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Goodyear uses rice husk waste to make fuel-efficient tyres

The company has found the impact of silica (one of the key raw materials used in tyre making) derived from rice husk ash on tyre performance to be equal to traditional sources

Supreme Industries' plastic piping production disrupted in Maharashtra

The permanent workers at the company's Jalgaon units (2 Nos) and Gadegaon unit stopped entry of contract workmen affecting all loading, unloading and ancillary activities

IFFCO commits Rs 10 cr for Swach Bharat project

Ananth Kumar, Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers, received a letter committing a donation of Rs 10 crore towards Swach Bharat from IFFCO

European Commission restricts usage of 3 preservatives in cosmetics

While the commission has reduced the permissible limits for propylparaben and butylparaben, it has banned mixture of methyl chloro isothiazolinone and methyl isothiazolinone in leave-on products

Alstom Bharat Forge Power wins Rs 1136 cr order from NTPC

The joint venture company will supply steam turbine islands for NTPC's Tanda power plant in Uttar Pradesh

Dassault banks on 'PLM as a Service' model to tap Indian market

The French company aims to target the SME segment with its PLM solutions, over cloud infrastructure, for reducing the cost of software, which is critical for manufacturing segment

Pepsico extends manufacturing contract with Hindustan Foods

The Dempo Group company will continue manufacturing Kurkure extruded snacks products at its Goa facility till July 31, 2015

Rasoi Ltd to venture into baby care products market

While the company will stop manufacturing vanaspati/edible oils, it will sell trademarks and copyrights related to 'Rasoi' brand to Emami Biotech Ltd for Rs 13 crores

India and US to join hands for gas hydrates

Gas hydrate resources in India are estimated at 1894 TCM and these deposits occur in Western, Eastern and Andaman offshore area

Dassault Systemes launches SolidWorks 2015

With SolidWorks 2015, an upgraded 3D design software, users gain access to cloud-based capabilities and a wider range of choices for improving productivity, operating costs, etc

Crompton Greaves wins $25 mn contract in Iraq

The company will provide 16 mobile substations for Iraq before September 2015 for interim grid connections and temporary power supplies

Thermax Babcock bags Rs 339 cr order for exports

The company has received an order for detailed engineering, manufacturing and supply of selective items for two pulverised coal-fired boilers

Modi's 'Make in India' campaign aims to boost manufacturing sector

Promises to build trust among investors and create a conducive environment to ease manufacturer's woes with effective governance

SABIC plans to tap Indian lighting industry with innovative polymers

As a part of this plan, the Saudi Arabian company launches a range of plastic compounds for LED application at the recently held Light India exhibition

Rajoo Engineers forms JV with Dutch firm Meaf for extrusion technology

The JV will bring in energy-efficient, low-cost sheet extrusion and thermoforming solutions in India

SMS Pharma to invest about Rs 1000 cr in AP

The company plans to scale down manufacturing operations in Telangana

Aegis Logistics forms JV with Japan's Itochu Petroleum for LPG

For this, Indian firm sells 40% stake in its Singapore subsidiary to Itochu for $ 5.85 million (about Rs 35 crore)

BHEL to focus on EPC biz and expand product range for growth

At the end of the year, total orders in hand for execution in 2014-15 and beyond, stand at Rs 1,01,566 crore

Sutlej Textiles to expand home textiles division; shuts fabric unit

The company will invest Rs 88.5 crores in Damanganga Home Textiles at Daheli (Gujarat) to increase its capacities from 2.5 million metres per annum to 9.6 million metres

BHEL wins Rs 3536 crore order from Gujarat State Electricity

The company says it has won country's first ever EPC contract for 800 MW rating supercritical power project