The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, November 17, 2005

S.P. Apparels plans woven garmenting
S.P. APPARELS, the knitwear manufacturing and exporting company in Avinashi near Coimbatore, is on an expansion mode with plans to venture into woven garmenting, including brand acquisition and garment retailing. The company is in the process ... More

CNBC-TV18 unveils series of market programmes
CNBC-TV18 has launched a series of market relevant programming in the 12 noon to 2.30 p.m. slot, such as Money Market Update, Houseviews, F&O Trends, Stock in News, Commodity Update, Mid-Cap CEO Calls and Small Cap Radar. "Today's market is ... More

Cobra Beer plans to set up second facility in Maharashtra
COBRA Beer, owned and managed by Mr Karan Billiomoria, is planning to set up a second greenfield brewery in the country in Maharashtra to exclusively cater to the southern region. The company has a technical collaboration with Mount Shivalik ... More

Color Chips to produce animation films
HYDERABAD: Color Chips (India) Ltd has announced that Media Ltd, part of the Color Chips group, has embarked upon an initiative to produce full-length animation feature films. The company's first and full-length animation feature film ... More

ADVERTISING

'India vital part of our jigsaw'
Tony Wright, CEO and President of Lowe Worldwide, elaborates on the plans for India and its potential to serve as a key regional hub. More

Foreign news channels and facsimile newspapers — Downlinking norms to keep parity
FOREIGN news channels such as BBC World and CNN are studying the implications of the recently notified downlinking norms that prevent them from carrying advertisements or design content aimed at Indian viewers. A BBC World spokesperson said, ... More

Mudra bags Godrej account
MUMBAI: Godrej has handed the accounts for Godrej Shaving Cream and Godrej Snuggy to Mudra. The incumbent agency for Godrej Shaving Cream was Contract. Mudra Mumbai already manages brands from the Godrej consumer products (hair colour ... More

Nestle's new media partner
MUMBAI: Nestle India appointed ZenithOptimedia (ZO) as its media partner for their planning and buying in India. With this, India will be the 15th country for the Publicis Groupe to handle the Nestlé business besides the US, Canada, ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

Airtel Free Flight offer
KOCHI: Airtel has announced India's first Free Flight Offer, where all Airtel customers get an exclusive opportunity to avail a free Indian Airlines to and fro ticket to select destinations in India. The offer is valid for all new and ... More

RETAILING

Amaron Pitstop in Thrissur
KOCHI: Continuing its aggressive expansion plans in Kerala, leading battery manufacturer Amara Raja Batteries Ltd has launched its Amaron Pitstop in Thrissur. This is the 6th Pitstop in the State and complete range of automotive batteries ... More

OUTLOOK

VIP to hardsell soft luggage — Hopes to hike share to 75 pc of portfolio
VIP Industries targets sales worth Rs 90 crore this fiscal from its soft luggage portfolio. Soft luggage, which currently contributes 35 per cent to the company's overall revenue, would in the coming years contribute close to 75 per cent, said Mr ... More

LG India to push notebook sales
LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd (LGEIL) has targeted sales of 15,000 notebook computer units in 2006, according to Mr Moon B. Shin, Deputy Managing Director of LGEIL. At a press conference held here on Wednesday to announce the launch of a range ... More

India strikes a fragrant note for global players
The Indian market for flavours and fragrances is projected to grow at 10-12 per cent annually. More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

New Holland launches new versions in TN
THE New Holland Tractors (India) Private Ltd, established in 1996 as a subsidiary of CNH Global N.V., strengthened its market presence in Tamil Nadu with the launch of six new tractors at a function here. While two of them mark its entry in the ... More

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