MANUFACTURING UCAL Targets Tech-Led Growth As Mobility Landscape Evolves

UCAL Ltd is focusing on product diversification, advanced manufacturing, electronics and technology-led engineering solutions to strengthen its position across the global automotive, industrial and manufacturing sectors. The company is leveraging its four decades of engineering expertise, manufacturing capabilities and customer relationships to expand into a technology-driven engineering solutions business. New products drive growth “The future […]

CW Bureau · Aug 31, 2026

B Hindalco Commissions India’s First Superfine PPT ATH Plant In Karnataka

Hindalco Industries Ltd, the metals flagship of the Aditya Birla Group, has commissioned a greenfield Superfine PPT ATH (Precipitated Aluminium Trihydrate) plant in Belagavi, Karnataka, marking the first domestic production of the high-value specialty alumina product. The facility has an annual capacity of 30,000 tonnes and strengthens Hindalco’s Specialty Alumina portfolio while supporting the growing […]

CW Bureau · Aug 27, 2026

STARTUP/TECHNOLOGY IDA Ireland Eyes Deeper Engagement With Indian Tech, Engineering Firms

IDA Ireland, the national investment agency supporting global businesses in Ireland, will participate in the NASSCOM Design & Engineering Summit 2026 in Bengaluru on September 1–2, as it seeks to deepen engagement with India’s technology and engineering ecosystem. David Gaskin, VP – APAC, Technology, Content, Consumer and Business Services, IDA Ireland, and Kanishk Kumar, Country […]

CW Bureau · Aug 25, 2026

STARTUP/TECHNOLOGY Jubilant Ingrevia To Buy 40% Stake In Zettaone Technologies For ₹189 Cr

Jubilant Ingrevia Ltd, a specialty chemicals manufacturer, has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a 40% strategic stake in Zettaone Technologies India Pvt Ltd for ₹189 crore, marking its entry into the electronics development and manufacturing services space. The acquisition will be completed in two tranches. The first tranche is expected to close by […]

CW Bureau · Aug 19, 2026

STARTUP/TECHNOLOGY Amgen To Set Up Science And Innovation Centre In Hyderabad

Hyderabad-based Amgen has announced plans to establish a new Science and Innovation Centre at Genome Valley in Hyderabad. The centre will become part of Amgen’s global Research and Development network, which comprises seven research laboratories. It will expand the company’s scientific and research capabilities in India. Centre to focus on advanced research The new facility […]

CW Bureau · Aug 12, 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

AUTO Minda Corporation Bets On Exports, Premiumisation To Boost Expansion

Auto components major Minda Corporation Ltd, a flagship company of  Spark Minda Group, has outlined an ambitious Vision 2030 strategy centred on exports, product premiumisation, technology leadership and new growth segments as it seeks to strengthen its position as a global mobility systems supplier. In his message to shareholders in the company’s Annual Report 2026, […]

CW Bureau · Jul 29, 2026

GENERAL Godrej Agrovet Opens India’s First Integrated Oil Palm Complex In T’gana

Godrej Agrovet Ltd, a diversified agri-business company, inaugurated India’s first integrated oil palm complex at Khammam, Telangana, with an investment of ₹300 crore, bringing the entire oil palm value chain from seed production to refining under one roof. The facility comprises a seed and genetics centre, nursery, research and development centre, palm oil mill, refinery […]

CW Bureau · Jul 27, 2026

RETAIL/FMCG Magnum Ice Cream Company Opens R&D Centre In Whitefield, Bengaluru

The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC) has inaugurated a Research, Design & Innovation (RD&I) Centre in Bengaluru to accelerate product and packaging innovation for the Indian market. Spread across 13,000 sq. ft., the facility houses a laboratory and a digitally enabled pilot plant, bringing together ice cream science, culinary expertise, packaging development and consumer technical […]

CW Bureau · Jul 6, 2026

AUTO Pricol Sees Earnings Pressure Amid Rising Commodity, Logistics Costs

Pricol Ltd, a leading automotive technology and precision-engineered components manufacturer, will continue with its planned investments, technology development and capacity expansion despite mounting geopolitical and commodity-related pressures impacting the automotive sector globally. The Coimbatore-based firm will remain focused on its medium- and long-term growth strategy and will not scale back critical capital expenditure or research […]

CW Bureau · May 19, 2026

STARTUP/TECHNOLOGY Deep-Tech Startup Ctruh Raises $2.5 Mn In Seed Round To Scale Up R&D

Ctruh, the deep-tech startup building the infrastructure layer for the spatial internet, has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures (IPV). Investor participationThe round also saw participation from Avinya Ventures, India Accelerator, Founder’s Avenue, Anthill Ventures, and LVX, alongside angel investors Vivek Sinha (Founder & CEO, Emversity; Ex-COO, Unacademy) […]

CW Bureau · Apr 30, 2026

MANUFACTURING Mahindra & Mahindra Patents Grow 20-Fold Over A Decade To 1,334

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (M&M), a leading automotive and farm equipment manufacturer and part of the Mahindra Group, reaffirmed its focus on R&D and the ‘Make in India’ initiative, has reported a 20-fold increase in patents granted over the past decade, rising from 56 in FY16 to 1,334 in FY26. The cumulative number of patent […]

CW Bureau · Apr 23, 2026