Engineering
Bosch and SAP combine expertise for Industry 4.0
21 Sep 2016
German industrial-gas giant Linde ends merger talks with US rival Praxair
13 Sep 2016
Linde, based in Munich, opted out of merger talks as it wanted to have certain operations to be based at its Munich headquarters for effective management control
L&T to emerge an agile company with Rs2 lakh crore revenue by 2021
27 Aug 2016
Larsen & Toubro is building on its inherent strengths of engineering excellence to achieve a revenue of Rs2 lakh crore by 2021 and achieving an order inflow in excess of Rs2.5 lakh crore per annum
India’s new capital goods policy targets 21 mn new jobs by 2025
25 May 2016
The policy targets increasing capital goods production from Rs2,30,000 crore in 2014-15 to Rs7,50,000 crore in 2025 and raising the share of capital goods in total manufacturing activity to 20 per from 12 per cent
Konecranes to only buy Terex's Material Handling and Port Solutions business for $1.3 bn
17 May 2016
Google’s parent Alphabet to sell robotics company Boston Dynamics
18 Mar 2016
US defence organisations like Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the US Army, Navy and Marine Corps and private companies like Sony consult Boston Dynamics on creating advanced robots
China's Zoomlion sweetens bid for US crane maker Terex Corp to $3.4 bn
16 Mar 2016
Zoomlion believes the deal offers strategic benefits to both companies since Terex's main products are aerial work platforms, cranes and material handling equipment
Featured articles
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
