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Mahindra launches all-electric sedan eVerito

Widening charging infrastructure and the government's incentive under FAME India scheme are expected to push the demand for electric and hybrid cars demand in the country

Reliance Industries restarts PTA plants at Dahej

RIL's purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plants had been shut for a brief period owing to increased water salinity

Swiss firm Datwyler to expand sealing facility in Maharashtra

The company will set up most advanced FirstLine facility to manufacture pharmaceutical rubber components at its Satara site in Maharashtra

Insecticides India launches eco-friendly herbicide Green Label

The company aims to add Rs 100 crore to the topline growth with the launch of this indigenously manufactured post-emergence herbicide, which is currently being imported from Japan

Hero appoints Malo Le Masson as global product planning head

In recent times, Hero MotoCorp has appointed a series of high profile senior global experts, including its CTO Dr Markus Braunsperger

Tamil Nadu takes the lead in green energy capacity addition

Renewable energy is expected to reach 72% of the state's peak demand by 2022, says a joint report of Assocham and Ernst & Young

India loses cost competitiveness to China, Singapore in auto sector

India spends highest on raw materials for manufacturing automobiles (about 69% of their value) compared to other Asian countries, says an Assocham-Thought Arbitrage study

Huntsman selects India MD Rohit Aggarwal as president of Textile Effects division

Aggarwal will succeed Paul Hulme, who will retire as president of Huntsman's Textile Effects division, a position he has held since 2006

Sabic, Shenhua Ningxia to set up petrochemical complex in China

The joint venture will utilise locally available coal feedstocks to be supplied by SNCG

SNF Floerger to set up polymer plant in Russia

Lukoil's subsidiary will supply feedstock to SNF Vostok's facility, which will produce polymers from acrylonitrile

Maire Tecnimont and Siluria to collaborate on gas-to-chemical technology

Two companies will jointly develop new natural gas based technologies for petrochemical markets

Insecticides India aims 15% top-line growth in 2016-17

Positive forecast of a normal monsoon and new product launches are expected to boost the company's profitability this fiscal

Sanghvi Forging bags new orders worth Rs 14 crore from oil & gas sector

With the new orders, total order book size has raised upto Rs 50 crore

Dishman Pharma's Swiss arm Carbogen Amcis to expand operations

Carbogen Amcis will acquire GEA Pharma Systems' land and buildings in Bubendorf to significantly expand its laboratory capacity

Ford Motor to use captured CO2 to develop foam and plastics for vehicles

The company uses soybeans to make seat foam; kenaf to produce door bolsters; recycled T-shirts and denim in carpeting; and recycled plastic bottles in seat fabric

Wind energy is fastest-growing application for composites: Report

China, India, Sweden, the UK, the US, Brazil, and Malaysia are among the major markets of composites, says a Research and Markets report

Jindal Poly Films plans Rs 1000 cr investment to raise BOPP capacity

The company will set up three additional BOPP lines - one each in Nashik (Maharashtra), US and Europe - to raise the capacity by 161,000 TPA over the next two years

Reliance Industries temporarily shuts down PTA and PET plants at Dahej

The company had to take this step as there is shortage of the right quality of industrial water at Dahej, which has capacity to produce 2.3 MMTPA of PTA and 650 KTPA of PET

Bharat Electronics builds 8.4 MW wind power plant at Harappanahalli

The wind energy plant, installed in collaboration with Suzlon Energy, will provide captive power for its factory at Bengaluru

Asia Pacific to drive global tyre market to reach $ 298 bn by 2021

Rapid advancements in technology and the growing demand for ecologically viable tyres have augmented the growth of the market, says a Transparency Market Research report