The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 15, 2005

Water scarcity forces MRPL to partially shut down units
DUE to acute shortage and non-availability of raw water from the Netravati River , the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), a subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd, has been forced to partially shut down some of ... More

ACC plans to hike output by 2 mt
ASSOCIATED Cement Companies (ACC) Ltd is planning to increase the production capacity at its plants by around two million tonnes (mt) this year. Addressing presspersons after launching the `ACC Help Centre' — the second in the country ... More

Creating farm jobs through silviculture — ITC paperboards unit emerging `carbon positive'
AS you sow, so you reap, may have negative overtones, but ITC Ltd has literally sown quality seeds, and helped the Andhra Pradesh farmers reap a rich harvest. The company has taken upon itself the mandate of securing future raw material ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS

Award for innovation
VISAKHAPATNAM: Synergies Dooray Automotive Ltd, a Rs 150-crore auto component company here, has bagged the award for innovative technology transfer instituted by Toyota Kirloskar Motor. The award - Innovative technology transfer for the ... More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES

Herbertsons, BDA meetings — UB, Kishore Chhabria to jointly seek lifting of court injunction
THE UB Group and the Kishore Chhabria Group of companies have decided to move a joint application before the Bombay High Court to lift a seven-year-old injunction against holding the annual general meeting of Herbertsons Ltd and the board ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Shree Ambika Sugars merges power subsidiaries with itself
SHREE Ambika Sugars Ltd, an associate company of Thiru Arooran Sugars Ltd, has merged two of its cogeneration power subsidiaries with itself to emerge an integrated sugar mill with one of the largest cogenerating capacities in the country. The ... More

NEW PROJECTS

Soukya to start 3 centres abroad
THE holistic healthcare model of the Whitefield-based Soukya is to be replicated in at least three locations abroad. The first one will come up on the outskirts of St. Petersburg for which the Russian promoter, Petroconsult, recently signed up ... More

OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS

Destination China for India Inc
All major Indian companies, be it the age-old Tatas, Birlas or the new generation Narayana Murthys, Azim Premjis, are making a beeline to the land of the dragon. More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Ranbaxy ties up with National Chem Lab, DST
NEW DELHI: Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd (Ranbaxy) has entered into a collaborative agreement with the National Chemical Laboratories (NCL), Pune and the Department of Science & Technology (DST) in the area of New Drug Discovery. According to ... More

PERFORMANCE

Alloy Steel Plant on turnaround mode
ALLOY Steel Plant (ASP), under the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), is expected to make a net profit in the fourth quarter of 2004-05, marking a turnaround in its fortunes. According to an ASP news release, in 2003-04, the unit registered ... More

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