The engineering construction major Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. (HCC) signed a Cooperation Agreement with VINCI Construction Grands Projets (VCGP), the large scale infrastructure construction arm of VINCI, working worldwide, to work on identified power, water, transportation and infrastructure projects in India, as well as in other countries.
Havells India, one of the leading cable & wire, electrical and power equipment manufacturing companies in India, has enhanced the manufacturing capacity of its cable and wire segment at Alwar plant in Rajasthan.
India and Italy to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for enhancing bilateral technical cooperation in road infrastructure sector and greater involvement of Italian Infrastructure companies in the highways sector in India.
The Bangalore based project management company, Synergy Property Development Services gets the contract to manage the project of Huawei’s new R&D facility to be constructed in Whitefield, Bangalore. The total cost of the project is estimated to be around Rs. 500 crores.
The Hinduja Group flagship, Ashok Leyland, starts sale of vehicles on the new U-Truck platform with the rolling out of the first set of 10 models of tippers and tractor trailers in the 16 – 49 tonne segment. Starting with Chennai, the vehicles will be available for sale pan-India in a phased manner over the next 6 weeks.
On November 24, 2010, the new LR 13000 crawler crane for the first time lifted a load of more than 3,000 tonnes. With a test load of 3,371 tonnes at an outreach of 16 metres the nominal load from the table of 2,697 tonnes was proved.
CII Uttar Pradesh State Council organized a two day training program on “Emerging Trends in Construction & Design of Concrete Roads in Uttar Pradesh” at Gorakhpur with the objective of capacity building of professionals from State Government Officials and Road Contractors on the best practices of road construction involved in construction of concrete roads.
Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd (KPTL) has secured an order for turnkey execution of 400 KV transmission line from Congo and two orders from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL) for construction of 765 KV transmission line in Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.
Komatsu Ltd. launches worldwide sales of HB205 and HB215LC hybrid hydraulic excavators, initially in Japan w.e.f. December 1, 2010. According to a company release, following Japan, Komatsu plans to expand sales in North America, China, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Europe.
One Earth Project, Suzlon’s Global HQ, conceived and managed by Synefra Engineering & Construction Ltd has been awarded the “Green Building of the Year” award at the Property Awards held in Mumbai. Synefra Engineering & Construction Ltd is a Tanti Group Company.
