State Industrial Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) has allotted land to Kirby Building Systems and Structures, a Kuwait-based company manufacturing pre-engineered and structural steel buildings, at SIPCOT’s industrial park near Manapparai on Tiruchi-Dindigul national highway.
According to sources, the company has been allotted 33.20 acres of land. It has obtained possession orders for plots 60,61,62-A,65-A,66,67,68 and 69, which comes to 1,34,355 square metres. The company, one of the leading private companies in the Middle East, has manufacturing facilities at seven locations worldwide. Manapparai will be its eight facility.
Kirby Building Systems is the latest entrant to the list of companies that have been allotted lands at the industrial park at Manapparai. Only 13 companies were allotted lands on a 99-year basis until a year ago. With the allocation of land to Kirby Systems, the number of companies that have been allotted lands at SIPCOT’s Manapparai park since 2022 has gone up to 24.
About 200 acres of land has so far been allotted to various companies. Pepsico India Holdings Pvt Ltd, a leading food and beverage company, was recently allotted 27.96 acres of land at the industrial park. The company, which produces and markets a number of branded snack items and soft drinks, is expected to set up a plant for manufacturing potato chips and other products at the industrial park.
A scaffolding manufacturing company, which was allotted land at SIPCOT, was the first to start production. Most companies that were allotted lands have started construction works, and a few are on the verge of completing them.
It was with the intention of providing land at an affordable long-term lease that the State government issued a GO in 2013 to set up an industrial park in Tiruchi district. It subsequently acquired 1,096.36 acres of land at Kannudaiyanpatti, K. Periyapatti, and Chathirapatti near Manapparai. Basic infrastructure and other amenities such as road, electricity, and drinking water were subsequently created after earmarking sites for different industrial categories.
The process of receiving applications for the allotment of sites started in 2019. Out of 1,096 acres, development work was carried out on 396 acres. After this, SIPCOT has about 700 acres to allot sites to needy entrepreneurs and industrial houses. Of that, it earmarked 131.92 acres to Small Industries Development Corporation (SIDCO). SIPCOT has still about 500 acres for allotting plots to companies on long-term lease.
Published – August 20, 2025 07:12 pm IST
