US firm sets up $20-mn facility in Chennai

October 4th, 2009 UN watchdog sets Oct. 25 for Iran inspectionTEHRAN, Iran — The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog on Sunday said inspectors would be examining Iran's recently revealed nuclear facility on Oct.

October 2nd, 2009 CHENNAI - A Chennai-Coimbatore Jetlite flight with Home Minister P. Chidambaram on board made an emergency landing at Chennai airport.

September 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - US auto giant Ford Motor Co Wednesday unveiled its first small car for the Indian market, "Ford Figo". The Figo, which is colloquial Italian for "cool", will be manufactured at the company's Chennai facility and launched in markets by early 2010.

August 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.

July 27th, 2009 CHENNAI - The city-based engineering, procurement and construction company BGR Energy Systems has been awarded a $80.5-million contract by Iraq's State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP). According to BGR Energy, the contract is for the development of two gasfields in Iraq and includes supply of equipment.

June 18th, 2009 CHENNAI - US-based silicones manufacturing company Momentive Performance Materials Inc Thursday inaugurated a new manufacturing facility near here. With the opening of the new plant, the company is now planning to shut down its Bangalore facility, which is functioning on leased premises, and consolidate production in Chennai.

June 17th, 2009 CHENNAI - The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has decided to follow the billing system of telecom companies and start automatic remote meter reading. In a policy note submitted to the state assembly Wednesday, the energy department said the board has planned to introduce an "online web-based real time remote automatic meter reading for high tension services".

June 16th, 2009 Judge OKs Delphi's use of $250M credit facilityNEW YORK — A bankruptcy judge says Delphi can have access to a $250 million credit facility. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain on Tuesday gave final approval to the use of the credit facility, which will be provided by Delphi Corp.'s former parent General Motors Corp.

April 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.

March 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's Davis Cup non-playing captain S.P. Misra is delighted that All India Tennis Association (AITA) has gone along with the players in choosing Chennai as the venue for the Davis Cup tie against Australia from May 8-10.

March 12th, 2009 CHENNAI - The US-based $2.8 billion revenue Perot Systems Corporation is ramping up its Indian operations taking up additional space as well as building its own, a top company official said Wednesday. 'The company's new 23,617 sq.ft facility in Chennai with a seating capacity of around 350 will be ready by the end of this month,' Vardhman Jain, managing director, Insurance and Business Process Solutions group, told reporters here.

March 5th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Five months after it was inaugurated, the US consulate here has started visa services, fulfilling a long-pending demand of visa seekers from Andhra Pradesh and boosting Hyderabad's image as an international business destination. The consulate started partial functioning Wednesday, taking over 20 percent of the work being handled by the US consulate in Chennai.

February 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.

January 22nd, 2009 CHENNAI - City-based animation and entertainment major Sanraa Media Friday announced a 2-million-pound ($2.74-million) co-production deal with a London-based production firm for the animated series 'The 99'. The animated series, being produced by Endemol UK, is based on the illustrated comics 'The 99', which are owned and published by the Kuwait-based Teshkeel Media Group, Sanraa said in a statement.

January 6th, 2009 CHENNAI - Wednesday's matches in the $450,000 ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament were called off after persistent showers that began in the afternoon and continued through the evening. The matches have been rescheduled to commence Thursday afternoon, organisers announced.