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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

Researchers develop green process to make bio-plastics with low waste

Researchers from Belgium's KU Leuven university have claimed to have found a way to make polylactic acid (PLA), a bioplastic, production process more simple and waste-free

Toyo, IKPT awarded contract for synthetic rubber plant project in Indonesia

The plant, with production capacity of 1,20,000 tonnes per annum, is being set up by PT Synthetic Rubber Indonesia, a JV between Michelin and PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk

Global polycarbonate resin market to reach $16.4 billion by 2020

With 61 percent share of the global polycarbonate market in 2014, Asia-Pacific is the largest consumer of polycarbonate globally, says a MarketsandMarkets report

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

Time Technoplast exits Chinese venture, buys 50% stake in Egyptian JV

These developments come against the backdrop of Time Technoplast's decision to divest its Polish subsidiary Novo Tech SP to a Poland-based private equity fund in June 2015

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

Versalis, Ecombine and EVE Rubber Institute to develop green tyres

The partnership will integrate Versalis' elastomers technologies with EVE's ATCM technology for the production of advanced elastomer compounds designed for the tyre market

BP Zhuhai starts purified terephthalic acid plant in China

The completed phase 3 plant, with a design production capacity of 1.25 million tonnes per year, is the world's largest single train PTA unit