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Australia's Amcor buys Packaging India from Essel Propack

The deal was part of Essel's strategy to exit non-core adhesive lamination packaging business and focus on growth opportunity in its core tube packaging business

Ministries of Chemicals and Skill Development ink three MoUs

The MoUs were signed with the understanding to collectively address the incremental human requirement in the fertiliser, pharmaceutical and chemicals & petrochemical industry

European Parliament adopts CO2 market stability reserve

The new law creates a system that will automatically take a portion of Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) allowances off the market and place it in a reserve if the surplus exceeds a certain threshold

Indian Army to procure 1,200 trucks from Tata Motors

The company has received the order for 6X6 high-mobility vehicles with material handling cranes

Gujarat State Fertilizers plans to set up petrochemical complex in Dahej

GSFC will invest Rs 8000-10000 crores for the new complex

Aditya Birla Nuvo joins the solar energy bandwagon

As a part of its plan to foray into solar power business, the Aditya Birla Group company will bid for upcoming solar power projects of government as well as private sector

Coty buys P&G's beauty business in a $12.5 bn deal

The company will merge P&G's beauty business - comprising fine fragrance, colour cosmetics, and hair colour businesses - with itself

Crompton Greaves to supply electrical motors for Lafarge's global operations

As per the agreement, CG will supply large electrical motors to cement major Lafarge for enhancing manufacturing efficiency

China's Geely Group invests $45.5 mn in renewable methanol fuel producer CRI

Investment in Iceland's Carbon Recycling International will help Geely Group to propel methanol technology business in China and Europe

Sunil Kumar to head Henkel India's adhesives business

In a career spanning well over 25 years, Sunil Kumar has had rich industrial B2B experience in both sales and marketing functions in organisations

UL accredited by Water Quality India Association to provide testing

Through this association, Underwriters Laboratories (UL) will provide testing services for WQIA through its India Water Laboratory in Bangalore

IOCL awards EPC contract to Black & Veatch, KSS Petron for Ennore LNG terminal

The terminal is scheduled to be completed by 2018

Russia's Rosneft inks deal to buy 49% stake in Essar Oil's Vadinar refinery

In addition, two companies have entered into long-term contract under which Rosneft will supply 100 million tonnes of crude oil to Essar's Vadinar refinery over a period of 10 years

Sharp to launch smart phone made of Mitsubishi's bio-based engineering plastic

This is for the first time that a bio-based engineering plastic has been used on the front panel of any smartphone

Mahindra Group and Airbus to manufacture helicopters in India

Airbus Helicopters and Mahindra Defence to form a joint venture for manufacturing military helicopter under the 'Make in India' initiative

Mahindra Defence ropes in UK's Ultra Electronics for defence products

The company will collaborate with Ultra Electronics to develop underwater warfare equipment for the Indian Navy and radios for the Indian Army

Wind energy major Gamesa forays into solar market

The company will install 10 MW solar order by September 2015 and aims to establish itself as a reliable solar technology partner, in line with its 2015-2017 global business plan

Unitech International bags order for plastic media blast from US

The company is also setting up a manufacturing plant for PMMA monomer in Acchad (Maharashtra), which is expected to start commercial production by August 2015

German wind turbine maker Senvion opens R&D centre in Bangalore

Bangalore centre, a part of its global research centre located in Osterronfeld (Germany), will focus on developing and optimising wind turbines

VA Tech Wabag bags Rs 580-cr wastewater treatment project in Bahrain

The company won the sewage treatment plant (STP) order, its first EPC order in Bahrain, for Al Madina Al Shamaliya