Pune, Maharashtra-based Praj Industries' award winning biotechnology, enfinity, will be deployed to produce ethanol and other co-products using sugarcane bagasse, or plant residue, in what will be America's first bagasse-based bio-refinery. The bio-refinery is jointly promoted by Miami, FL- based Omega Energy USA LLC, a developer of renewable energy projects,...
Aridis Pharma Enters Option Agreement with Serum Institute of India
San Jose, CA headquartered Aridis Pharmaceuticals entered into an option agreement with Serum International BV (SIBV), -- an affiliate of Pune-based Serum Institute of India, Ltd., -- the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by dose units. The deal grants SIBV the option to license multiple programs from Aridis and access its...
Airbus Signs Multi-Year Contract with India's Tech Mahindra
European corporation Airbus SE, registered in the Netherlands, announced the signing of a multi-year contract with Pune, India-based technology provider Tech Mahindra, for cabin and cargo design engineering. Karthikeyan Natarajan, global head of Engineering and IoT, Tech Mahindra, said, "This will strengthen our aerospace engineering portfolio, especially in areas such as...
India's Tech Mahindra Launches Technology Center in St. Louis
Tech Mahindra Limited, an IT services company headquartered in Pune, 100 miles east of Mumbai, inaugurated a new Technology Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The facility emphasizes Tech Mahindra’s commitment to strategic collaboration and will create a future-ready technology workforce in the Midwestern United States. The Center, located at O'Fallon...
Danish Fashion Brand Hummel Opens 5 India Stores
Founded in 1923, Hummel, a sportswear company based in Aarhus, Denmark, inaugurated five stores in India and plans another ten by the end of this year. The first five stores, which are franchised, are located in Bangalore, Pune, Chennai, Surat, and Amritsar. Soumava Naskar, managing director of Hummel India, said...
Harman Increases Automotive Electronics Manufacturing in India
Stamford, CT-based Harman, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Company, announced an expansion to its automotive electronics manufacturing plant at Chakan, near Pune, in India's state of Maharashtra. Established in 2014, this plant currently manufactures highly sophisticated connected car solutions including automotive infotainment units for India’s domestic and global automotive...