Bangalore, India-based Forus Health, a medical devices startup, established its first wholly-owned subsidiary Forus Health Inc, in San Leandro, California. The company hired Dr. Cliff Wright, formerly with Johnson & Johnson, Bausch + Lomb, as executive vice president for North America, and Armond T. Dantino, formerly with Johnson & Johnson...
Whisky from India Blended with Scotch
Edinburgh-based Fusion Whisky Limited launched The Kincardine brand, a new Scotch and Indian whisky hybrid, made with whisky sourced from Scotland’s Glen Elgin and Macallan distilleries and India’s Amrut Distillery, based in Bangalore. Kincardine honors Victor Bruce, the 9th Earl of Elgin and 13th Earl of Kincardine, who was Viceroy...
Lockheed Martin Hopes to Manufacture in India
Following an Indian suppliers’ meeting in Bangalore on November 8, executives of Lockheed Martin spoke to defenseworld.net and said that they would look at starting the ‘Make-in-India’ manufacturing project with 12 F-16 jets a year going up to 36 at peak. Randall L Howard, head of business development head for...
GE Healthcare Launches India Startup Accelerator
GE Healthcare has launched an accelerator focused on startups creating technologies that can improve healthcare delivery in developing or low-resource settings. The company is offering as much as $5 million per startup, reports Business Wire. John Flannery, president & CEO of GE Healthcare said, "Globally, it’s estimated that more than...
India Defense Startup Bags $100 Million Peruvian Contract
Tonbow Imaging, a Bangalore-based startup has signed a $1million contract to manufacture and export ‘night-vision sights’ for guns which will then be sold by a U.S. company to the Peruvian army. The device will be fitted on rifles supplied to Peru by U.S. manufacturer Unified Weapon Systems Inc. (UWS). The...
India Startup Plays Transformative Role in Industrial IoT
Startup Flutura, located in Bangalore, India, makes an IoT product that captures data streaming from various sensors on machines to analyze their health and predict problems. Derick Jose, co-founder of Flutura, describes its IoT product Cerebra as a “Fitbit for machines.” The Cerebra platform connects assets used in industries to correlate,...