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Meta opens new office in Gurugram Meta, formerly Facebook, unveiled a new office in Gurugram. Spanning 130,000 square feet, across 6 floors, this is Meta’s first stand-alone office facility in Asia, and blends global and local culture. "Meta’s vision is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Its offices worldover are designed to align with that mission. The new Meta headquarters is designed with...

Jio-BP, Mahindra sign agreement to jointly develop EV charging solutions Reliance BP Mobility Limited (RBML), operating under the brand name Jio-bp and Mahindra Group, announced a non-binding MoU for exploring the creation of EV products and services, alongside identifying synergies in low-carbon and conventional fuels. Jio-bp is a joint venture between Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and UK’s bp plc.  The MoU also covers evaluating charging solutions by Jio-bp for Mahindra vehicles...

Hitachi Energy automates power distribution for Kolkata Metro’s new line India’s first metro operator, Metro Railway, Kolkata, initiated services to extend the city’s North-South metro from Noapara to Dakshineswar. The 4.1 kms extension inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, will provide fast, easy, pollution- and traffic-free travel to thousands of commuters in the city and its adjoining areas.  The opening of the new line has brought down the commute...

Fortum Charge & Drive and Plug Mobility to set up 3,200 EV charging points in India Plug Mobility from Carzonrent India has partnered with Fortum Charge & Drive India (Fortum C&D) to provide charging infrastructure for Carzonrent fleet of 19,000 cars to be inducted over the next 5 years across India.  Fortum C&D will set up 3,200 charging points for Plug Mobility during this period to support energy requirement of the fleet.   As part of...

Healthium Medtech gets US FDA registration for its Sri City manufacturing facility in AP Healthium Medtech Limited, a global medical devices company focused on surgical, post-surgical and chronic care, today announced that the company has received US FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) registration for its manufacturing facility in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. “Healthium Medtech is India’s largest independent medical devices company in the surgical consumables market, the largest non-captive surgical...

Ivanti named a Leader in Independent Research Firm’s Enterprise Service Management Report Ivanti, the provider of the Ivanti Neurons automation platform that discovers, manages, secures, and services IT assets from cloud to edge, today announced that it was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Enterpris Ivanti named a Leader in Independent Research Firm’s Enterprise Service Management Report e Service Management, Q4 2021 report. The report evaluated 15 select vendors based on a comprehensive set...

Tata Steel deploys its first Bio-Fuel powered ship for imported raw material transportation In line with its sustainability objectives and initiatives on reduction of scope 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission in ocean trade, Tata Steel has deployed a ship powered by biofuel. The bulk carrier named Frontier Sky, owned by NYK and operated by Tata NYK Shipping Pte. Ltd., has successfully completed trial use of biofuel to transport cargo provided...

Bridgestone India launches new tyre for tipper and construction vehicles Bridgestone India today announced the launch of its new tyre for construction vehicles segment, which is meant specifically for tipper/dumper owner who operate in high load segment. Post the new axle load norms, the construction and mining sectors needed tyres that could cope with the permissible increased load factors. The L370HL addresses this requirement. Designed using proprietary software to optimise...

Rosatom installs 4 Steam Generators at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh Rosatom Engineering Division ASE JSC which is the general contractor for the NPP construction installed four steam generators at the design position at power unit No. 1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Bangladesh. The Energospecmontazh JSC subcontracting organization’s specialists have carried out assembly operations to install the steam generators at their regular position in the power...

ANDRITZ to supply complete electro-mechanical equipment for hydropower plant in Assam International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from the Assam state government-owned utility Assam Power Generation Corporation Ltd. (APGCL) to supply the complete electro-mechanical equipment for the Lower Kopili hydropower plant located on the Kopili river in central Assam. Start of commercial operation is scheduled for end of 2024. The ANDRITZ scope of supply consists of plant design and...

Volvo Buses India introduces completely built sleeper coach with first orders from KSRTC Volvo Buses India, a part of VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) has launched its first completely built sleeper coach. The 15m sleeper coach has been developed on the class-leading Volvo B11R chassis. The first eight coaches will be delivered to the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation. Commenting on the launch, Vinod Aggarwal, MD, and CEO, VECV said, “We are thrilled to...

Shell India announces new multiyear partnership with Mahindra Racing Shell India has announced a new multiyear partnership with Mahindra Racing that strengthens the technical and commercial collaboration between the two businesses. The lubricants major joined Mahindra Racing as a sponsor of their Formula E programme in December 2018 and this new agreement forms part of a wide-ranging co-operation between the two companies. Shell manufactures, distributes, and markets lubricants for Mahindra’s automotive and...

Igus announces strong growth plans for India Igus, one of the global leaders in motion plastics, announced today, an aggressive growth plan and strategy in the backdrop of 20 successful years of operations in India. Commenting on the occasion, Deepak Paul, Managing Director, igus (India) said, “igus India has consistently been recording double digit growth over the last many years (except the pandemic year) and in the current year is growing at 30...

Ohmium ships its first “Made in India” Hydrogen electrolyzer unit to US Ohmium International, through its Indian subsidiary enArka India Pvt Ltd, has shipped its first unit of electrolyzer from India to the United States, as a first step towards establishing India as a global hub for green hydrogen generation. The electrolyzer has been manufactured by Ohmium at its Bengaluru plant, India's first green hydrogen electrolyzer Gigafactory. This was set-up...

Tata Steel executes blockchain enabled trade between India and Bangladesh   Tata Steel has executed a blockchain enabled paperless export order with a metals major in Bangladesh. This makes it the first such deal executed between an India based company and a counterparty in Bangladesh assisted by different banks at respective ends. This transaction was facilitated by Standard Chartered, India, and was conducted on Contour’s blockchain trade platform, which enables banks,...