Page 4 - Manufacturing Industry

Raw material security, R&D thrust areas for steel industry: Steel Minister

To enhance steel consumption, the Ministry to focus on construction and manufacturing sectors

Reasons why MNCs buy companies in India

While most of them are strategic takeovers, a few are due to obtuse rationale, says Abhijeet Biswas

Higher education in India: Does the quality match rising expectations?

Universities in US, UK or Europe & even China fare much better than Indian in world ranking index

BP & Reliance to invest $ 6 bn to develop deepwater gas fields in KG basin

To expand partnership in downstream, differentiated fuels, mobility & low carbon energy sectors

IOCL, BPCL and HPCL ink JV pact for $40 bn West Coast Refinery project

The 60-MMTPA refinery-cum-petrochemicals complex is expected to be commissioned by 2022

GE partners MSDE to train locals for new locomotive facility in Bihar

The US-based firm is setting up a factory at Marhaura (Bihar) to build 900 diesel locomotives

Auto interior component maker IAC opens global engineering center in Pune

Center to focus on application development engineering to support Indian & global customers programs

Siemens India wins first cyber security contract for power plant automation

It will provide cyber security solution for to protect CLP India's power plant automation system

University of Bath scientists make biodegradable microbeads from cellulose

This could potentially replace harmful plastic microbeads that contribute to ocean pollution

E-way bill imposition to pose challenges for small transporters

Taking impromptu decision in dire situations will become highly impractical due to the bill

Aarti Industries wins Rs 4,000 cr contract for agrochemical intermediary

AIL will supply this chemical, which is used in herbicides, to a global agriculture company

Can India emerge as a major contender for aerospace manufacturing?

Total market opportunity for aerospace & defence market in India is expected to reach $70 bn by 2029

Steel industry to marginally benefit from GST

Govt ready to provide protection to domestic pipe manufacturers against unfair trade practices

Cosmo Films expands direct thermal printable products range

With this, it can now offers both paper & filmic solutions for direct thermal printing technology

Chandni Textiles to triple production of plastic moulded crates

To increase profitability, the company plans to focus on high-quality and high-margin products

Imports may fulfil 75% of electronic goods demand in India by 2020: Study

While market is expected to reach $ 400 bn by 2020, domestic production to account for just $ 104 bn

How control rooms can help in reimagining healthcare delivery in India

There is a push for smarter systems that can address the demand-supply gap in healthcare services

"GST is likely to increase solar power project costs by at least 10%"

Overall, Ravichandran Purushothaman believes GST will have a positive impact on Indian economy

US FDA grants approval for ezetimibe tablet to Sun Pharma & Zydus Cadila

Ezetimibe tablet, which had annual US sales of $ 2.7 bn, is used to reduce high cholesterol levels

Bio-based industry consortium receives € 25 mn funding in Europe

Grant to be used for establishing a complete value chain for making for polyethylenfuranoate (PEF)