Work on the Hubballi Durable Goods Cluster (HDC) India’s very first such industrial park has begun in the right earnest. It will bring together a manufacturing ecosystem offering the entire industrial value chain.
Spread over 400 acres, HDC will offer many advantages to the Industrial entities and the benefits that could accrue to the people of North Karnataka. It will be an internationally competitive, fully integrated, and self-sustaining ecosystem catering to the durable doods industry’s manufacturing infrastructure requirements.
The Cluster will offer co-located capabilities and seamless access to manufacturing infrastructure and solutions from product design to product realization, and distribution and logistics to access to retailers and affiliates across the globe. It will consist of nearly 4.5 Mn Sqft. of factory area and other facilities. Common facilities shall include Centres for Warehouse and Logistics, Skill Development, Free Trade Zone and MSME & Vendor zone along with WTO, STP, Power and water distribution within the Campus, Common Multi Amenity center housing Occupational Health Center, Creche, Canteen, Backup power, Transport facility and Dorms & quarters for the staff and workers.
Hubballi, home to HDC, is endowed with many of the critical facilities that are vital for sustaining the global supply chain to function seamlessly. Hubballi Airport is currently operating flights to 23 cities in India and is soon to commence handling cargo. The city is further supported by Belagavi airport, also the third busiest airport in Karnataka. Strategically located and in close proximity to Mumbai and Bengaluru, Hubballi is part of the BMEC and sits bang on the golden quadrilateral. The city is well connected to the ports with Mangalore, Karwar, Goa, and Mumbai being within a driving time of six to eight hours. The country’s most premier logistics companies operate out of Hubballi, with many of them using the city as a transhipment center. Hubballi is a trading hub next only Mumbai. With a strong mix of agricultural produce and industrial products, Hubballi, also called ‘Valve City’ and home to many precision engineering products, provides for just the right mix of industrial culture backed by a very strong trading community. Hubballi Dharwad ticks off all the boxes when it comes to the education and health sectors. With three engineering and three medical colleges, the city also boasts of an IIT, and IIIT adds value in terms of quality of education and availability of resources for the Cluster. Designed to global standards, the HDC aims to provide complete ease of doing business for consumer durable goods manufacturers at the Cluster and will offer all manufacturing solutions at one go.
Hubballi, home to HDC, is endowed with many of the critical facilities that are vital for sustaining the global supply chain to function seamlessly. Hubballi Airport is currently operating flights to 23 cities in India and is soon to commence handling cargo. The city is further supported by Belagavi airport, also the third busiest airport in Karnataka. Strategically located and enclosed in proximity to Mumbai and Bengaluru, Hubballi is part of the BMEC and sits bang on the golden quadrilateral. The city is well connected to the ports with Mangalore, Karwar, Goa, and Mumbai being within a driving time of six to eight hours. The country’s most premier logistics companies operate out of Hubballi, with many of them using the city as a transshipment center. Hubballi is a trading hub next only Mumbai. With a strong mix of agricultural produce and industrial products, Hubballi, also called ‘Valve City’ and home to many precision engineering products, provides for just the right mix of industrial culture backed by a very strong trading community. Hubballi Dharwad ticks off all the boxes when it comes to the education and health sectors. With three engineering and three medical colleges, the city also boasts of an IIT, and IIIT adds value in terms of quality of education and availability of resources for the Cluster.
Designed to global standards, the HDC aims to provide complete ease of doing business for consumer durable goods manufacturers at the Cluster and will offer all manufacturing solutions in one go.
