Minnesota-based Cargill opened its first feed plant in the city of Vijayawada, in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, dedicated to fish species in India, enabling fish farmers across the country access to high-quality feed this year. The company has invested more than $10 million in the plant. "India presents...
NY-Based IFF Establishes Fragrance Factory in Andhra
New York-based International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.(IFF), broke ground on a flavors and fragrances plant located in Sri City, in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Part of a larger investment into the Greater Asia region, the plant is expected to be commercialized in December 2019. The new...
Alphabet's X Will Provide Internet to Rural Andhra Pradesh
Alphabet Inc’s X research division said that the state government of Andhra Pradesh in India will buy its newly developed technology that has the potential to provide high-speed wireless internet to millions of people without laying cable. Andhra Pradesh currently has a population of 53 million people, of which only...
Three of India's States Consider Hyperloop Installations
In October, I blogged about Hyperloop Transportation Technologies first agreement with India's eastern state of Andhra Pradesh's Economic Development Board, to facilitate the development of HTT’s Hyperloop Transportation System in the state. In November, Los Angeles-based Virgin Hyperloop One entered into a partnership with the government of Maharashtra for exploring...
India Improves Investor Appeal
You may want to take a fresh look at business opportunities and investments in India, if a new World Bank report is to be believed. In November 2001, Goldman Sachs published a landmark paper where they identified India, along with Brazil, China, and Russia as the four “BRIC” economies that...
India, U.S., to Accelerate Cooperation in the Energy Sector
In the wake of President Trump's and Indian Prime Minister Modi's meeting, the White House released a statement that said, "The United States and India are committed to realizing commercial civil nuclear cooperation, in particular through a contract for six Westinghouse Electric AP-1000 nuclear reactors to be built in Andhra...