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Alstom bags Rs 220-cr orders from Bihar State Power Transmission

Alstom T&D India will build two 220 kV and four 132 kV air insulated substations (AIS) across various locations in Bihar

Korean firms should set up manufacturing & R&D bases in India: Amitabh Kant

FICCI urges Korean firms to invest in industrial corridors, NMIZs & smart cities

Banning plastic packaging to have adverse impact on several industries: FICCI

The study, conducted by FICCI and Strategy&, estimates that a ban on plastic packaging will directly impact plastic industry sales of Rs 53,000 crores, and about 13 lakh personnel

Being good corporate citizen, companies can gain competitiveness: Ashwin Shroff

In this interview, Ashwin Shroff, CMD, Excel industries, sheds light on advantage of being responsible corporate citizen and shares Excel's experience in community welfare activities

Companies Act, an enabler of CSR in chemical industry?

The Act is expected to motivate the companies for devising the best way to make their CSR spend count and impact all the stakeholders effectively

BHEL commissions 195-MW thermal power unit in Bihar

This is the first 195-MW unit to be commissioned by BHEL at the 2 x 195 MW Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station (TPS) Plant of Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited (KBUNL)

Rolta India forms JV with Israeli firm Meprolight to make optronics devices

Optronics devices, based on image intensifier and thermal imaging technologies, expected to address the growing demand for night fighting capabilities by the Indian security forces

BHEL commissions 82.5 MW hydroelectric unit in Uttarakhand

The greenfield hydroelectric project consisting of four units of 82.5 MW each is being set up by Alaknanda Hydro Power Corporation Limited (GVK Group)

AspenTech unveils aspenONE V8.8 software for process industries

The new software expected to help manufacturers achieve operational excellence, and drive profitability with workflow, performance and usability innovations

Evonik inaugurates oil additives plant in Singapore

The capacity of the plant has nearly doubled, making it the largest oil additives production site within Evonik's global production network

Solvay completes divestment of refrigerant biz to Daikin

Divestment was a result of Solvay's Special Chem GBU decision to refocus its activities on selective high value-added segments in the growing automotive and electronics markets

Airgas opens specialty gas facility in US

The facility will add jobs to the region and further expand the company's capacity to serve customers throughout the Western US

Omkar Speciality Chemicals receives orders worth Rs 100 crore

The company has received concrete indents in April, 2015 from its customers in India as well as from overseas for orders close to Rs 100 cr to be executed during the current financial year

IOL Chemicals receives approval for metformin in Europe

The certificate, issued by EDQM, will enable IOLCP to sell metformin hydrochloride in Europe resulting into increase in higher value added export turnover and margin

Arkema launches polyamide processed from castor oil

The new range of biosourced polyamides, Rilsan S, is manufactured in China by Arkema, which has a stake in Ihsedu Agrochem, a subsidiary of Jayant Agro that specialises in castor oil production

Jacobs bags contract for Huntsman's polyetheramine facility in Singapore

The Jurong Island facility expansion is expected to enable backward integration to produce polyethers from locally sourced feedstocks

BASF inaugurates Ultramid polyamide plant in China

The new plant, with a capacity of 100,000 metric tonnes per year, is the first investment in polyamide polymerisation for BASF in Asia Pacific

Songwon forms JV with Qingdao Long Fortune for additives in China

The JV, which will be based in the Qingdao area of Eastern China, will also set up a One Pack Systems (OPS) plant which will be located in the Pingdu County industrial park

BLK Super Speciality Hospital inks collaboration pact with Uzbekistan govt

The Delhi-based private hospital will help in capacity building of Uzbekistan-based RRCEM for specialised emergency care

Cancer & infectious diseases to drive adoption of point-of-care medical sensor

Infectious diseases pose a big challenge for medical sensors, mainly on account of the sheer number of pathogens, says Lux Research report