Jessop: Rebuilding History ; Howrah Bridge, Parliament House, India's First Electoral Multiple Unit Coach Factory. But Jessop (Established 1820) Is Not Resting On Its Laurels.

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Howrah Bridge, Parliament House, India's first electoral multiple unit coach factory. But Jessop (Established 1820) is not resting on its laurels.

It is perhaps never easy to take over a company which is so much in the red that even the Government needs help to run it. It is all the more difficult when the company in question has helped build the iconic Howrah Bridge, been part of the team that constructed Parliament House and served as the factory from where India's first electrical multiple unit coach rolled out. So when the Ruia Group decided to enter a joint venture with the Government of India to make Jessop run again, they knew it was not just another company they were taking over. Headquartered in Kolkata from its inception in 1993, the Ruia Group, under the leadership of Pawan Kumar Ruia, 50, is on its way to help Jessop regain its lost glory.

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Jessop: Rebuilding History ; Howrah Bridge, Parliament House, India's First Electoral Multiple Unit Coach Factory. But Jessop (Established 1820) Is Not Resting On Its Laurels.

The importance of Jessop is rooted in its history. In 1820, Henry and George, sons of William Jessop of Butterfly Company of Derbyshire, ...

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