Wellwin Industry bags Piaggio order
Chennai: Wellwin Industry, which makes starter motors for two wheelers, has received an order from Piaggio from Italy, for 8,000 units worth about Rs 1 crore. The company sees the order as a breakthrough leading up to a stronger relationship with Piaggio.
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JCBL to expand services, set up plant in Lucknow
Hyderabad: Mobility solutions provider JCBL Ltd has forged strategic ties with King Long of China to expand its range of original equipment manufacturing (OEM) offerings.
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Chennai Petro to benefit from high crude prices
Chennai: For the oil refiner, Chennai Petroleum Corporation, high crude prices mean good news, hereafter.

The company's capacity expansion project is nearing completion. The new plant that can process three million tonnes of crude oil a year has been designed to handle also high sulphur crudes.
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AirTel launches MTV Club Card
Chennai: Airtell, one of the cellular service providers in Chennai, has launched a pre-paid starter pack priced at Rs 199. Called the AirTel MTV Club Card, the pack is customised from research findings of youth usage patterns, which indicate high level of SMS usage, often five times more than other users. The card offers 300 local SMS free that can be used in the first 10 days. SMS charges beyond that will be 30 paise per message. The card offers Rs 50 worth talk time, according to an AirTel press release.
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Molex Premise launches Xpress-Lock
New Delhi: Molex Premise Networks has released Xpress-Lock, the new field terminable MT-RJ connector.
This end-to-end Xpress-Lock MT-RJ connectivity solution comprises a connector, patented shuttered adapters and an adapter plate. Xpress-Lock MT-RJ maximises field efficiency with minimum termination time, total flexibility and superior design features, according to a company release.
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Infosys to invest Rs 300crore in Mangalore development centre
Karwar: Infosys will invest Rs 300 crore in its Mangalore centre. Delivering the presidential address at the inaugural of the Coastal Investors Meet in Karwar on Saturday, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Infosys Technologies Ltd, Mr Nandan Nilekani, said that the Mangalore centre, which is exporting software worth Rs 400 crore, is planning to take it to Rs 2,000 crore.
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FirstApex to head for US, Europe in a year
Bangalore: FirstApex, the IT solutions provider for the insurance sector, plans to take its products to the US and the European market in a year's time.
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Cisco plans to launch new security product next year
Coimbatore: The first release of machine control systems from Cisco Systems stable is in the offing.

The company will release the product - Cisco Trust Agent - during the first half of 2004, Mr Russell Rice, Manager for New Security System Technologies, Virtual Protection Network and Security Business Unit, Cisco Systems, said.
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