MEIL’s Drillmec to establish $200 million oil rig manufacturing unit in Telangana

Drillmec SpA, a subsidiary of the city-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) group, will invest USD 200 million in Telangana to establish its global manufacturing hub, according to a top executive of…

Dalmia Bharat to invest Rs 9,000 crore for expansion of existing facilities

Dalmia Bharat intends to increase its cement capacity to more than 48 million tonnes (MT) by the end of fiscal 2024, up from 35.9 MT currently, with an investment of Rs 9,000 crore…

Maruti Suzuki ups capex to Rs 5,500 cr

Maruti Suzuki, the country’s top carmaker, has budgeted capital expenditure of about Rs 5,500 crore in this financial year. This highest-ever capex is to give push to operations after two years of modest…

Chambal Fertilisers board gives nod to set up plant in Kota

Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals’ board has given nod to setting up a plant for manufacture of Technical Ammonium Nitrate (TAN) at its existing manufacturing facility at Gadepan, in Kota district of Rajasthan. The…

Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon is lowest bidder for road project

Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon has emerged as the lowest bidder (L1) to construct package OD7 of the 464 km Raipur-Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor (NH-130CD & EC-15).   The scope of work envisages development of…

Max Infra bags Raipur–Visakhapatnam Expressway’s Package OD-8

Max Infra (India) Ltd has emerged as the lowest bidder to construct package OD8 of the 464 km Raipur – Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor (NH-130CD & EC-15).   Package OD-8 is 22.533 km long…

Board gives nod to Vedanta for capacity expansion in Odisha

Vedanta’s board of directors has given a nod for 430 KTPA (250 Billet and 180 PFA) capacity expansion at cost of Rs 750 crore.   The decision will improve Jharsuguda, Odisha location VAP…

Century plywood bags contract to modernise Khidderpore Docks in Kolkata

On a build-operate-own-transfer basis, Century Plyboards (India) Ltd has been awarded a contract to modernise and mechanise a cluster of six berths in Kolkata’s Khidderpore Docks. By building mechanised systems to handle containers…

Vivo Bio Tech Ltd to establish new facility at AMTZ campus, Vizag

Andhra Pradesh Med Tech Zone Limited and Vivo Bio Tech Ltd have signed a lease agreement for the establishment of a new facility at the Andhra Pradesh Med Tech Zone (AMTZ) Campus, Pragati…

Covestro expands production capacity at Greater Noida

Covestro recently opened additional polycarbonate compounding production lines at their Greater Noida plant in India. The company’s advanced skills enable it to provide one of the most comprehensive product portfolios and industry-leading solutions…

L&T subsidiary bags contract to develop ONGC’s 350 km sub-sea pipelines

L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, a subsidiary of engineering behemoth Larsen & Toubro, has been awarded a contract for between 2,500 and 5,000 crores to develop ONGC’s 350-kilometer subsea pipes off India’s west coast. As…

NHAI invites bids for Mydukur-Badvel section

For the development of the Mydukur-Badvel segment, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued a tender. Under the Bharatmala Pariyojna in Andhra Pradesh, the scope of construction includes four-laning of the…

Honeywell teams up with Navin Fluorine to add HFO manufacturing capacity in India

Navin Fluorine International Limited, a major subsidiary of the Padmanabh Mafatlal Group, has established a cooperation with Honeywell to manufacture the Solstice series of hydrofluoroolefins (HFO) in India. By Q2-2022, the business plans…

NTPC REL floats tender for setting up 3,000 MWh RE storage facility

NTPC Renewable Energy (NTPC REL), a subsidiary of NTPC, has issued a request for proposals for the construction of a 3,000 MWh inter-state transmission system (ISTS)-connected energy storage facility in India.   NTPC…

Jindal Aluminium to invest Rs 150 crore in the next two years

Jindal Aluminium, the country’s largest manufacturer of aluminium extruded goods, plans to invest around Rs 150 crore over the next two years to bring new capacity online across its two verticals – extrusions…

Mishtann Foods signs MoU with Gujarat government to set up grain based ethanol plant

Mishtann Foods (MFL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government to build India’s largest grain-based ethanol facility, with a capacity of 1000 KLPD.   The project is planned to…