Posts by Norwin Thomas

Setco Automotive Launches Water Pump for Commercial Vehicles

Setco Automotive Limited, a manufacturer of auto components, has introduced an Automotive Water Pump for light and medium and heavy commercial vehicles (LCVs and MHCVs), expanding its product portfolio beyond clutches. The product is designed to improve engine cooling performance and operational reliability across a range of commercial vehicles. According to the company, the water […]

Ceres Power’s SOEC Produces First Hydrogen at Shell Technology Centre in Bengaluru

Ceres Power, a developer of solid oxide fuel cell and electrolyser technologies, has announced the first hydrogen production at its first megawatt-scale solid oxide electrolyser cell (SOEC) demonstrator system located at Shell’s Technology Centre in Bengaluru. The system, developed in partnership with Shell, is designed to produce up to 600 kilograms of hydrogen per day […]

SOL India Inaugurates Air Separation Plant in Ranipet, Tamil Nadu

SOL India Private Limited, a manufacturer of medical, industrial, pure and specialty gases, has inaugurated a new air separation plant at the SIPCOT Industrial Park in Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, with an investment of INR 1.75 billion. The facility was inaugurated on 4 June 2025 via video conference. Construction of the plant began in July 2023. The […]

Mamata Machinery Leveraging Asset-light Manufacturing Model to Scale Production

Mamata Machinery Limited, a manufacturer of flexible packaging machinery, reported a closing machinery order book of INR 784 million for FY25, reflecting a 14 percent increase over the previous year. The company secured orders worth INR 2.161 billion during the year and executed orders totaling INR 2.063 billion. The growth in order intake was primarily […]

Vardhman and Aichi Steel Plan Special Steel Plant in India

Vardhman Special Steels Limited (VSSL), a manufacturer of special and alloy steels, and Aichi Steel Corporation have announced plans to establish a new special steel manufacturing facility in India with an estimated investment of INR 20 billion. The upcoming plant will have a production capacity of 500,000 tonnes per annum and will incorporate Japanese technology […]

India and Japan Discuss Maritime Cooperation in Oslo Meeting

India and Japan have discussed expanding maritime cooperation across shipbuilding, port development, and maritime training during a bilateral meeting between Indian Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal and Japan’s Vice Minister for International Affairs Terada Yoshimichi. The meeting, held in Oslo, Norway, also covered potential investments by Japanese shipyards, employment of Indian seafarers, […]

GRSE to Build India’s First Polar Research Vessel with Design Support from Norway’s Kongsberg

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), a Kolkata-based shipbuilding company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Norway’s Kongsberg to build India’s first indigenously constructed Polar Research Vessel (PRV). The vessel will be developed at GRSE’s Kolkata shipyard using design expertise from Kongsberg and in alignment with the requirements of the National Centre for Polar […]

LTTS to Establish Engineering Centre in India for Tennant Company

L&T Technology Services (LTTS) has signed a strategic agreement with Tennant Company to support new product development in the sustainability segment. As part of the collaboration, LTTS will set up a dedicated Offshore Development Center (ODC) in India with a scalable engineering team to support Tennant’s work in product development, life cycle management, and related […]

Thermax Opens Pilot Facility for Solid Oxide Electrolyser Cell Development in Pune

Thermax, an energy and environment solutions provider, has inaugurated a pilot facility in Pune for the development of Solid Oxide Electrolyser Cell (SOEC) technology. The facility will focus on developing a pressurised SOEC system over the next 11 months in collaboration with UK-based technology partner CERES. According to the company, the facility is intended to […]

Hi-Tech Pipes Nears Commissioning of New Plants in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat

Hi-Tech Pipes Limited, a manufacturer of a range of steel products, is in the advanced stage of commissioning two production facilities: a greenfield plant at Sikandrabad in Uttar Pradesh and a brownfield expansion of its Sanand Unit-II Phase II in Gujarat. Both facilities are designed to manufacture high-end specialized tubes and pipes for domestic and […]