Caterpillar, a manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, concluded its Tech Challenge 2025 with a finale held in Chennai and Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, marking the end of a five-month-long competition that began in February 2025. The event drew participation from over 13,000 students across more than 600 colleges in India. Starting with more than 4,000 teams, […]
Jash Engineering has announced plans to acquire a 90 percent stake in WesTech Process Equipment India Private Limited (WPEIPL): 80 percent from WesTech LLC, USA, and an additional 10 percent from WPEIPL employees. The remaining 10 percent employee-held stake is slated for acquisition after three years at a pre-agreed valuation multiple. This strategic move expands […]
VCI Global Limited, a Malaysia-based investment holding company, and Kinesis Manufacturing Solutions are jointly setting up a semiconductor bonding wire manufacturing plant in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, with an initial investment of USD 3.5 million. The facility is scheduled to begin operations in the third quarter of 2025. The 25,000-square-foot plant will initially operate with a single […]
Mahindra & Mahindra has commissioned a crash test facility constructed by MESSRING, a manufacturer of automotive safety testing systems, in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. The facility, designed to test both internal combustion and electric vehicles, is part of a broader investment exceeding INR 3 billion, which also includes a battery and cell research lab. The crash testing […]
Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL), in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Guidance Tamil Nadu, has unveiled the design of the Hyundai HTWO Innovation Centre. The centre is a 65,000 sq. ft. green hydrogen research facility located at IIT Madras’ Discovery Campus in Thaiyur, Chennai. It is part of an INR 1.8 […]
Ramkrishna Forgings plans to enter the forged wheel manufacturing segment with a new plant in Chennai, according to a report by PTI. The company is targeting an eventual annual production capacity of 228,000 units. The total investment in the plant is estimated at INR 20 billion and will be financed through a mix of debt […]
Schneider Electric is setting up a 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, in partnership with Horizon Industrial Parks, a warehousing platform backed by Blackstone Real Estate. The new plant will support the company’s operations in the manufacturing, sales, and distribution of battery management products, including Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, Power Distribution Units (PDU), […]
Automotive Test Systems (ATS) has commissioned a high-capacity electric motor test bed for heavy-duty vehicle applications at its facility in Bengaluru. The test bed is rated at 458 kW of power and 2,900 Nm of nominal torque and has been fully operational since June 2025. The installation is designed to support electric motors used in […]
Seiko Epson Corporation has announced the inauguration of its first ink tank printer manufacturing facility in India. Located in Chennai, the plant has been established in collaboration with Epson’s manufacturing partner RIKUN and is scheduled to begin operations in October 2025. The facility will initially focus on producing Epson’s EcoTank printers. The new Epson manufacturing […]
ESAB India has installed a Zeiss Sigma 360 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) equipped with an Oxford Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) system at its Filler Metals Laboratory in Chennai. This advanced setup strengthens the company’s research and development capabilities in welding consumables and materials analysis. The Zeiss Sigma 360 FE-SEM enables high-resolution imaging and […]
