South Korean automobile manufacturer Kia Motors is set to enter the Indian car market by investing $1.1bn to build its first factory in the country. The company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the State Government of ...
Maruchan Ajinomoto, a Ajinomoto’s joint venture with Toyo Suisan Kaisha, has announced to begin production and sale of instant noodles in India next month. The joint venture between the two Japanese companies is looking to tap into ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – says that its New Delhi-based ...
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Coca-Cola bottling firms Kandhari Beverages and Enrich Agro Food Products are planning to invest Rs5.1bn ($75.6m) to build manufacturing lines in Haryana state. A memoranda of understanding in this regards has been signed by the two ...
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In its first estimate for the upcoming season beginning October 2015, the Cotton Association of India (CAI) has pegged the country's cotton production at 380 lakh bales, almost unchanged from the current year's output of 382-383 lakh bales ...
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Kellogg India is planning to establish a new R&D facility at Taloja, near Mumbai, in the state of Maharashtra. The move is in line with the company's strategy to increase its contribution to parent Kellogg's Asia-Pacific revenues from the ...
Textile spinning mills affiliated to the Northern India Textile Mills' Association (NITMA) are considering cutting back production and shutting down their mills once a week against the current trend of operating a mill 24x7. In a press ...
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The state governments of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have requested the Central Ministry of Finance to increase import duty on raw silk from the current 10 per cent to 30 per cent or at least to 15 per cent. In a written reply to Lok ...
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According to the latest cotton report of the Indian Cotton Federation (ICF), Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has managed to get a good response to their e-auctions recently. “Mills are buying for their near future requirements and ...
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Most of the cotton growing states like Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka have started getting good rainfall, which has led to farmers beginning sowing of cotton. “CCI has sold nearly 1.5 ...
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The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has sought urgent intervention of the Ministry of Textiles in adequate release of cotton procured by the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI). In a letter to textiles ...
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Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) is reportedly planning to build a new shrimp processing plant in India. The proposed shrimp facility will be built in proximity to the company's farms in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. CP Foods ...
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“The booming Indian retail sector will need around 56 million workforce by 2022,” says a report from the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). “The sector will also have one of the highest incremental human ...
All India pressing figures till April 30, 2015 are approximately 336 lakh bales, while all India arrivals have dropped to approximately 40,000 bales per day. CCI has sold 6.68 lakh bales through e-auctions out of their procured stock of ...
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According to an Indian Cotton Federation (ICF) report for the fortnight ended March 31, 2015, around 31 million bales have been pressed till now in the current cotton season. The CCI has procured approximately 8.6 million bales of ...
Tags: Cotton Season, Cotton