Page 52 - Manufacturing Industry

Dutch firm Trafigura forms JV with Polycab to set up copper wire facility in India

With a proposed total investment of $ 25 million (about Rs 167 crore), the manufacturing unit, to be located at Halol (Gujarat), will have an annual capacity of 240,000 metric tonnes

Hindustan Copper opens nickel plant in Jharkhand

The 50 MT plant will meet the growing requirement of nickel, the demand for which in the country is around 45,000 MT and is totally dependent on import

National Fertilizers awards EPC contract to Nuberg for sulphur bentonite plant

The plant, to be set up at Panipat (Haryana), will manufacture 25,000 MTPA of sulphur bentonite, an eco-friendly fertiliser used in agriculture for better productivity and yield

Escorts divests auto products business to Badve Engineering

The company has divested the OEM & exports business of auto product division to focus on its core verticals in the agri-machinery, construction equipment and railway equipment

Hero Future awards contract to Gamesa for two wind energy projects

Gamesa received orders for 120 MW and 50 MW wind energy projects located at Kalyandurg (Andhra Pradesh) and Bableshwar (Karnataka), respectively

Shree Pushkar plans commercial production at fertiliser plant in Sept

The company is setting up a plant for manufacturing sulphate of potash (SOP), a soluble potassic fertiliser, with a capacity of 10,000 metric tonnes per annum

Jindal India selects CMI FPE for supply of two processing lines

The Indian arm of Belgian firm will supply continuous galvanising and colour coating lines which will be installed at Jindal India's Kolkata site by mid-2017

Lupin receives US FDA for electrolyte replenisher

The approved product, potassium chloride extended-release tablet, is a generic version of Upsher-Smith Labs' Klor-Con tablet

Sun Pharma extends patient support program for cancer drug in US

Started as part of the imatinib mesylate launch in February 2016, the program is aimed at delivering greater access to the drug to patients

Skipper to set up facility for engineering and polymer products in Assam

The company will invest Rs 70 crore in the new facility, which have capacity to produce 30,000 tonne and 7000 tonne of engineering and polymer moulded products respectively

Linc Pen plans to set up manufacturing facility in Gujarat

The proposed plant at Umbergaon (Gujarat), to be built with an investment of Rs 26 crore, will have capacity to produce 1.25 crore pens per month

DCM Shriram plans Rs 97 cr investment to expand chlor alkali capacity in Rajasthan

The company is planning to increase the capacity at Kota plant from 330 tonnes per day (TPD) to 410 TPD

Vikas Ecotech records 72% jump in sales in Q1 FY17

Operation efficiency and savings in raw material costs helped in margin improvements

Uflex offers anti-counterfeiting solution to Nescafe

The company has engineered custom-made Seal of Authenticity for Nescafe Classic offering it tamper-proof brand protection

Norway's Yara acquires Tata Chemicals' urea business for $ 400 million

The company has acquired TCL's Babrala urea plant, which has annual production of 0.7 million tonnes (MT) ammonia and 1.2 MT urea, and distribution business in Uttar Pradesh

Indorama inks metaxylene supply agreement with Spain's Cepsa

Metaxylene is a key feedstock for the production of isopthalic acid, a high value-added chemical additive used in the manufacture of PET, coatings and other resins

SRF to invest Rs 345 crore in two chemical plants

It will spend Rs 165 crore and Rs 180 crore at its Dahej manufacturing site for setting up chloromethane and specialty chemicals plants, respectively

Essar Oil plans Rs 1,600 cr investment in Vadinar refinery to boost GRMs

While it has already invested Rs 400 crore during planned shutdown, it will spend additional Rs 1,200 crore over 2-3 years for upgradation

Pondy Oxides to set up zinc metal facility at Sriperumbudhur

The facility will have capacity to produce 9000 MTPA and 3600 MTPA of zinc metal and zinc oxides respectively

Smart farming: The future of agriculture in the connected world

IoT, combined with big data, provides farmers with a wealth of information that they can use to maximise productivity and maintain the quality of food in the supply chain, says Robert Le Busque