Banks beat IT cos in 2021 job growth, media sees biggest fall

Industries such as banking and financial services and insurance (BFSI), and production and manufacturing showed the highest growth in hiring activity in 2021, while media and construction segments showed the biggest declines, said Monster.com India in its annual trends analysis. The BFSI and the manufacturing sectors both saw hiring rise by 31%, while telecom witnessed […]

Reliance Industries raises $4 bln in largest dollar bond issue from India

Reliance Industries has raised $4 bln (around Rs 30,000 cr) via the largest ever foreign currency bond issuance by an Indian entity. The amount will be used to retire the group’s existing debt. The bonds have been issued in 10-year, 30-year and 40-year maturities, and also mark the first time any BBB-rated Asian company outside […]

TCS, Airtel take a step towards human-less factories

Tata Consultancy Services and Bharti Airtel said they tested a 5G-enabled and automated manufacturing set-up using the trial 5G spectrum allocated by Department of Telecom. Called ‘Neural Manufacturing Suite’, the technology aims to implement a ‘lights out’ factory set-up, in which the factory produces everything by itself without human or worker supervision or intervention. This […]

Promoters to sell stock to supply working capital to Marshall Machines

Industrial automation player Marshall Machines said its promoters will sell around 3.4% of the company to raise capital to meet the company’s working capital needs. The promoters currently hold around 73.4% of the total outstanding shares, which will come down to 70% by the end of the exercise. A 3.4% stake in the company is […]

Tejas Mark 1A production to start in 2023, BEL gets 2.4k cr order

Plans to bring out a more improved version of India’s indigenous fighter aircraft, Tejas, have moved a step closer to fruition with the award of a Rs 2,400 cr contract by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL). The contract has been awarded for the supply of 20 types of airborne electronic systems […]

Greenlam to make plywood and powder boards also

Greenlam, the country’s leader in laminates, said it decided to enter the category of plywood and particle boards by setting up new factories in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Plywood and particle boards are used alongside laminates — the multi-colored and shiny boards — in aluminium-based constructions in offices and commercial buildings. “Witnessing a spiral […]

Textile firm offers Rs 4,000 discount to all shareholders

Trident, a prominent manufacturer of bedsheets, bathrobes, comforters (razai) and paper products in India, is offering a discount of 40% to all its shareholders on all items purchased from its website. To qualify for the 40% discount, the customers/shareholders have to add items worth Rs 5,000 to their cart, upon which they’ll get a discount […]

Asian Paints issues detailed rebuttal of InGovern’s allegations on related party transactions

Asian Paints, India’s largest paint company and one of the largest listed manufacturing companies in the country, today issued a detailed and point-by-point rebuttal of proxy advisory firm InGovern. InGovern had, in a report brought out two weeks ago, alleged that Asian Paints was sourcing a considerable part of its raw material requirement from companies […]

Morepen Labs’ exports to get ‘major boost’ with FDA nod for Allegra

Morepen Laboratories said it expects its US export business to get a major boost now that the US FDA has given it the go-ahead to export allergy drug Allegra to that market. Fexofinadine, invented by Sanofi Aventis, is the most widely used, second generation antihistamine drug for the treatment of allergy symptoms and hay fever, […]

BEL gets biggest ever export order as part of IAF’s Airbus C-295 order

Government of India-controlled Bharat Electronics Ltd, a manufacturer of defence electronics, said it received its largest ever export order in the form of a Make in India offset-contract from European aircraft manufacturer Airbus Defence & Space. In September this year, Indian Air Force had signed a Rs 20,000 cr contract with Airbus Defence and Space […]

Sabu Jacob’s Kitex Garments starts Telangana unit

Kitex Garments has incorporated a new company in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, with an initial capital of Rs 100 cr, in keeping with the company’s earlier announcement of shifting some of its expansion to the new South Indian state. The Kerala-based company had created controversy in its home state several months ago due to political statements […]

Dixon starts making fully automatic washing machines for BOSCH

Dixon Technologies, one of the rare success stories of India in electronics manufacturing, said it has started making fully automatic washing machines. The appliances are being made for BSH Household Appliances Private Ltd, the local unit of the global giant that owns brands such as Bosch. Manufacturing has been started at Dixon’s Tirupati factory. Before […]

Rising input costs, monsoon dampen Birla Corp’s Q2 earnings

The 102-year-old Birla Corporation, one of the oldest companies in India and one of its largest cement and jute producers, said the sharp rise seen in commodity prices in recent months and an extended monsoon hurt its margins during the Jul-Sep period. The company’s operating profit or EBITDA — a measure of profit that excludes […]

Polycab sells copper plant to Hindalco for Rs 168 cr plus debt

Polycab India Limited, one of the best performing mid-sized companies in India and a maker of electrical goods, said it has decided to sell its copper rod manufacturing business to metal refiner Hindalco Industries, part of the Aditya Birla group of companies. Polycab said it decided to take this step as Hindalco would be better […]

Parag Milk says derivates back to growth, milk vols yet to reach pre-pandemic levels

Parag Milk Foods Ltd, India’s largest dairy-focused consumer goods brand, said sales of some of its key products has reached pre-pandemic levels, but sales of liquid milk are half their regular volume. The company, which was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic both because of logistical disruptions as well as a dip in consumer demand, reported […]

Rising costs dampen Exide’s revenue out-performance

Exide Industries, one of India’s oldest automotive battery companies, reported a strong increase in revenue for the September quarter, but an equally significant jump in the cost of key raw materials prevented any benefit of the higher sales from flowing to the company’s bottom line. The company’s operating revenue jumped Rs 4,758 cr from Rs […]