Identifying 10 areas that could help triple Indo-US trade by 2010, industry body Assocham has prepared a roadmap to boost trade between the two countries to over $120 billion from the current $40 billion.\n\n
Chinese alumina refining and metal smelting technologies have emerged as a match for the best anywhere in the world. In fact, Vedanta and Hindalco have bought technologies from China. Our aluminium makers will be haunted by twin fears of rising imports and low metal prices squeezing margins over a long time.
The 10.5 billion-euro Italian oil major ENI is entering the Indian lubricants market through a technology transfer agreement with a Mumbai-based firm to manufacture and sell various products.
Increasing the duties on auto parts and putting an additional cess on petrol and diesel could drive up costs of vehicles, specially where volumes are low and localisation is not viable.
While declining to comment on the intended takeover bid for JLR by Tata Motors, another group company, Myers said the relationship was close to four years old.
Faced with growing competition from global automotive companies, domestic auto-makers are furiously patenting their technology as a way of defending themselves against the competition.
The Pune-based company pointed out that the Chinese manufacturer Taian Chiran Machinery Co and its Sri Lankan distributor were recently instructed by a Sri Lankan court to withdraw their copy of Bajaj Pulsar with DTSi technology from the market.
Only five sectors such as consumer internet companies, professional services, life sciences, automotive and consumer products are projecting double-digit increment.
New York-based investment bank Virtus Global Partners said on Monday the firm is in talks with Indian companies to help them acquire nine US firms mainly in IT, pharma and automotive sectors this year.
Making a debut in India with an SUV, Citroen's products in the next couple of years will clearly chart and define its destiny in what has become both a vibrant but also a daunting market for foreign entrants, says Pavan Lall.
These patents are primarily in the area of computation and data processing.
Skimping on state-of-the-art emissions technology between 2009 and 2014 probably saved VW a measly 4.3 billion euros, less than it has so far set aside to meet recall costs.
If carmakers don't explore innovations to improve safety, they could be relegated to the garbage heap by new players, says Indrajit Gupta
Mudar Patherya lists companies whose shares can bring on Xmas cheer for investors.
Wipro Technologies is acquiring US-based Quantech Global Services for $10 million in an all cash deal to strengthen its competence in mechanical engineering design and analysis services.
Hero MotoCorp, Honda Motorcycles, Scooters India, TVS, Honda India, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, Ford, Nissan, Ashok Leyland are all giving the Auto Expo a miss this time.
iGate Global Solution plans to hire over 100 IT professionals in Japan over the next 6-12 months targeting the huge Japanese IT services market with its Integrated Technology and Operations model.
We'll see what happens with Brexit. Either way, there will be technology spends because people have to develop and modify new systems.
The Pune-based research institute will design and develop car batteries and offer the technology for mass production.
Chinese players form a major part, around 20 per cent of the auto expo this year, despite a slowdown in the Indian automobile sector in the last one year. Over two dozen top officials from various companies were planning to participate in the event, besides a group of journalists.
Maruti Udyog has topped the list of J D Power ranking for the fifth year in a row in terms of customer satisfaction.
The Mahindra BAJA SAE India recently held its annual challenge for undergraduate engineers.
SAE honours about 20 recipients worldwide every year.
Co-founders of India's latest unicorn expected Covid-19 to be a speed breaker; instead it accelerated sales. Cars24 now enjoys more than 90 per cent market share among all other similar online transaction platforms. Dhruv Munjal traces the birth of this used-cars platform.
Though the government has been pushing for exports of high-value manufactured goods across major markets in place of raw materials and input goods, India's top exports to China remain in the raw materials category.
Automobile companies are worried about challenges from electric mobility, automation and connected vehicles.
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JLR is developing its own autonomous car technologies, which could one day trickle into Tata's more affordable people carriers.
There are 230 million vehicles on the road, and counting. Bulk of these are under seven years old and once they get older, the industry estimates the requirement for spare parts and aftersales service to shoot up sharply.
Developed markets have performed better than emerging market firms in the top 10 TSR-based rankings, says a BCG report.
Experts say while the increasing demand for a ban on Chinese goods might make for good optics, the reality is that India is still heavily dependent on that country in a wide range of industries like electronics, mobile devices, auto, pharma, telecom equipment, and fertilisers.
