CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu secured investment commitments of Rs 15,300 crore during chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s visit to London, according to an official release. They include memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and a letter of intent.Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd and its European and UK-based joint venture companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) involving Rs 11,000 crore. The key investment is expected to create around 7,000 jobs in design, engineering, manufacturing, assembly and logistics.Wilson Power Solutions signed an MoU to invest Rs 300 crore in Tiruvallur, generating an expected 400 jobs.A leading European automotive component manufacturer submitted a letter of intent to invest Rs 3,000 crore in Tamil Nadu.Sweden’s Sigma Technology Group –through its Indian arm Sria Solutions — signed an MoU to expand its global capability centres in Trichy and Chennai, creating 600 high-value jobs in embedded systems and industrial digitalisation.Apart from this, Ernst & Young (EY) signed an MoU under a build-operate-transform-transfer model to set up a GCC for an international firm along Chennai’s Mount-Poonamallee GCC corridor. The facility — with an investment of Rs 1,000 crore — will generate more than 2,000 high-value jobs.Ashok Leyland executive chairman Dheeraj Hinduja, Finolex Industries Ltd Executive chairman Prakash P Chhabria, director Rita Hinduja Chhabria, and Hinduja Group representative Venkatesan paid a courtesy visit to the CM. Dheeraj Hinduja updated Vijay on the progress of their Rs 2,500crore MoU signed during the ‘VETTRI’ Tamil Nadu Investors Conclave in August, reiterating their commitment to expanding operations and exploring investments in wind energy and commercial vehicle exports.Vijay urged global businesses to leverage the UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) to deepen trade, sourcing, and investment ties with Tamil Nadu.State officials and Guidance Tamil Nadu delegates held strategic meetings with 10 leading global firms in aerospace, defence, chemicals, logistics, and retail sectors to foster further bilateral partnerships.