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T S Vishwanath resigns as Alstom T&D India's Chairman

Michel Augonnet elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors

'Mega trends' driving a major transformation in building industry: Andrew Burgess, AkzoNobel

There are huge opportunities for the suppliers - cement maker, glazing company, paints company, etc - to construction industry as it embrass mega trends

L&T Construction wins Rs 1027 cr orders

The company's Buildings & Factories business received orders worth Rs 967 crore

Ashok Leyland bags an order of 2200 buses from Sri Lankan Government

This is the one of the largest purchase by the Sri Lankan Transport Board (SLTB), as the Government aims to modernise its existing fleet

Lessons to be learnt from B2C supply chain model by chemical industry

Supply chain complexity and challenges for chemicals are increasing and needs alternate SCM models. Chemical logistics can take a leaf from the B2C supply chain model to improve efficiency

Sanghvi Forging bags Rs 15 cr orders

Majority are from the shipbuilding and power sectors

$39 billion of SAP landscape could be on the cloud in next 2 years: HCL

According to HCL research, besides cost savings, business agility and speed, access to new technologies and improved customer satisfaction are big drivers for this migration

Pluss Polymers organises waste management session at IKEA office

The company has set a target of collecting 5,000 kg of e-waste for the year

Finish steel maker Outokumpu selects Wipro for strategic IT applications

Wipro will be Outokumpu's global prime partner for applications maintenance and development of legacy applications across ten countries

IREDA sanctions Rs 52 loan for Veer Energy's wind farm project

The new project, to be built with an investment of Rs 75 crore, is expected to generate additional revenue of Rs 12 crore per annum to the company by way of power generation

CG receives mega contract from Spanish firm for supplying smart meters

The company wins contract to cover a large part of GNF's single phase smart meters demand in two years

High operating costs affect biomass power projects: Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, MNRE

The Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, urges distribution companies to play a more proactive and encouraging role in order to promote the sector

Geometric inks contract with Volvo Cars for product development services

With this contract, Geometric has extended its application maintenance services engagement with Volvo Cars to include additional CAD and PLM applications

KPR Mill to raise production by 50% in next 2 years

While it will increase the capacity of existing unit by 10 million pieces, it will set up a new plant having capacity of 12 million pieces

BHEL should focus on renewables, defence: Anant Geete

The Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises urged BHEL to gear up for future challenges from domestic as well as overseas companies

Premier Explosives to collaborate with IIT Madras for research

This is the company's second such collaboration; The first one being with Gulbarga University, Gulbarga (Karnataka)

Increasing personal care products demand driving Indian surfactants market: Frost & Sullivan

Use of multifunctional surfactants expected to gain momentum in the country, says the new study

Alstom helps Akshaya Patra to set waste-to-energy plant in Vadodara

The BioOrja plant has a capacity to recycle 1.5 tonnes of waste per day producing around 2,500 kg of LPG equivalent per month

Alstom India sells Air Preheaters and Industrial Mills business to Oak Energy

The deal, valued at Rs 51.3 crore, follows Alstom's global agreement in April 2014 to sell its auxiliary components business to Triton (which is represented Oak Energy in India) for around Euro 730 mi

Godrej PED saves millions using Geometric's manufacturing software

By using Geometric's CAMWorks, the company claims to have saved Rs 2 million annually for only the nozzle profiling process. The manual operational time also down by 60%