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Anand Pattani to head EPC major Black & Veatch in India

Pattani to focus on expanding operations in the Smart Cities and critical human infrastructure space besides working on the successful completion of IOC's regasification terminal at Ennore

PSUs to allot 20% output of naphtha crackers for downstream industry

The chemical producers stand to gain from this strategy as the industry has been raising the issue of the shortage of feedstock, a key raw material derived from the crackers, with the government

JK Tyre buys Kesoram's Haridwar tyre plant for Rs 2,200 cr

The acquisition will help JK Tyre to entry into the fast growing 2/3 wheeler tyre and further expand in the truck and bus radials segment

Glenmark's bi-specific antibody to enter phase I trials

With the addition of GBR 1302 to the pipeline, Glenmark has now four monoclonal antibodies in the novel biologics entity (NBE) pipeline with three of them undergoing active clinical development

Sequent Scientific opens analytical services centre in Bangalore

Built with a space of 10,000 square feet, the new Bangalore centre will enable company's access to a wider range of therapies including beta lactam and hormones

Merck Serono to invest Euro 65 mn for R&D facility expansion in Germany

The new building at Darmstadt, Germany, will unite different functions within R&D discovery technologies at Merck Serono

Dr Reddy's to market US-based PanTheryx's product DiaResQ in India

The agreement grants Dr Reddy's the exclusive right to market and distribute PanTheryx's nutritional intervention, DiaResQ, for infectious diarrhoea in India and Nepal

Bal Pharma enters into OTC segment with eye care product

Bal Pharma enters into OTC segment with eye care product This is the first among the series of OTC products that the company has lined up for launching in the market through its subsidiary, Lifezen He

Jubilant inks licensing pact with Cyclopharm for imaging agent in US

Jubilant DraxImage will have an exclusive license to market Technegas, an imaging agent primarily used in pulmonary embolism, in the US

Dr Reddy's inks commercialisation deal with Aussie firm Hatchtech for Xeglyze lotion

As part of the deal, Dr Reddy's will pay Hatchtech an upfront amount of $10 million, up to $ 50 million based on pre-commercialisation milestones

Praxair to buy Yara's European CO2 business for Euro 218 mn

The US-based company will also acquire Yara's remaining 34% stake in the Yara Praxair Holding AS joint venture for an estimated Euro 94 million

Solvay opens South-East Asia's largest sodium bicarbonate plant in Thailand

Built with an investment of Euro 20 million, the plant will have an annual production capacity of 100,000 tonnes and serve healthcare, food & other consumer goods markets in Asia

Big oil companies turns to big data as oil prices plunge

Big data is becoming a critical competitive advantage, and as a result, oil & gas M&A activity will spreads from oilfield services consolidation into IT plays, says Lux Research

Henkel to collaborate with start-up DropWise for hydrophobic coatings

Two companies aim to explore the novel hydrophobic coating applications to improve the efficiency of industrial equipment, such as heat exchangers used in refineries, power plants, etc

The coming of age of construction chemicals in India: Giles Everitt

Buoyed by initiatives such as 'Housing for All' and '100 Smart Cities', consumption of construction chemicals is set to go up along with robust growth in cement and construction sectors

Havells opens electric water heater plant in Rajasthan

Set up with an investment of Rs.100 crore, Neemrana plant will start production with initial capacity of 3,00,000 units per annum

Why GST is must for Make in India?

With GST highly unlikely to see the light of the day on April 1, 2016, the Make in India dream appears to be under threat at this stage

Hero Motocorp opens first overseas plant in Colombia

The facility, which will produce to 80,000 units per year initially and then scale it up to 150,000 units in the next phase, to act as export hub for other Andean & Central American countries

Tata Power to invest Rs 450 cr in defence manufacturing facility in Karnataka

The company, which already has a defence manufacturing facility in Bengaluru and a R&D set up at Mumbai, will create an integrated digital design-to-manufacturing facility at Vemagal

Crompton Greaves bags a 3-year contract for transformers in France

As per the contract, CG will provide maintenance and repair services to French firm ERDF's 4,500 high power transformers