Interviews

'The new powder coatings facility in Mumbai has a capacity of about 5,500 tonne," says Thierry Vanlancker, CEO, AkzoNobel NV, and Jayakumar Krishnaswamy, MD, AkzoNobel India

01 Apr 2018

AkzoNobel India, among the largest global manufacturers of powder coatings, recently inaugurated its powder coatings facility in Mumbai, with an investment of Rs 650 million.

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"Brigade Financial Centre at GIFT City is seen as a strategic and financially dominating project," says Vishal Mirchandani, CEO, Retail and Commercial, Brigade Group

01 Apr 2018

Talk about a milestone! Bengaluru-based Brigade Group, among India's leading real-estate developers, recently had an exclusive preview of Brigade Financial Centre (BFC), located in Gujarat International Finance-Tec City (GIFT City), which is India's first operational smart city and India's only International Financial Services Centre (IFSC).

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The goal is to facilitate the construction of 1 million affordable houses over the next 10 years," says Head-Green Buildings Business, ACC

01 Dec 2017

Based on the triple bottom-line approach, ACC's Green Buildings Business has seen a rapid upscale in the past year.

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India is the fastest growing market for us, says Managing Director, Toshiba Johnson Elevators (India)

01 Dec 2017

Being the second largest elevator market in the world, India is one of the biggest growth prospects for Toshiba Johnson Elevators (India) (TJEI).

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It is time we see an action-oriented approach from the industry

01 Dec 2017

'It is time we see an action-oriented approach from the industry,' says Hardeep S Puri, Minister of State, Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry Affordable housing has been accorded 'infrastructure status'under the harmonised master list of infrastructure subsectors.

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It is in our own interest that we incorporate resource efficiencies into our planning process, says Sanjay Seth, TERI

01 Nov 2018

With a mission to attain a cleaner and sustainable future, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), along with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India (GoI), established Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) Council to promote the development of green buildings and habitats in India.

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Demand for ultra-high-speed lifts is increasing, says MD, Kone Elevators India

01 Oct 2017

With the vision to create the best people-flow experience, Kone provides industry-leading elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as innovative solutions for modernisation and maintenance.

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We will be launching at least two different models of compressors, says Nitin Lall, GM, Power Technique Customer Center, Atlas Copco India

01 Aug 2018

This is what Atlas Copco in India offers its customers. With manufacturing facilities in Pune, Chakan, Nashik and Hyderabad, the company has two engineering competency centres - for compressors and construction and mining equipment - and manufactures vacuum equipment, industrial power tools, and construction and mining equipment.

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We are looking at prefabricated panels, lightweight panels and flat slabs for residential floors, says Jairam Panch, Turner Project Management India

01 Sep 2017

In the US, Turner is the No. 1 builder in the healthcare, university, hotel, office, and green building sectors; the No. 2 builder for airport facilities; and the No. 3 builder in sports facilities and reconstruction sectors.

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India is contributing to a large percentage of our global business, says Kaushik Chakraborty, VP, Southeast Asia & India, Bentley Systems

01 Nov 2018

Software development company Bentley Systems supports the professional needs of those responsible for creating and managing the world's infrastructure, including roadways, bridges, airports, skyscrapers, industrial and power plants as well as utility networks - solutions for the entire life-cycle of infrastructure assets.

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The whole concept of digital cities has been steadily gaining traction, believe Santanu Das, Senior and Phil Christensen, Bentley Systems

01 Nov 2018

While Santanu Das, Senior Vice President, Design and Simulation, Bentley Systems, manages global sales, marketing, development and services of the company's building, plant, electrical, civil, and reality modelling applications, Phil Christensen, Senior Vice President, Reality Modelling and Cloud Services, Bentley Systems, is responsible for the company's portfolio of reality modelling software and cloud services.

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Municipal bonds is gaining traction these days, says Ashish Sable, SBI Capital Markets

01 Jun 2018

The CW team recently met Ashish Sable, Senior Vice President & Group Head, Debt Capital Markets, SBI Capital Markets, at the Smart Urbanation Summit held in Hyderabad, organised by Smart Cities Council India.

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