Analysts at the consultancy company IHS are predicting a 25 per cent rise in global demand for photovoltaics in 2015, with the emergence of the Indian market set to contribute strongly for the first time. “While 2014 remained a ...
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The Government of Punjab, a northern state of India, has received 55 investment proposals worth Rs 80bn ($1.22bn) for the establishment of food processing units. Among the interested parties, food conglomerate ITC and Poland's offers ...
Montreal and the government of Quebec are planning to install 106 electric car charging stations in the city by next spring. The project is part of the Canadian city's aim to install a total of 1,000 charging stations by 2020. Between ...
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The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been a strong advocate for the country’s LED lighting conversion to battle the power starved country’s use of electricity and conserve natural resources, reported local Indian ...
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Founded in 1994 in a state-owned building, diode laser maker DILAS of Mainz, Germany has now acquired ownership. The owner LLB Rheinland-Pfalz (Landesbetrieb Liegenschafts- und Baubetreuung) agreed to sell the building, which DILAS expanded ...
For the second time, Surat, Gujarat-based textile dyeing company Zenitex has made it to the Limca Book of Records for winning top recognition for sustainable practices in the textile industry in India. Elated on achieving the ...
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Japanese automotive major Honda Motor is all set to come up with a new car manufacturing plant in the Indian state of Gujarat, moving towards inking a state support agreement (SSA) with the government by next four weeks. The Indian ...
Meghalaya will soon have its own apparel and garment centre. Chief Minister Mukul Sangma recently laid the foundation stone of an apparel and garment centre to be set up under the North East Region Textiles Promotion Scheme, according to ...
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Union textiles minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given special attention to the ministry of textiles, with special focus on the north eastern region. The apparel and garment making centres were being ...
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has expressed disappointment in the Federal Government’s 2015-16 Budget, which announced the lion’s share of transport infrastructure funding to go toward roads, and no new money for ...
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A two-day national workshop on the textile parks sanctioned under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) is being organised by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, in Surat on 9-10 April, 2015. The workshop, ...
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The textile industry of Tamil Nadu has appealed the state government to reduce VAT on raw cotton and cotton yarn cones from 5 per cent to 2 per cent which would be on par with the 2 per cent CST. According to a SIMA press release, the ...
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The government of the northwest Indian state of Punjab is set to establish five primary processing centres for the proposed mega food park being set up by Punjab Agro Industries. Punjab Agro Industries will set up a food park on 100 acres ...
The Telangana government will not impose value added tax (VAT) on textile traders, commercial taxes minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav has said. Yadav was speaking on the occasion of Secunderabad Cloth Merchants’ Association ...
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Nissan has joined forces with Japan-based trading company Kanematsu to work with Japanese R&D management organization, New Energy Industrial Technology and Development Organization (NEDO) to encourage electric vehicles use in Northern ...