NEW PROJECTS
Financial closure for Kanoria Chem's expansion by March
KANORIA Chemicals and Industries Ltd (KCIL) is expected to achieve financial closure for the Rs 180-crore expansion programme at its Renukoot facility in Uttar Pradesh by the end of the current financial year. Speaking to Business Line, ... More

INTERVIEW
Gujarat Gas upbeat on growth
AFTER a tough year in 2002, the last year was a better one for Gujarat Gas when margins and profit rebounded. It has been a steep learning curve, confesses its Managing Director, Mr B.S. Shantharaju, whose induction into the top slot in the ... More

SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT
Team Q.E.D. wins travel quiz
WITCO Travel and Leisure Quiz 2004, a fundraiser to help victims of natural calamities, was held here on Sunday. Winners at the competition won gifts worth over Rs 1 lakh including holiday packages from Sri Lankan Airlines, Mahindra Holidays ... More

SICK UNITS
FACT poised to enter `sick' list
EROSION in net worth of the public sector Fertilisters and Chemicals Travancore (FACT) Ltd at nearby Udhyogamandal has paved the way for its impending inclusion in the list of sick companies. The extraordinary general body meeting of the ... More

OUTLOOK
Skoda aims to touch 40,000 mark in sales
SKODA Auto has set a sales target of around 40,000 cars by the fifth year but does not plan to launch another model until 2006 after the current crop of launches slated for this year. The Skoda Auto India Chairman, Prof Karl-Guenter Buesching, ... More

PEOPLE
Award for Gangotri Tex chief
COIMBATORE: The Rotary Club of Coimbatore Midtown has presented the `Vocational Excellence Award' to Mr Ramesh Kumar Tibrewal, Managing Director, Gangotri Textiles Ltd (GTL), Coimbatore. GTL is a major player in the cotton waste ... More

TRENDS
Logistics sector on steady growth path
Realising the potential in the outsourced logistics market, third party logistics service providers are expanding their basket of services. More