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KEC International bags orders of Rs 1002 crore
The company has secured these orders in transmission & distribution (Rs 613 cr), railways (Rs 288 cr) and cables (Rs 101 cr) businesses
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Engineers India bags Rs 150 cr contracts in Abu Dhabi
In order to cater to its clients in the region, the company has expanded its Abu Dhabi office
Omkar Speciality files patent for hepatitis C drug raw material
The company has filed patent for the key critical intermediate required for producing Hep C drug ledipasvir, which is currently manufactured by companies such as Cipla, Cadila & Ranbaxy
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Evonik completes the acquisition of Monarch Catalyst
In future, Evonik will operate its catalyst activities in India through the newly acquired company, which will be renamed as Evonik Catalysts India Pvt Ltd
Imerys acquires BASF's paper hydrous kaolin business
With this deal, BASF will focus on kaolin for industrial applications
Time Technoplast divests Polish subsidiary Novo Tech
Divestment is part of restructuring exercise for its overseas business and focus on Asia and MENA region
National Plastic to distribute Regul's PVC panels in India
For this, the company has entered into a distribution agreement with Alterf Ltd, trading company of the Russian manufacturer Regul
Wacker starts new specialty monomers plant at Burghausen
The company has invested about Euro 8 million in the facility and has, as a result, strengthened its position as the world's biggest producer of dispersible polymer powders
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Solvay and Ineos receives EC clearance for chlorvinyls JV Inovyn
To be headquartered in London, Inovyn will have pro-forma sales of more than Euro 3 billion, with assets across 18 sites in Europe
Celanese raises prices of specialty polyacetal grades
The company has increased the price of its Hostaform and Celcon specialty polyacetal (POM) grades
Bayer expands thermoplastic polyurethanes capacity in Cuddalore
With the commissioning of second production line, the company has increased the annual capacity of the site from 2500 metric tonne (MT) to 6000 MT
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Germany's Henkel to invest Rs 220-cr to build India's largest adhesives plant near Pune
The new plant, which is expected to start production by early 2017, will have annual capacity of 80,000 tonnes of adhesives and surface treatment products
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Role of the leadership to drive sustainability is critical: Jayakumar Krishnaswamy
In this interview, Jayakumar Krishnaswamy, MD, AkzoNobel India, explains the relevance of sustainable development and importance of radically doing more while using less
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Dutch firm DSM forms JV with Sobisco for fortified foods
The JV will manufacture fortified foods and beverages for providing effective nutrition to consumers in the Eastern states of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Orissa
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Enzyme market in US to reach $ 2.2 bn in 2019
An increasing focus on sustainability by many companies will continue to support enzyme demand in otherwise mature industries, says the new Freedonia report
Mukund Vasudevan is new VP & GM of Ecolab India
Vasudevan, who joins from Pentair, has about 20 years experience of working in increasingly complex and impactful business focused positions in the water and oil and gas industries
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Symrise buys Flavor Infusion to diversify into natural beverage
With this, the German fragrances & flavours major will strengthen its footprint in the strongly growing market for flavoured waters and non-alcoholic drinks market
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ABB India to expand its access to electricity program
The program, which focuses on productive use of affordable electricity and promotion of local economic growth, will include another five villages in Barmer (Rajasthan) in 2015
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Suzlon bags 90 MW order from ReNew Power
The order of 90 MW from ReNew Power in Andhra Pradesh is the fourth repeat order from ReNew and the second order in the Q1 FY16
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MoD awards L&T Rs 468 cr defence order for construction of floating dock
The new order comes to L&T on the back of a recent order for design and construction of seven offshore patrol vessels for the Indian Coast Guard at Rs 1432 crore
