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Dutch firm Odournet smells big opportunity in odour management in India

With CPCB planning to implement odour emission norms, the company sees increase in demand for odour evaluation & management in the country

Mahindra Group to acquire 33% stake in Japan's Mitsubishi Agricultural Machinery

This deal will enable strategic growth avenues for MAM, which has been providing OEM tractors to Mahindra USA and technical license to Mahindra for rice planters & tractor in India

Machine tool maker BFW buys Proteck Machinery's turning business

With this acquisition, BFW aims to strengthen its position in the machine cutting sector

Steel Strips Wheels bags exports order from Canada

This order volumes are expected to go up to 40,000 wheels next year with total value of around $ 1 million per annum

Alstom and NASL bag Rs 206 cr contract to retrofit steam turbines in Gujarat

Contract has been awarded for the renovation and modernisation of two steam turbines at the Ukai and Wanakbori thermal power stations, both situated in Gujarat

Growth in agriculture, industry and services sectors can go hand-in-hand: Arvind Panagariya

While the government is reorienting public investment in agriculture to increase productivity, it is paying special attention to creating jobs in industry and services, he said in his blog on NITI Aay

Essel Group to form JV with China's J A Solar for photovoltaic technology

The JV, which will set up a manufacturing facility in India with an estimated investment of $150 mn, will manufacture solar cells, panels and modules in the country

Crompton Greaves & partners win Euro 200 mn contract for wind power project in Germany

CG and its partners Cofely Fabricom and lemants have been awarded the contract for installation of HV offshore substation for the 400 MW Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH

Manali Petrochemicals to invest Rs 100 cr for polyols capacity expansion

The company plan to expand the capacity from the current 50000 tonnes per annum (tpa) to 1,50,000 tpa over the next five years

DCW Ltd starts commercial production of iron oxide pigments in TN

Iron oxides pigments are widely used in paints, coatings and coloured concretes

DCC Energy offers to buy Shell's Butagaz LPG business in France

Shell has received a binding offer of Euro 464 million ($529 million) from DCC Energy for this deal

Smart cities to drive construction chemicals market to reach Rs 7000 cr

However, FTAs and inverted duty structure having a negative impact on the industry, which is still witnessing two-thirds of construction chemicals being imported into the country

Camlin Fine Sciences to set up hydroquinone and vanillin units in Dahej

The company will spend Rs 185 to set up a facility, which will house these units, in Dahej SEZ

Strides Arcolab acquires Aspen's generics biz in Australia for A$ 380 mn

The company will acquire a generic pharmaceutical business in Australia together with certain branded pharmaceutical assets from South African firm Aspen Pharmacare Holdings

Mexico's Mexichem opens HDPE product plant in Hyderabad

Mexichem's subsidiary, Dura-Line, has opened the new plant to produce cable ducts and pressure pipes for the water, datacom and gas markets

KraussMaffei launches new CX injection moulding machine series at Chinaplas

With clamping forces of 350 to 1600 kN, the new CX series is ideal for high-precision applications with large volumes, for example in auto, medical and electronics industries

Evonik expands methacrylic anhydride capacity in Germany

The company has doubled its production capacity for Visiomer MAAH - an important building block in the production of specialty methacrylates - at its site in Worms (Germany)

Global halogen-free flame retardant PP market to reach $ 664 mn by 2020

Increasing construction spending coupled with positive outlook on automotive industry particularly in China, India, etc is expected to drive the market, as per Grand View Research report

Global green packaging market to reach $ 203 bn by 2021

Developing countries such as India, China, Russia, Brazil, etc are the fast growing markets for green packaging, says a Transparency Market Research (TAM) report

Solvay plans to build all-plastic car engine

In Polimotor 2 engine, Solvay will replace up to ten metal engine components with parts made from seven of its high-performing thermoplastic materials