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  • Paul Beckett
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Along with trying to clear up the civil nuclear agreement disagreement and unveiling a purchase by India of Boeing transporters worth between $4.5 billion and $5.8 billion, President Barack Obama during his India visit is expected to tout a large number of other sales designed to convince his domestic audience that India is a place that can create rather than steal American jobs.

The U.S.-India Business Council has released details of what it, as the pre-eminent India-focused lobby group in Washington, calls its “wish list” for the visit Nov. 6-9. Not all of these may happen, of course, but the USIBC has been closely involved in the commercial aspects of the president’s trip so you can be sure that this is the pot from which any number of headlines will be generated. Here are the details, verbatim from the USIBC:

Bucyrus

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  • The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) approved a $917 million export finance guarantee to support U.S. exports from Bucyrus International, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and other U.S. vendors, to the Sasan Power, Ltd. coal-fired power plant in Madhya Pradesh, India. The companies, including Bucyrus, will sell export mining and associated equipment to Sasan Power for the 3,960-megawatt power plant. According to the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, the project will support approximately 1,000 jobs at Bucyrus and its suppliers throughout the United States.

The Boeing Company

  • Hopeful procurement in late October by India’s low-cost private airlines of 30 Boeing 737 Next Generation Aircraft. The total value of the order is approximately $2.7B at list prices and it will sustain tens of thousands of jobs in the United States.  Final assembly of these aircraft will be in Washington State
  • The Government of India plans to purchase 10 C-17 Globemaster III Strategic Aircraft. The pending sale was notified to the US Congress in April. Boeing estimates the sale will sustain tens of thousands of jobs across 44 states with over 600 suppliers.  Sales such as this to India are critical to the supply base for the C-17 and the production line in Long Beach, CA.

Caterpillar:

  • US marine engines to ultimately provide fast patrol boats to the Indian Coast Guard, valued at $50 Million
  • Acceleration of US imports, heavy machinery and connected worksite technologies, related to road construction

Cummins

  • Cummins Inc. and Eaton worked with the Indian firm Tata Motors to produce natural gas hybrid buses used for transportation during the Commonwealth Games and now being used in the Delhi transit system. The Cummins natural gas engines were produced in India with US/Canadian technology, the Eaton transmission was built in North Carolina and the Tata bus was produced in India.  These buses are clean, fuel efficient and are at the forefront of the next wave of green transportation.

General Electric

  • India’s Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) has selected 99 F414 GE fighter jet engines to power the Mk II version of the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) for the Indian Air Force at a deal worth around $800m. GE envisions a MOU to be initialized during the President’s visit to indicate that GE has been chosen for this contract.
  • GE recently signed a $500m deal to sell six heavy duty (9FA) gas turbines and associated services to Reliance Energy. The first contract with the Reliance Energy group has been consummated. The turbines are manufactured in Greenville, SC.

Harley-Davidson

  • Will establish a new plant in India that will assemble American made motorcycle kits.  The plant will, therefore, employ Americans who manufacture the parts and kits, and Indians who assemble them.

John Deere & Co.

  • Recent joint venture with Ashok Leyland to manufacture construction equipment represents an ideal alliance between US and Indian businesses.  The two businesses, with more than 230 years cumulative experience will leverage their considerable strengths to contribute to the region’s infrastructure development, a key driver of economic and social prosperity.

Caterpillar or General Electric

  • An announcement is hopefully forthcoming that will identify one of two U.S. manufacturers (CAT or GE) to supply $4 Billion worth of ‘next-generation’ diesel locomotives to Indian Railways.