Manufacturing

CENTRiC, Indian smartphone manufacturer has announced its participation at the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2019 to launch its 5 new models of smartphones in Barcelona.

Saudi Arabia is to invest over US$100 billion in India’s energy, refining, petrochemicals, infrastructure, agriculture, minerals and mining, manufacturing, education and health sectors.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Aero India 2019 intended and endeavoured to put India on the Global map and intended metaphorically to be a “Runway to a billion opportunities”.

Tata Consultancy Services has formed a partnership with Nanoheal, a predictive workspace automation platform provider, to offer enterprises cognitive, self-healing end-user device management solutions from Utah.

ABB has won its largest traction equipment order in India, worth more than $42 million to supply state-of-the-art converters for electric locomotives from Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), in Varanasi.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd has opened a new plant in India to serve the construction industry with hydraulic equipment, demand for  which is increasing.

A leading member of the NITI Aayog, Dr V K Saraswat, has called for the development of different kinds of weapons particularly in the areas of low intensity conflicts.

Air Marshal Stuart Evans leading a delegation and 20 defence and aviation technology companies, reflecting commitment to strengthen UK-India ties at Aero India 2019.

Cardlytics, a purchase intelligence platform that makes marketing more relevant and measurable from Atlanta, has opened its first Asia office in Sunrise State of Andhra Pradesh in the city of Visakhapatnam (Vizag).

The government has sanctioned Rs.480 crore for enhancing production at the Modern Coach Factory (MCF) to 3,000 coaches per year by 2020-21.