Manufacturing

Suitable economic drivers will ensure complete indigenization of the locomotive manufacturing Siemens has received a Letter of Award (LoA) for Rs.26,000 crore (about US$3.2 billion) to manufacture 1,200 high horse power (9,000 HP) electric locomotives over a period of 11...

Azad Engineering's machining capability is very impressive, say Tanaka India’s leading precision engineering company, Azad Engineering, has started work on US$20 million exclusive manufacturing facility for Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) at Tunikibollaram near Medchal, Hyderabad. Azad Engineering’s capacity expansion...

Orders to provide substantial boost to defence industry, says Ministry The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for 24 Capital Acquisition Proposals, worth Rs.84,328 crore, for the Armed Forces and Indian Coast Guard. The AoNs accorded...

Airtel-Jio selects Ericsson as partner for 5G network Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) is scaling up production of equipment and operations at Pune with its partner Jabil Inc of Florida to meet the needs of 5G network deployments in India. Ericsson, the...

Steel sector made a stakeholder in Green Hydrogen Mission, says Kulaste Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) Model Projects for Energy Efficiency Improvement have been implemented in Indian steel plants, Minister of State for Steel Faggan Singh...

Polymers and plastics are playing an increasingly critical role in Indian industries, says Mahadevan SOLIZE India Technologies Private Limited, a group company of Japan-headquartered SOLIZE Corporation, has formed a partnership with Toray Engineering D Solutions Co Ltd to address the...

Verma updates Rajya Sabha on initiatives for MSMEs The Government has taken a number of recent initiatives to support MSMEs in the country, including Rs.5 lakh crore Collateral Free Automatic Loans for business, and MSMEs, Rajya Sabha was updated on...

Govt supports plans to increase domestic solar equipment manufacturing Permionics Group, a Liquid Separation & Membrane Technology pioneer from Vadodara, is set to produce solar wafer from silicon ingots using semiconductor grade water or 18Meg Ohm water to service 10...

Minister clarifies that Govt not investing in SAIL capacity expansion The Indian steel production increased to 154.062 million tonnes (MT) of crude steel in 2021-22 from 143.914 MT in 2020-21 and 142.299 MT in 2019-20, Minister of State for Steel...

India imported 57.16 million tonnes of coking coal in 2021-22 An MoU was signed on 14 Oct 2021 between the Ministry of Steel and the Russian Ministry of Energy on cooperation in coking coal used in steel making, Minister of...