The world has been witnessing recession for almost two years now. However, the condition in India is far better as compared to other parts of the world. Experts expect Indias GDP to grow at a decent rate of 7 percent, which is again a good sign for restructuring. The investment friendly policies of a stable government at the same time are encouraging manufacturing companies to increase capital spe....

TRF, a Tata enterprise, has signed an agreement to acquire Dutch Lanka Trailer Manufacturers Limited (DLT).DLT is a trailer manufacturing company based in Sri Lanka. TRF will acquire 51 percent of its equity shares at a consideration of $8.67 million in the first phase. It also plans to sign a Call and Put Option Agreement for the acquisition of the remaining 49 percent of its equity shares at a c....

ID Business Solutions (IDBS), a leading provider of innovative data management solutions to multinational RD organisations, has concluded an unconditional agreement to acquire InforSense. The acquired company provides scientific and business intelligence (BI) technologies.RD organisations in the public and private sectors rely upon their ability to capture, integrate and interpret data. This is in....

Ford Motor Company received a loan worth $5.9 billion to transform its factories across Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri and Ohio to produce more fuel-efficient models. The loan is being given to Ford as part of the Department of Energys Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan programme.The facilities of Ford that will be benefited by the governments decision include Chicago Assembly....

Columbus McKinnon, a hoist and crane manufacturer, plans to expand in Lexington, Tennessee, US. The company plans to invest about $3.5 million to expand its operations.The facility manufactures a variety of chain and assembly designs for industrial applications. The products are primarily used for overhead lifting, positioning and load securing. The plant also supplies electric hoist chains to the....

For the effective removal of flux and associated contamination from printed circuit boards, Layton Technologies recently developed a precision cleaning and drying process. The technology is based on the application of the latest high solvency cleaning chemistries for removing residues from PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) produced using and no-lead fluxes.Layton worked with DuPont and used its ne....

Eaton Corp, Clevelands largest industrial manufacturer, has entered into a joint business venture in Abu Dhabi to produce components that will be marketed to powergeneration companies in the Middle East. This venture will make Eaton, a global supplier of power systems, hydraulics, aerospace and truck drive-train components, with SEG Middle East Power Solutions and Switchboard Manufacture LLC, whic....

EFI recently entered into a manufacturing agreement with Nazdar. As per the agreement, Nazdar will produce EFIs VUTEk and Inkware solvent inks,which are known for their colour quality, durability and printer performance.Nazdar is a long-time partner of EFI, who distributes VUTEk printers and inks to the North American screen print market. Although EFIs VUTEk and Inkware solvent ink will be manufac....

Magma Design Automation, a provider of chip design software recently announced a partnership with Orion Metrology, a manufacturer of inline process monitoring and control tools for photovoltaic (PV) solar cell manufacturers. This will integrate Magmas YieldManager Solar with Orion Metrology inline inspection technology. This partnership will expand Magmas capabilities to yield an analysis platform....

AMD recently announced the availability of a factory-over clocked graphics processor that is the first to break the 1 Gigahertz (GHz) barrier using standard air-cooling solutions. With this product, AMD achieves a notable engineering milestone. The new ATI Radeon HD 4890 utilises advanced GDDR5 memory and a 1-GHz clock speed to deliver 1.6 TeraFLOPs of compute power, 50 percent more than that of....

The Power Generation business unit of Cummins India recently launched automatic transfer switches (ATS) for the first time in the Indian market. The PowerCommand ATS from the companys portfolio plays a critical role in on-site emergency standby power systems. The product transfers electrical loads from a utility service to an alternative power source, such as a standby generator, in the event of....

The RSTechED conference hosted by Rockwell Automation focused on giving attendees useful tools and information they need to navigate the current business climate. Rockwell Automation Inc, headquartered at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is the worlds largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, serving customers in more than 80 countries. This 12th annual weeklong user and partner eve....

Siemens Ltd plans to expand their steam turbine manufacturing facility located at Vodadara, Gujarat. The company plans to invest Rs 275 crore and is scheduled to be complete by 2010.
Its manufacturing capacity will be tripled after this upgradation work because it will add three production bays amounting to 14,000 sq mt to the existing production facility. In addition, the factory will have the c....

Yamaha Motor recently inaugurated a manufacturing plant at Surajpur, Uttar Pradesh. It is spread over an area of 36,000 sq mt. The new unit has the capacity to produce 6 lakh motorcycles annually. Its production capacity can be augmented to 1 million units.The plant has four engine assembly lines including one dedicated for export engines and three vehicle assembly lines. The vehicle assembly line....

Schneider Electric has signed an agreement to acquire Conzerv Systems, the recognised market
leader in energy efficiency in the Indian market, which serves industrial and commercial end users
in particular.The company pioneered the design and manufacture of digital energy meters in India in the early
1990s. Today, as the market leader with proven technologies and solutions for energy audits and....

DHL, the worlds leading logistics company, unveiled its industry roadmap to power Indias automotive sector to a broad cross section of industry leaders at the Automotive India Conference 2009 in Pune recently, which was hosted by DHL. DHL identified the key logistics factors in the three core areas of inbound to manufacturing, aftermarket, and international supply chain that would determine the au....

Danfoss Industries, a leader in mechanical and electronic components and solutions, recently announced the launch of the first mass-produced VLT low harmonic drive. The latest addition to Danfoss prominent VLT series of drives, the VLT low harmonic drive eliminates the harmonic disturbances on the supply grid by actively imposing currents into the grid so that the high quality sine wave of the gri....

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and TIMCO Aviation Services (TIMCO) have come together to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities at HALs Bangalore airport and manufacturing complex. They entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement in April this year to develop comprehensive airframe MRO services to commercial air transport operators in India and the neighbouring regions.TIMC....

