AkzoNobel a Dutch multinational company in paints, coatings and specialty chemicals has set up a first-of-its-kind Specialty Coatings production facility and color laboratory in the satellite town of Noida 15 miles from New Delhi, reports BusinessWire, India. Alberto Slikta, managing director, Specialty Coatings, AkzoNobel, said, "India is a key market...
TomTom Launches Global Innovation Hub in India
Netherlands-based navigation and location-based products and services company, TomTom, launched a global innovation hub in Pune, 90 miles west of Mumbai. It will be open to all India-based employees to upgrade their skills, innovate and think like entrepreneurs, reports Economic Times. Barbara Belpaire, general manager at TomTom, India, who will...
Philips May Create Venture Fund For India's Healthtech Startups
Royal Philips, based in Netherlands, is looking to invest globally in venture efforts to support healthcare technology startups. Its latest could be slated for India, the company's Jeroen Tas, CEO of Philips Health Informatics, Solutions and Services, told The Economic Times. Tas did not share specific details of the proposed...
DSM Inaugurates Plastics Research and Technology Center in India
Royal DSM N.V., the global life sciences and materials sciences company, headquartered in the Netherlands, inaugurated its research and technology center for engineering plastics in Pune, 90 miles east of Mumbai in India. “The launch of this new research center is in line with DSM’s strategy to support and grow...
Philips Introduces Juvenile Breathing Rate Monitor
On World Pneumonia Day, Royal Philips of Netherlands announced the release of a Children's Automated Respiration Monitor, aimed to help improve the diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia in low-resource countries, potentially preventing many of the 935,000 childhood deaths caused by pneumonia each year reports FierceMedicalDevices. This chest strap monitor converts...
Wolters Kluwer Plans to Expand in India
The Dutch business intelligence firm, Wolters Kluwer based in the Netherlands, is on track to increase its presence in India through acquisitions and tie-ups. Their software product UpToDate is already in use in many of the major hospitals in India, said Corinne Saunders, chief executive officer, developing and emerging markets,...