 supermarket.

For its BPO venture, Valdel has roped in Ashwani Srivastava of = Global=20 CMS to head the operations and set up a 250-seater contact center. = Its=20 multimedia offerings will include transaction processes in = financial and=20 retail services and BPO services in telecom and other = verticals.

As part of its restructuring exercise, AmSoft has appointed = Richard=20 Bradfield, who worked with the US-based TMI and 3M/Media Services = earlier,=20 for expanding its portfolio of offerings to IT infrastructure, = education,=20 and retail industry verticals from the existing software solutions = and=20 consulting services in banking, finance, and healthcare.

The SEI-CMM Level 4 IT firm is set to double its employees' = strength to=20 150 in a year for executing the new projects. The Rs 7-crore (Rs = 70=20 million) company is projecting a revenue target of Rs 20 crore (Rs = 200=20 million) by 2005.

To provide high quality cost-effective engineering, procurement = and=20 construction services to customers worldwide in the hydrocarbon = sector,=20 power, and chemical industries, Valdel Engineers & = Constructors has=20 revamped its set-up by bringing in K Satyanarayan, former chairman = of=20 Engineers India Ltd, as president and CEO.

After the exit of John Brown Engineers & Contractors of the = UK from=20 the joint venture, Valdel E&C has tied up with S&B = Engineers &=20 Constructors of the US-based $1.2-billion S&B affiliated = group,=20 dealing with engineering procurement and construction.

The Ramaiah group holds 74 per cent of the Valdel E&C joint = venture, while the Houston-based S&B Engineers holds the = remaining 26=20 per cent of the total equity.

The Rs 18-crore (Rs 180-million) Valdel E&C has also = entered into=20 partnership with Paragon Engineering Services of Houston, Texas, = to=20 undertake onshore and offshore oil exploration projects.

The company is targeting a revenue of Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 = million) by=20 2005 from turnkey projects. It plans to double its staff strength = to 500=20 employees.

Incidentally, the multi-billion Ramaiah group also runs a = string of=20 engineering and medical institutions in Bangalore.

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