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The BIS Bill 2015: Paving the way for a safer India

The Government has called the Bill revolutionary, an enabler that gives fillip to its initiative to move towards the 'Zero defect & Zero effect' (ZED) regime

Micromax opens second manufacturing plant in Hyderabad

Built by Bhagwati Products Ltd, the manufacturing arm of Micromax, The plant will have a capacity to produce 1 million devices per month

Austria's FACC extends supply pact with Tata for Rolls-Royce engine components

The agreement renews Tata Advanced Material's existing contract to provide cutting-edge engine components for Rolls-Royce

Blue Star to enter into water purifier business

The company will initially offer residential water purifiers and will gradually enhance its range to cover commercial water purification systems as well

JBF Petrochemicals inks paraxylene supply agreement with ONGC arm

As per the deal, ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Ltd (OMPL) will supply paraxylene to JBF's purefied terephthalic acid (PTA) plant in Mangalore, Karnataka

India proposes to invest $ 20 bn in petrochemical & fertiliser sectors in Iran

The country also expresses interest in setting up a LNG plant and a gas cracker in Iran's Chabahar port

Toyo Engineering bags Chambal Fertilisers' $ 600 mn contract for fertiliser complex project

The complex, which will be located at Kota (Rajasthan), will have an ammonia plant with capacity of 2,200 tonnes per day (TPD) and a urea plant with capacity of 4,000 TPD

South Africa's Adcock Ingram sells Indian business to Samara Capital for Rs 151 crores

The divested business was acquired by Adcock Ingram in 2013 from Cosme Farma Laboratories for about Rs 328 crore to tap the Indian pharmaceutical segment

Packaged commodities to display products' information more prominently

All the packaged commodities will have to display six mandatory information more prominently atleast in the 40 percent area of the packet, as per the amended rules, which come into force from July 201

Chemtura to expand Adiprene LF MDI prepolymers capacity in Italy

The expansion will complement Chemtura's existing LF MDI production capability in Gastonia (USA) and ensures a flexible, reliable supply of LF MDI to its customer

Pembina and Kuwait Petroleum plans integrated polypropylene facility in Canada

The project could consume approximately 35,000 barrels per day (bpd) of propane and produce up to 800,000 metric tonnes per year of polypropylene

Japanese firm Futamura Chemicals to buy Innovia's Cellophane business

Following the sale, Innovia will focus on its fast-growing polymer bank note business and 'double bubble' biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films business

Toppan Printing opens first overseas plant for transparent barrier films in US

The plant, built with an investment of Yen 10 bn, will significantly bolster Toppan's capacity to supply transparent barrier films, which are used in sectors such as food, drinks, medical care, etc

Tips to reduce hazards of blue violet light for healthy eyes

With increased usage of modern electronic devices such as computers, cell phones, CFLs, LEDs, etc people today are exposed to high-level of blue light which can cause damage to retina cells

Internet of Things to transform global healthcare industry

Rather than current specialties, future healthcare will be organised around digital solutions like monitoring, diagnostics, and predictive analytics, connecting diverse conditions, says Lux Research

Lupin to co-market Novartis' asthma drug in India

Novartis Healthcare will continue to market Sequadra (indacaterol/glycopyrronium inhaler), while Lupin will promote the inhaler under the brand name Loftair in India

MannKind regains marketing rights for inhaled insulin Afrezza from Sanofi

Transition ensures inhalable insulin will continue to be available to adults with diabetes

Gates Foundation invests $ 5 mn in Amyris to reduce cost of malaria treatment

The program will focus on the continued production and secure supplies of artemisinic acid and amorphadiene to be converted to artemisinin for use in artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs)

Greybull Capital to buy Tata Steel's Long Products Europe business

The sale covers several UK-based assets including the Scunthorpe steelworks, two mills in Teesside, a mill in northern France, etc

Tata Chemicals to re-route ammonia supply pipeline at Haldia

Pipeline re-routing activity likely to cause a shutdown of operations by about 5 weeks in Sept-Oct 2016 due to interruption of ammonia supply to the TCL's Haldia phosphatic fertiliser plant