Flight carrying Chidambaram makes emergency landing in ChennaiOctober 2nd, 2009 CHENNAI - A Chennai-Coimbatore Jetlite flight with Home Minister P. Chidambaram on board made an emergency landing at Chennai airport.
Nissan reveals sketch of its compact carOctober 1st, 2009 CHENNAI - Japanese auto major Nissan Motors Thursday unveiled the first sketch of its global compact car to be manufactured in five countries including India. "We are serious and committed in our plans for India, and are all excited as we gear up to start production in May 2010," said Kiminobu Tokuyama, managing director and chief executive of Nissan Motor India.
Leitner Shriram wind turbine plant goes on streamSeptember 25th, 2009 CHENNAI - Leitner Shriram Manufacturing's new wind turbine plant, set up near here at an investment of Rs.200 crore, was formally commissioned Friday. Leitner Shriram, a 51:49 joint venture between Italian group Leitner and city-based Shriram EPC, makes 1.5 MW class wind turbines at the new facility, while its existing plant in Puducherry makes 250 KV wind turbines.
Singapore-Chennai flight makes emergency landing in ChennaiAugust 22nd, 2009 CHENNAI - A Singapore-Chennai flight had to make an emergency landing ay Chennai airport on Saturday after one of its rear tyres burst. According to preliminary reports, all 132 passengers and crew on board Flight IC 556 were safe.
Chennai School children tie Rakhi to treesAugust 4th, 2009 CHENNAI - Expressing their love and concerns for environment, school children in Chennai tied Rakhis to trees ahead of the Raksha Bandhan festival. Rakhi symbolises bondage between siblings, and is marked by a sister tying Rakhi around the wrist of her brother.
BHEL sends super-critical boiler columns for NTPC projectJuly 18th, 2009 CHENNAI - Power plant equipment major Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) Saturday dispatched super-critical boiler columns, weighing a total of 100 tonnes, from its boiler plant in Tiruchirappalli to the NTPC-promoted Barh Thermal Project in Bihar. K. Ravikumar and R.S.Sharma, the CMDs of BHEL and NTPC respectively, flagged off the consignment at Tiruchirappalli, 300 km from here.
Stalin demands gas grid in southern IndiaJuly 4th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin Saturday requested the central government to set up a gas grid in the south for the rapid industrialisation of the southern states.
Labour unrest at MRF again, Arakonam plant locked outMay 18th, 2009 CHENNAI - City-based tyre manufacturer MRF has declared a lockout at its radial tyre factory in Arakonam near here from Sunday onwards due to labour unrest. 'The management has declared lockout at the company's manufacturing plant situated at Arakonam in Tamil Nadu with effect from 3.00 p.m.
US firm sets up $20-mn facility in ChennaiMay 11th, 2009 CHENNAI - The US-based welding consumables product company Lincoln Electric inaugurated its $20-million plant near Chennai Monday. The 100,000 square feet plant in Mahindra World City, a special economic zone (SEZ), has an initial production capacity of 15,000 tonnes per annum.
Cryolor to set up gas container plant near ChennaiApril 22nd, 2009 CHENNAI - France's Cryolor SA, part of the $17-billion Air Liquide group, will set up a cryogenic gas storage equipment plant near here, a top official said Wednesday. Cryolor Asia Pacific, the Indian arm of Cryolor SA, will manufacture storage equipment for liquefied gases such as liquid oxygen, nitrogen and liquefied natural gas, company managing director Ravin Mirchandani told reporters here.
Tyre maker MRF declares lockout at Puducherry plantFebruary 24th, 2009 CHENNAI - City-based tyre manufacturer MRF has declared a lockout at its Puducherry plant following labour unrest. For more than a year, MRF has been facing labour unrest, which began at its Thiruvottiyur plant here and later erupted at the Arakonam facility.
Sew Eurodrive commissions Chennai plantFebruary 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - Sew Eurodrive India, manufacturer of drive and motion control devices like industrial gears, commissioned its Sriperumbudur plant near here Tuesday. 'The Rs.330-million outlay plant was set up to serve the southern markets that contribute to nearly 40 percent of our turnover,' M.J.
Dixon plans LCD TV unit in Tamil NaduFebruary 1st, 2009 CHENNAI - The Rs.6-billion turnover Dixon Technologies, which owns the consumer durable brand Weston, will set up a Rs.200-million (Rs.20-crore) unit to manufacture liquid crystal display (LCD) television sets at Oragadam near here. 'The 200,000 units per annum plant will service the southern markets while the company's other LCD TV plant at Uttarakhand (annual capacity 100,000 units) will serve the remaining markets,' Dixon managing director Sunil Vachini told IANS from Gwalior.
US vehicle transmission system maker sets shop in IndiaJanuary 27th, 2009 CHENNAI - Allison Transmission Inc., the US-based manufacturer of commercial duty transmissions and hybrid propulsion systems, will start production in India early next year, the company said here Wednesday. It will set up a 203,000 square foot plant at the Sipcot Industrial Estate near here, where it will make automatic transmissions and components for commercial vehicles, said Allison Transmission India managing director Ram Amarnath.
Bhilai Steel posts best-ever April-December performanceJanuary 1st, 2009 RAIPUR - Bhilai Steel Plant concluded April-December with the best-ever performance as its production touched 4.04 million tonnes (MT) of hot metal, 3.87 MT of crude steel and 3.31 MT of saleable steel, a company official said Friday. The plant, located some 30 km west of Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur, is the flagship unit of the state-owned Steel Authority of India (SAIL).
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