AT A GLANCE

01 May 2019

    • Ambuja Cements has launched an innovative green building offering for Individual Home Builders in Thane district – Ambuja Plus Cool Walls.
    • BASF has launched its free smartphone app, MyConcrete, in Asia Pacific, for instant access to concrete information, intended for contractors, engineers, architects and producers.
    • Omidyar Network India has announced a Rs 160-million funding of research consortium in the field of property rights.
    • The Hoffmann Group turns 100; Hoffmann SE and its subsidiaries have achieved a record sales topping €1 billion for the first time, in 2018.
    • Aarvi Encon has associated with Indian PSUs to facilitate hiring of professionals for seamless transition from BS-IV to BS-VI fuel norms.
    • Manufacturing in the age of AI, a workshop organised by NITI Aayog and ABB India discussed various facets of Artificial Intelligence-based technology adoption across sectors.
    • TÜV SÜD’s Non-Destructive and Destructive testing laboratory in Noida has received accreditation by NABL for its Non-Destructive Testing and Destructive services.
    • Dow, upon successfully completing its separation from DowDuPont, has launched in three consumer-driven segments: Packaging, infrastructure and consumer care.
    • Wipro Lighting and Mapiq, 
    • The Netherlands, have entered into a strategic partnership to deliver smart workplaces.  
    • Fortum is bringing its advanced Nitrogen Oxide reduction technology in India under the new business ‘Fortum eNext’ for reducing emissions in thermal power plants.
    • Magenta Power has instituted MITRA – Magenta Innovation Technology and Research Academy – for training and education in green energy solutions.
    • As part of Earth Day 2019,  Ingersoll Rand introduced a campaign ‘Small Changes that Make a Big Impact’; its employees in India participated in a tree plantation activity.
    • Mercure Hyderabad KCP recently celebrated the anniversary of AccorHotels sustainability initiative ‘Acting Here Planet 21’.

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