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BASF and Toda Kogyo form JV for cathode materials

JV will market a broad range of cathode materials, particularly nickel cobalt aluminium oxide (NCA), lithium manganese oxide (LMO) and nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) in Japan

Lanxess eyes growth in desalination and wastewater recycling sectors

The company, which offers both ion exchange resins and reverse osmosis membrane elements, will focus on these two sectors at Water Today Expo 2015

Asahi Kasei acquires Polypore's energy storage segment for $2.2 bn

In conjunction with this transaction, Polypore will sell its Separations Media business segment to 3M for $ 1.0 billion

Construction chemicals industry should see strong growth in 2015: Giles Everitt

In this interview, Giles Everitt, MD, Chryso India, explains the changing dynamics of the construction industry and its impact on the construction chemicals industry

Asian Paints plans Rs 2300-cr paints facility in South India

The company is currently holding talks with the state governments of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh for the new paints plant, which will have a capacity of six lakh kilo litre per annum

Budget should enhance capacity utilisation of steel industry: N C Mathur

Government needs to rational or scrap import duties so that domestic steel manufacturers can compete with Chinese manufacturers

Reduce customs duty on PTA & MEG to zero: O P Lohia

Excise duty on man-made fibre/filaments should be reduced to 4% from 12% to increase consumption in textile industry

Sasmos HET forms JV with Dutch firm Fokker

The JV, which will manufacture electrical wiring interconnection systems (EWIS) for aircraft and engines, will start with production of EWIS for the Boeing Company

Ex-bureaucrat Maheswar Sahu joins Reliance Industries board

Maheswar Sahu appointed as an independent director on RIL board

Sustainable development to guide policies of the environment ministry

Unveiling the agenda for 2015, Prakash Javadekar said that bringing transparency in processes, priority for greening the degraded forest, etc were high on priority

Government will move ahead with its tightening measures: Brijesh Parnami

This will happen more so because a huge interest burden is staring on its face. So let's be prepared for some bitter pills

Bharat Forge inks pact with Boeing for supply of pre-machined forgings

The company aims to generate revenues in excess of $ 100 million per annum from aerospace sector

India should invest in clean energy: Michael Bloomberg

The more India invests in sustainable cities, the stronger its economy will grow, says Bloomberg during RE-Invest summit in New Delhi

Bharat Forge opens facility for manufacturing locomotive components at Baramati

The new facility will exclusively focus on developing critical and sophisticated components and products for the Railway sector globally

Hindustan Aeronautics embarks upon new initiatives to boost capability

PSU plans to set up a green field facility for manufacturing light utility helicopter (LUH) and naval multi-role helicopter (NMRH) in Timkur district, Karnataka

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates GE's 'Brilliant Factory' in Pune

Modi invites GE to invest in shipbuilding and defence manufacturing, where FDI has been raised to 49 percent

ONGC, Super Wave Technology to co-develop alternative for hydraulic fracturing

Both companies will work to co-develop eco-friendly alternative to the conventional hydraulic fracturing, which has led to shale gas revolution in US but requires water in huge quantities

Dynamatic & Aerovironment opens pilot facility for unmanned aircraft system

Next-generation small unmanned aircraft system, Cheel, to be jointly developed and produced by US-based AeroVironment and Dynamatic Technologies in India

NTPC awards Rs 119 cr contract to Crompton Greaves

CG will supply generator step-up transformers for NTPC's largest 800 MW power plant at Darlipali in Odisha

Dynamatic to supply key wing components for Airbus' A330

The agreement is the largest manufacturing contract between Airbus and a private sector company in India