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HARMAN to acquire software services company Symphony Teleca

HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated, the premier audio, visual, infotainment and enterprise automation group, today announced it has signed an agreement with Symphony Technology Group to acquire Symphony Teleca, a privately-held global software services company. Based in Mountain View, CA, Symphony Teleca provides software engineering and integration services that help businesses rapidly design and develop products and technologies at the convergence of device, sensors, cloud and[Read More…]

Gulf Oil Lubricants India and Whitmore form strategic alliance

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Limited, a Hinduja Group Company, has formed a strategic partnership with Whitmore, a global producer of lubrication-centric reliability products including high performance mining, rail and industrial lubricants for the Indian market. With this alliance, Gulf Oil will add Whitmore’s specialty lubricants and greases to its already extensive product line of industrial and automotive lubricants and maintenance[Read More…]

NNG maps Global Trends for In-car Navigation

NNG maps Global Trends for In-car Navigation

Text & Pix: T Murrali With the navigation segment in India growing and evolving rapidly, there have been innumerable trends emerging from India and abroad. The Hungary based company NNG LLC has been leveraging these trends to develop navigation solutions. At a recent exhibition of the VIP Technology Showroom organised by NNG and its local strategic partner ANS, Peter Bolesza,[Read More…]

FEIN Power Tools to kick start Tech Institute

FEIN Power Tools to kick start Tech Institute

Text & Photos: Bhargav TS FEIN Power Tools India is planning to start FEIN Tech Institute as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme. This institute will train the economically disadvantaged and deserving students in power tool technologies and equip them with vocational skills for employment. A separate CSR wing called “FEIN TOUCH” will be launched soon to support[Read More…]

Kenda Tyres to drive Indian two-wheeler space

Kenda Tyres to drive Indian two-wheeler space

Story & Photo: Bhargav TS Taiwan-based Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. plans to drive into the Indian two-wheeler market by offering quality tyres at a competitive price. Currently, the company has started supplying tyres to Bajaj Auto and Hero MotoCorp in India, and is talking to a few more two-wheeler manufacturers like Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) and India Yamaha[Read More…]

Tyrolit offers innovative solutions for metal working industry

Tyrolit offers innovative solutions for metal working industry

Text: T Murrali Advancement in technologies in forging and casting has made the quantum of metal removed minimal. While the trend does benefit many users, especially the auto components manufacturers who are working on light weighting and next generation components, is it reducing the role of the metal cutting tool maker? Actually no, according to Tyrolit, a leading supplier of[Read More…]

by January 6, 2015 Allied Business, Web Exclusive
Central Railway Parel workshop to introduce CReDFI in locomotives

Central Railway Parel workshop to introduce CReDFI in locomotives

Text & Photos: Bhargav TS As part of fuel conservation programme the Central Railway (CR) is planning to introduce Common Rail Electronic Direct Fuel Injection (CReDFI) system in its engines, at a cost of Rs 2 crore. CR’s Locomotive Workshop in Parel, Mumbai is taking several steps to enhance fuel efficiency and increase the speed of its engines by redesigning[Read More…]

ITC Infotech catalyses new product development with end-to-end SLM solutions

ITC Infotech catalyses new product development with end-to-end SLM solutions

Text: T Murrali In a bid to address the market faster, vehicle manufacturers have been looking at delegating design responsibilities too to the components manufacturers, leveraging their domain knowledge. Though this concept is yet to get the critical mass in India, signals on the transformation of auto component manufacturers graduating to ‘concept to part’ from ‘print to part,’ is evident.[Read More…]

by January 6, 2015 Allied Business, Web Exclusive

Bosch completes acquisition of Siemens’s share in BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH

Company to be known in the future as BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Household-appliance manufacturer to be run as a largely independent operation Expansion of activities in connected buildings and appliances   On January 5, 2015, following the antitrust authorities’ approval, the Bosch Group completed its acquisition of Siemens’s 50 percent share in BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH. The former 50:50[Read More…]

LANXESS to focus on continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites

LANXESS, the Germany based chemicals major, said that they will be focussing on Tepex, the continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic high-performance composites from its subsidiary Bond-Laminates. The hybrid technology using Tepex with polyamide 6 as an overmolding material has already done well in a large number of series applications in the lightweight design of automobiles. “Our intention is to highlight the enormous[Read More…]