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French firm Arkema expands Bostik adhesives facility in Bangalore

With the new hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives (HMPSA) production units, Bostik will be able to serve customers in the disposable hygiene market

Lupin to expand US generic business with acquisition of Gavis for $880 mn

With this acquisition, the Mumbai-based pharma firm will get access to Gavis Pharma's New Jersey based manufacturing facility - Lupin's first manufacturing site in the US

SunEdison to supply 180-MW of solar power in Delhi via Tata Power

SunEdison will provide power to TTPDDL from solar power plants, which will be built in Madhya Pradesh and are projected to generate 375,000 megawatt-hours a year

Aim to replace all incandescent bulbs with LED lights in 3 years: Piyush Goyal

Solar LED street lights can provide unimaginable business opportunities in remote areas of the country, says the minister

Gamesa bags 250-MW wind power project from Orange Renewable

As per deal, Gamesa will deliver two 100 MW wind power projects in Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh; and 50 MW in Madhya Pradesh

Cyient acquires Singapore-based Global Services Engineering from Pratt & Whitney

Through this transaction, Cyient will continue to build on its growth strategy for the Asia Pacific region, specifically in aftermarket services for the aerospace industry

ABB India bags Rs 125-cr order from Power Grid Corporation

As per the contract, ABB will upgrade three substations in Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab to support growing demand and help strengthen country's power infrastructure

Turkish firm Ciner buys stake in OCI Resources

This follows OCI Enterprises (a subsidiary of South Korea's OCI Company) announcement in June 2015 that it was evaluating strategic alternatives for its stake in OCI Resources

Solvay plans to set up hydrogen peroxide plant in Russia

The company, in collaboration with Siberwood Llc, is exploring construction of new hydrogen peroxide capacity in Russia, using Solvay's innovative myH2O2 technology

France's Deinove produces muconic acid using bacteria

Using its proprietary metabolic engineering tools, Deinove R&D has successfully designed a Deinococcus bacterium capable of producing renewable muconic acid

ArcelorMittal plans plant to make bioethanol from steel industry waste

The company will collaborate with LanzaTech and Primetals to construct Euro 87-million biofuel production facility at ArcelorMittal's steel plant in Ghent, Belgium

BHEL signs three agreements in Kazakhstan for power projects

The PSU firm has signed these agreements with Kazakh companies - JSC Samruk Energy, KUS and Kaznex Invest - during PM Modi's recent visit to that country

PE firm Fidelity to invest in Cipla's consumer healthcare business

Partnering with Fidelity Growth Partners, a long-term strategic and financial investor, is likely to help Cipla in growing its newly formed consumer healthcare business

Anil Ambani's Pipavav Defence inks pact with Russia's Zvyozdochka to refit submarines

Two companies will set up a JV, which will undertake projects worth approximately Rs 11,000 crore in India with potential additional revenues of about Rs 20,000 crore from other countries

Reliance ropes in Italy's Versalis to market styrene butadiene rubber in China

Versalis will distribute RIL's SBR in China, where the automotive and tyre industries are developing rapidly and represent a massive potential for rubber producers

Avcorp acquires aerostructures division of Hitco Carbon Composites

Addition of Hitco, a subsidiary of SGL Carbon, will significantly expand the capabilities of Avcorp in composites

BASF and Petronas to build polyisobutene plant in Malaysia

The plant, which will be the first of its kind in South East Asia, with a total annual capacity of 50,000 metric tonnes of highly reactive polyisobutene (HR-PIB)

Sanofi restructures global business units to drive future growth

The company has created 3 new GBUs for general medicines & emerging markets, specialty care and diabetes & cardiovascular to simplify the organisation to drive growth

India's IPR Policy to fully protect patents: Nirmala Sitharaman

The final draft of the National IPR Policy has been circulated for inter-ministerial consultation and is likely to be put up to the Union Cabinet for approval soon

Valeant Pharmaceuticals acquires Egyptian firm Amoun Pharma for $800 mn

Canadian firm aims to use Amoun as a platform for further expansion in the broader Middle East and North Africa pharmaceutical market