Bhubaneswar: Ambassador of Spain to India Juan Antonio March Pujol called on Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at Lok Seva Bhawan in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.
The meeting focussed on exploring avenues of strategic cooperation between Spain and Odisha in key sectors such as renewable energy, metallurgy, textiles and automobiles.
Majhi highlighted Odisha’s emergence as one of India’s fastest-growing states and a leading destination for responsible and future-ready investments. He mentioned about recent investment by TIMAB Magnesium India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of the French-Spanish Groupe Roullier, which is setting up a Rs 90 crore refractory manufacturing unit in Khurda. The project is expected to generate over 300 jobs.
The CM apprised him about Odisha’s Renewable Energy Policy and called on Spanish firms like Siemens Gamesa, Acciona, and Iberdrola to explore investments in solar parks, offshore wind, and green hydrogen projects. He emphasised on Odisha’s commitment to the green transition and invited Spanish expertise in floating solar and energy storage technologies.
Majhi invited leading Spanish apparel brands such as ZARA, Desigual, and Mango to explore sourcing hubs and joint innovation centres in Odisha’s integrated textile parks. The state’s skilled workforce and proactive policy framework were presented as key advantages, a CMO release said, adding that the meeting laid the foundation for a new chapter of industrial, technological, and cultural collaboration between the two regions.
Pujol appreciated the state’s dynamic industrial ecosystem and expressed Spain’s keen interest in building long-term, technology-led partnership.
Additional Chief Secretary to CM Nikunj Bihari Dhal, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Satyabrata Sahoo and Additional Chief Secretary (Industry) Hemant Kumar Sharma were present.
