The Hindu Business Line : Friday, February 03, 2006

Pudumjee to launch personal hygiene products under Greenlime brand
PUDUMJEE Hygiene Products Ltd (PHPL), part of the Rs 400-crore Pudumjee group with major interests in speciality paper manufacture, is all set to foray into the personal hygiene products business with the Greenlime brand. The company has ... More

PVR Cinemas to take total screens to 75 by fiscal-end
PVR Cinemas, one of the leading cinema chains in the country with 50 screens spread across multiple locations, plans to add 25 more by the end of this fiscal. This includes seven more in Chennai and two more in Hyderabad. The Executive Director ... More

BBC to telecast reality series on call centres
KARTHIK Ranganath, a 22-year-old electronics engineer, from Bangalore is all smiles. "After facing the camera for so many days, I'm now comfortable with it," he says. The life of Karthik, an employee of the Bangalore-based BPO firm 24x7 ... More

Moving Picture in pact with Dutch production house
MOVING Picture Company India Ltd announced it has signed an agreement with NL Films of the Netherlands to facilitate production of a Dutch feature film `Zoop in India'. Total outlay of production in India would be Rs 2.8 crore. Zoop ... More

PTC in pact with IBM
BANGALORE: PTC announced a co-operative marketing agreement with IBM to offer Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions to China. The strategy also includes targeting of growth industries such as electronics, consumer packaged goods and ... More

EVENTS

Ideal Home Exhibition in Madurai
MADURAI: The 22nd Ideal Home Exhibition organised by the Madurai District Tiny And Small Scale Industries Association (Maditssia) will be held in the city from February 3 to 13. While providing a meeting ground between the buyers and ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

Emirates to promote Kerala tourism
EMIRATES, the Dubai-based airline, will promote Kerala as a tourist destination through its subsidiary, Emirates Holidays. The Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates airline group, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al- Maktoum, said here on Thursday ... More

RETAILING

ACC outlet in Kurnool
HYDERABAD: ACC has launched a Retail Outlet in Kurnool, the first of its kind in Andhra Pradesh. The company is planning to set up such `Retail Outlets' in all the major towns of the State, according to Mr Rajiv Kumar, Senior Manager. ... More

MARKETING RESEARCH

Households in eastern States conservative in borrowing: Survey
THE households in the eastern States of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam and the rural areas of Orissa seem to be more conservative in borrowing than those in the other States. According to a report by the National Sample Survey ... More

OUTLOOK

Nick India eyeing top slots among kids channels
NICK India is planning to look at language programming in a big way this year. Ms Hema Govindan, General Manager and Vice-President, Nick India, said that though the channel has no immediate plans to launch Nick in other vernacular languages, it ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Natural Care tea from HLL
HINDUSTAN Lever Ltd (HLL) is targeting a three per cent market share in the organised tea market for its new product — Brooke Bond Red Label Natural Care. Announcing the launch here on Tuesday, Mr Anand Ramachandran, Marketing Manager of ... More

Brand Quest

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