Appointments

01 Apr 2016 CW Team

MANN+HUMMEL Group reorganises its management board and appoints Kai Knickmann as General Manager- Automotive OEM business unit, Josef Parzhuber as General Manager-Automotive Aftermarket business unit, and Steffen Schneider as General Manager-Industrial Filtration business unit.
Honeywell Automation India appoints Suresh Senapaty as Additional Director (Non-Executive, Independent), and Chairman of its Board of Directors.
AccorHotels appoints Puneet Dhawan as Vice President of Operations Economy and Midscale for the Gulf and Levant.
Ravi Kirpalani joins thyssenkrupp India and will take charge as CEO of its Regional Headquarters effective July 1, 2016.

Trimble has introduced a new software version of its BIM Tekla Structures 2016, which improves construction project workflows through better usability, efficient drawing production and enhanced collaboration.

The upcoming Dholera Industrial City in Gujarat has been awarded the India Geospatial Excellence Award 2016, in recognition of the city´s potential to become a global manufacturing and trading hub.

M3M Group signed three MoUs with the Government of Haryana, accumulating to Rs 45,365 crore at the ´Happening Haryana Global Investors Summit´ in Gurgaon.

Real Estate

28 Mar 2026

Housing Sales Dip 7 per cent QoQ Across Top Cities

India’s housing market saw a 7 per cent quarter-on-quarter decline in sales across the top seven cities in Q1 2026, with approximately 1,01,675 units sold compared to 1,08,970 units in Q4 2025, according to ANAROCK Group. However, on a yearly basis, sales rose 9 per cent, indicating continued underlying demand.The total sales value stood at around Rs 1.51 trillion, reflecting a 5 per cent quarterly drop but a 6 per cent annual increase. Mumbai Metropolitan Region and Bengaluru together accounted for nearly 48 per cent of total sales, while Chennai recorded the highest quarterly decline at 18..

Birla Estates Enters Mumbai Redevelopment

Birla Estates has announced its entry into Mumbai’s redevelopment segment with a luxury residential project in Khar West, developed in partnership with Parinee Real Estate Builders. The project will redevelop Anmol Co-operative Housing Society and Bhartiya Bhavan Co-operative Housing Society, marking the company’s first redevelopment initiative in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.Spread across 1.3 acres, the development will offer a saleable area of 2.9 lakh sq ft with an estimated revenue potential of Rs 17 billion. Positioned in one of Mumbai’s prime residential micro-markets, the projec..

Hitachi, MUFG Expand EV Financing Model

Hitachi and MUFG Bank have expanded their NextGen business co-creation model to accelerate decarbonised mobility by financing electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. The renewed collaboration aims to address key barriers to electrification, including limited access to capital and the need for integrated energy solutions.Building on earlier partnerships, the expanded model extends beyond battery-focused solutions to include electric mobility assets, charging systems and energy management infrastructure across global markets. The initiative will leverage structured financing through speci..