Toshiba JSW Turbine and Generator (Toshiba JSW), a joint venture between JSW Group and Japanbased electronic goods major Toshiba Corporation, is setting up a facility in Chennai to manufacture steam turbines and generators for thermal power plants.Toshiba JSW has just signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu Government to facilitate the process of setting up a production unit. As per the MoU, Toshiba JSW....

LiuGong India, a subsidiary of Guangxi Liu Gong Machinery Company (China), recently inaugurated its new manufacturing facility at Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh. The new unit will manufacture heavy earth-moving machines and construction equipment. The facility is located 38 km away from Indore and is on a 44-acre plot of land. Around Rs 175 crore has been invested in setting up the facility, and there ....

Kabirdass Motor will soon manufacture battery-operated electric vehicles to encash on the vast experience of the promoters in the auto component industry, their timetested ability in vendor development and the growing demand for nonpolluting vehicles. Incorporated in November 2006, Kabirdass Motor Company Limited (KMCL) is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of electric bikes and scooters ....

MSB India is a known manufacturer and supplier of power transmission products such as couplings, pulleys, conveyor belts,etc. The company was established in 1952 and has been in the industry for over 50 years now.Its products serve industries such as construction, textiles, plastics, cement, petroleum, pharmaceuticals, etc. An array of automotive equipment is used in diverse industrial application....

Bangalore Paper and Pulp Mills, which was incepted in 1982, is an large manufacture, exporter andsupplier of standardised quality filter paper, pharma filters, circle filter papers, filter bags, furnace filter paper and filter pads. They are also members of the Karnataka Small-Scale Industries Association (KASSIA).Filter paper and pads are manufactured from 100-percent wood and chemical-free recyc....

Epothane Civelec Engineers, established in 1986, is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company. It manufacturers and supplies quality epoxy resin cast components. Products offered by the company are post insulators, high-current bushings, terminal plates, transformer bushing, CGR trolley bushings, industrial spouts, circuit spouts, bus bar spouts, epoxy housings and drive insulators.They design 11-KV supp....

Incepted in 1991, Maya Engineering is one of the foremost manufacturers and suppliers of superior quality acoustic enclosures and parts. The product range includes in-house acoustic enclosures, genset acoustic enclosures, mobile genset with acoustic enclosures, heavy duty storage racks and material handling pallets, etc. It also offers fabricating services and turnkey projects as partof its acoust....

ElectroMech is a leading brand in engineering, manufacturing and servicing industrial overhead cranes, gantry cranes, electric wire rope hoists and customised material handling solutions. ElectroMech's tieup with ABUS Germany enables it to provide world-class hoisting solutions across several industry verticals.ElectroMech manufacturesdouble girder overhead cranes in SWLs ranging from 1 MT to more....

Pioneer Industries is known for manufacturing and supplying tube fittings, brass plumbing fixtures,
solenoid valves, instrumentation valves and vibra-lock fittings. Its products are manufactured under stringent quality control standards. They are made in varied dimensions depending upon the clients requirements. Products such as solenoid valves, needle valves, slide valves, ball valves, air flo....

Industrial Machinery Agency is one of the leading manufacturers, exporters and suppliers of a wide range of engineering products. Its products include diesel-generating sets, flour-milling equipment, flourmilling machines, rice-hulling machines,electric motors, sugar cane crushers, etc. These products can be made available in various sizes and specifications depending upon the client's requirement....

Rising Sun International is regarded as a reputed manufacturer, exporter and supplier of heavy-duty parts and is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company. Its product range includes parts of heavy-duty engine, trailers, cars and trucks. It caters to various automobile companies in the global market.The products are designed to provide optimum performance for a long period.Its products are used by compan....

The refrigeration industry has faced great challenges due to the pressure of phasing out present refrigerants like HCFCs (hydrochlorofluorocarbons), HFCs (hydro fluoro carbon) and the like due to their ozone-depleting potential or global warming potential. While various alternatives are being evaluated, scientists still remain undecided regarding the choice between flammability and global warming.....

In 1990, ABBs instrumentation business was largely based around the UK and Italian-based Kent Group. However, in the early 1990s, ABB acquired Combustion Engineering, which added products of the US-based Taylor Instruments to the mix. With the acquisition of Elsag Bailey in late 1990s, many more US and European-based instrumentation companies were added to the portfolio, including Hartmann Braun,....

Budget 2009-10 was all about getting Indias growth story back on track. The targets will be achieved through short and long-term measures. The Finance Minister did a fine balancing act and reaffirmed the UPAs poll promisefocus on the aam adami and on inclusive growth. The agriculture sector has benefitted from direct subsidies to sustain the four percent growth rate. Infrastructure is high on the ....

The machine tools industry in India dates back to the Second World War. Due to the unavailability of imported machine tools, a few British-owned general engineering firms took up manufacturing of these tools in India. The industrial development through the series of five-year plans resulted in a second phase of machine tools manufacturing, with public sector investment in machine tools (HMT Ltd 19....

KUKA Robotics (India) is part of the worldwide operating KUKA Robot Group. It is headquartered in Gurgaon with a training centre in Pune.Recently, KUKA launched its new heavy payloads industrial robots in India. These will be utilised in the FMCG, logistics, and food and beverage industry in the country. These he....

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Lean refers to maximising customer value while minimising waste. A lean organisation understands customer value and focuses their key processes towards continually meeting those needs.Lean has its roots in the Toyota Production System (TPS), which in turn received its inspiration from USA. This concept of was coined by a research team at MIT in the 1990s. Basically, lean is centred on creating mo....