French Multinational Corporation, Saint-Gobain, opened its new cross-functional research center, Saint-Gobain Research India (SGRI), in Chennai, in the eastern state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the campus of Indian Institute of Technology Madras, in Chennai, spread over 2.7 acre , and built at an investment of $29.5 million (€26million),...
Saab, Ashok Leyland of India to Manufacture Truck Simulators
Sweden’s Saab and Chennai-based Ashok Leyland have teamed up to manufacture truck simulators in India for defense applications. The 4K computer graphic visualization simulator will be integrated into the Ashok Leyland Stallion 4x4 vehicle, the most widely used in the armed forces and paramilitary forces. The simulator will help improve...
MTS Inaugurates its Sales and Service Office in India
Minnesota-based MTS System Corporation, global supplier of high-performance test systems and position sensors, announced the formal opening of its Indian sales and service office in Chennai. The company has been doing business in India for more than 35 years and, with the Chennai facility, the company will continue to expand...
Companies in India Join the IBM Watson Ecosystem
InspireOne Technologies based in the northern Indian state of Haryana, and TEXTIENT a Chennai-based Software as a Service platform are the two initial India-based organizations to join IBM Corp's Watson Ecosystem. They will start creating cognitive computing solutions in India, reports TechStartup. India is poised to usher in this next...
Bosch Siemens Localizes for India Market
In an interview with Forbes, Gunjan Srivastava, the CEO and managing director of Bosch Siemens Home Appliances recounted how his company differentiated itself in the competitive market of washing machines. The prevailing front load washing machine market in india was dominated by machines that could wash 13 pounds of clothes....
India’s Navy Accepts another Boeing P-8i Reconnaissance Aircraft
India’s Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar flew in to INS Rajali, Arakkonam, India’s premiere Naval Air Station in southern India, approximately 43 miles from Chennai on board a Boeing P-8I from Port Blair the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India. The minister described the long...