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Manjushree Technopack plans diversification to tap growing packaging market

With foray into shrink film packaging and plans to increase its presence pan India, the company aims to emerge as preferred packaging solution provider to various industries

PVC pipes maker Finolex enters Limca Book of Records

The company was awarded national record certificate for holding largest number of plumber meets simultaneously across the country in a day on World Plumbing Day

Essel Propack's new tube making technology in US to raise productivity

While the currently equipped machines have capacity of 60 to 250 tubes per minute, the new SHOT line - installed at Danville (USA) facility - will produce 500 tubes per minute

Amgen invests in Israeli digital health incubator eHealth Ventures

Through this, Amgen aims to serve patients by driving innovation and sustainable healthcare through technology discovery

Sagarmala project to result in savings of Rs 35,000 cr for India

The ambitious programme for port-led development in the country will help in reducing the logistics cost for both domestic and EXIM cargo with optimised infrastructure investment

Future of Japanese firms lies in India: Amitabh Kant

Japanese companies eye growth opportunities in India in manufacturing areas such as pharmaceuticals, defence, textiles, chemicals and auto components

HAL-Safran JV opens MRO services unit for helicopter engines in Goa

The JV will provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for Safran TM333 2B2 and HAL Shakti engines installed on HAL-built helicopters operated by the defence services

Mahindra to target premium segment to boost two-wheeler business

The company's subsidiary Classic Legends, which acquired British motorcycle company BSA, will introduce iconic classic brands like BSA and JAWA in India and Asia

Indian Patent Office to create awareness programme for new IPR policy

The aim of the new policy is to provide IP protection in India to the innovator in a reasonable period of time without much problems, says O P Gupta, Controller General of Patents

The $ 240 bn biosimilar opportunity: Buddy up to succeed

Indian pharma companies will have to adopt strategy of collaboration (with global or domestic firms) to succeed in the market as cost of developing biosimilars are very high, says Pushpa Vijayraghavan

Glenmark receives US FDA's nod for antifungal cream

The company has received final approval for nystatin and triamcinolone acetonide cream (100,000 units per gm and 1 mg per gm)

Deal making in food and agri-businesses hits 5-yr low in 2016

According to VCCEdge Funding Insights, fall in food tech and online grocery deal value has resulted in 62 PE deals worth only $ 250 million during the year in the food and agri space

Gulf Oil Lubricants plans to start production from Chennai plant in Oct 2017

The company is in process of setting up the lubricants plant having annual capacity of 40,000-50,000 kilo litre (KL)

Lanxess India inks pact to upgrade civil hospital's facilities in Nagda

As per the three-year agreement, the German specialty chemicals firm will contribute towards the upgradation of the existing facilities of the hospital

IIIM-CSIR opens cGMP plant in Jammu for phyto-pharmaceuticals

The CGMP facility will help in extraction, formulation and packaging of medicinal plant based phyto-pharmaceutical drugs

Huhtamaki PPL to set up plants for flexible packaging and labels in NE India

The company will spend Rs 65 cr to build manufacturing facilities for flexible packaging and labels at Assam and Sikkim respectively. It will also relocate its labels plant in Navi Mumbai

Kribhco and Morocco's OCP to set up $230 mn fertiliser plant in AP

The greenfield plant, located at Krishnapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), will have an annual production capacity of 1.2 million tonne (MT) of NPK fertilisers

Retail cold chain: Will it work in India?

High operating cost of cold storage - $ 60 per cubic meter in India compared to $ 30 in the west - is one of the major roadblocks for the sector's growth, says Alagu Balaraman

Indian manufacturers must gear up to face Chinese challenge: Anant Geete

According to the minister, domestic industry should be ready to face cut-throat competition across the world and also from latest technologies of automation and robotics

Fire at Deepak Nitrite's manufacturing facility in Roha

Fire broke out early morning today at one of the distillation columns of the facility located in Roha (Maharashtra)