GENERAL Adani Group’s Vande Bharatam Picks 1st Cohort From 26,000 Applications

Adani Group’s Vande Bharatam, the grassroots innovation and entrepreneurship, has selected its inaugural cohort from more than 26,000 applications across India. The cohort brings together innovators from diverse regions and backgrounds with a focus on solving national challenges and building enterprises with wider impact. Initiative seeks to widen access Vande Bharatam is built on the […]

CW Bureau · Aug 9, 2026

RETAIL/FMCG Parag Milk Okays ₹105 Cr Investment To Double Cheese Capacity By FY28

Parag Milk Foods Ltd (PMFL), a leading dairy FMCG company, has approved an investment of ₹105 crore to double its cheese manufacturing capacity to 120 tonnes per day by FY28, to be funded through a mix of internal accruals and debt. The expansion will strengthen PMFL’s position in India’s fast-growing value-added dairy segment. It forms […]

CW Bureau · Aug 7, 2026

INFRASTRUCTURE SEPC Bags ₹855-Cr EPC Order From Steel Authority Of India At Burnpur

SEPC (formerly Shriram EPC Ltd), a leading EPC company, has secured a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) worth ₹854.57 crore from Steel Authority of India Ltd’s IISCO Steel Plant (ISP), Burnpur. The order is for executing the Pellet Plant Balance of Plant (BOP), including civil and structural works, for Pellet Plant Package-2 under SAIL-ISP’s 4.08 MTPA […]

CW Bureau · Aug 6, 2026

MANUFACTURING L.T Elevator Enters Global Automated Parking Space With DYPC Acquisition

L.T Elevator Ltd has signed a Share Purchase Agreement to acquire Seoul-based DYPC Inc. (Dongyang PC Inc.), marking its entry into the global automated parking technology business. The company will acquire a 66.45% stake in DYPC at a consideration of $2.85 per share. It will also acquire and cancel 5 lakh equity shares held by […]

CW Bureau · Aug 5, 2026

INFRASTRUCTURE HAL Charts ₹14,000-Cr Capex To Expand Production, MRO Capacity

India’s Maharatna defence company Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has drawn up a capital expenditure plan of ₹14,000 crore over the next five years to expand manufacturing capacity and strengthen its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) infrastructure. The planned investment will primarily be directed towards expanding manufacturing facilities and establishing repair and overhaul capabilities for various […]

CW Bureau · Aug 4, 2026

MANUFACTURING Jupiter Wagons Partners Lucchini RS To Build Integrated Railwheel Platform

Jupiter Wagons Ltd (JWL) has entered into a strategic partnership with Italy’s Lucchini RS Holding S.p.A. (LRS) to establish India’s first fully integrated private-sector railwheel manufacturing platform. Under the binding agreements, Lucchini RS will acquire a 15% equity stake in Jupiter Tatravagonka Railwheel Factory Pvt Ltd (JTRWF), while SIMEST S.p.A., an Italian government financial institution, […]

CW Bureau · Aug 3, 2026

GENERAL Kothari Industrial, Italy’s IUAD Set Up Design Institution At Hosur In TN

Kothari Industrial Corporation Ltd has incorporated Kothari Industrial IUAD Design Pvt Ltd in collaboration with Italy’s IUAD – Istituto Universitario di Architettura e Design, establishing what the company said is India’s first international design institution. The institution, to be located at Hosur in Tamil Nadu, aims to combine Italian design excellence with India’s manufacturing capabilities, […]

CW Bureau · Jul 31, 2026

RETAIL/FMCG Kothari Industrial Set To Invest More In JV After Karur Footwear Expansion

Kothari Industrial Corporation Ltd (KICL) is considering a further capital infusion into its associate, Phoenix Kothari Footwear Pvt Ltd, to support the company’s long-term growth and expansion plans across India, particularly in Tamil Nadu. The proposal, discussed at the board meetings of Phoenix Kothari Footwear and its subsidiaries JR One and Evervan Kothari, will be […]

CW Bureau · Jul 31, 2026

AUTO Maruti Suzuki Hits Global Milestone With 1-Million-Unit Gujarat Factory

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd has crossed a historic manufacturing milestone by commencing commercial production at the fourth plant of its Hansalpur facility in Gujarat, taking the complex’s annual production capacity to 1 million passenger vehicles—the first time any Suzuki manufacturing site worldwide has achieved the feat. The expansion also makes Hansalpur India’s largest passenger vehicle […]

CW Bureau · Jul 30, 2026

ECONOMY Global Cos, Australian Varsity Choose TN; MoUs Create Nearly 3,000 Jobs

Tamil Nadu has sharpened its strategy of becoming India’s preferred destination for knowledge-led investments, signing a series of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with global corporations and an international university that will bring global capability centres (GCCs), a research and development (R&D) hub, advanced manufacturing and the State’s first international university campus. The agreements, signed in […]

CW Bureau · Jul 30, 2026

RETAIL/FMCG LG Electronics India ₹5,000-Cr Sri City Expansion Plan Is On Track

LG Electronics India Ltd said the expansion of its upcoming ₹5,000-crore manufacturing facility at Sri City in Andhra Pradesh is progressing as planned and will play a key role in supporting its long-term growth strategy. The Sri City plant will serve as a manufacturing and export hub within LG’s global production network. The planned investments […]

CW Bureau · Jul 30, 2026

AUTO Eicher Motors Approves ₹1,225-Cr Investment For Tada Plant Phase-I

Eicher Motors Ltd has approved an investment of ₹1,225 crore for Phase I of its proposed greenfield manufacturing facility at Tada in Andhra Pradesh, as it prepares to expand Royal Enfield’s production capacity to meet future demand. The Phase I investment, to be funded through internal accruals, will create an additional annual production capacity of […]

CW Bureau · Jul 29, 2026