PLASTINDIA Foundation aims to put India on the global map as a preferred manufacturing hub for plastic products. The Indian building products industry, which accounts for a significant share of plastic products output, is responding well to heightened concerns for the environment and sustainability, the Foundation’s president Jigish Doshi writes. THE BUILDING PRODUCTS INDUSTRY in India
Urbanisation and digitalisation are the two mega trends that Saint Gobain India is aiming to ride. The company has forayed into the home improvement segment, as its retail concept MyHome invites channel partners. The key product categories to be sold at these outlets are uPVC windows, shower cubicles, construction chemicals and ceiling solutions. In this 11-minute
The windows business will be driven by sustainability and performance, explains Profine India director and CEO Farid Khan. In this 8-minute video, he talks about strategies for windows business from the point of view of investors – both fabricators and channel partners. He also presents a vision for the future of the industry in terms of
HOME IMPROVEMENT industry is estimated to be worth over US$ 25 billion in India alone, employing millions, directly and indirectly. And investors are looking for innovators for home improvement. The industry, like many others, is fast getting disrupted with innovation and new technology. All aspects of the business, from Supply Chain to Manufacturing,
Serial entrepreneur and innovator Abishek Nath has taken upon himself the task of reshaping the urban landscape as well as civic behaviour of citizens. By setting up a business of public toilets called LooCafe, he is offering safety, luxury and sustained public convenience never seen before in the country. In a detailed video interview, he
Furniture fittings and screws start-up Hepo is inviting channel partners across India to join up as distributors. The company, which currently has 200 distributors, is aiming to take the number to over 400 across all states. Hepo India, which is a 50:50 joint venture between Hettich AG and Saroj Poddar Group of India, has
PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) is organising a B2B zoom video meeting between businessmen from Moscow, Russia, and prospective partners and investors in India. PHDCCI will host the Moscow companies virtually during May 18-21, 2021. Top level Russian executives from companies operating in the industries of construction materials, mechanical engineering, electronics, and
“If kitchen designers do not conduct themselves as consultants, their customers will end up discussing only prices and discounts with them. And if they want to be true consultants, designers should be able to ask the right questions to their customers,” says noted kitchen designer Gopal Dwivedi during his video conversation with Deepak, where he
AMATech Corp has introduced high volume low speed (HVLS) fans, which according to the company helps “activate” and “accelerate” air convection to “improve” humid and sultry environment in large public areas such as railway and metro stations, factories and warehouses. Its features a PMSM rare-earth “strong” magnetic synchronous motor for achieving a longer life span
Google Pay is set to kill the peer-to-peer payments facility on its web app in January and is going to add a fee for instant money transfers, IANS reports. It offered the ability to manage payments as well as send money from both a mobile app or from pay.google.com. Now, Google has released a notice
Software major Tally Solutions has launched the TallyPrime, which the company described as “next-generation” business management software. The TallyPrime will equip MSMEs and new-age entrepreneurs with “ultra-simple” and “powerful” software to “enhance” their business productivity. “For over 3 decades, we have innovated and created simple and powerful solutions that millions of business owners, professionals, and accountants have
In a bid to keep pace with the changing digital technologies towards building ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has urged the states to further expand the new age courses across their respective training centres. Directorate General of Training (DGT), the apex organisation of MSDE for development and co-ordination of the
The emerging discipline of Complex Choices explores the rationale behind defining purposes, generating ideas, and dissecting decisions, thereby increasing probability of success in personal life, organisations or public policy. Prof Anil K Sood, founder at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Complex Choices (IASCC), explains the applications of this intriguing subject, and discusses the government’s
The Indian economy is seen recovering faster than expected and the Reserve Bank (RBI) is likely to have come to an end of the rate easing cycle, PTI reports quoting the global forecasting firm Oxford Economics. The firm further said that inflation is expected to average significantly above 6% in the fourth quarter of the
Furniture and Fittings Skill Council (FFSC) has restarted its training programmes adhering to the government guidelines. Sankalp Project: FFSC will certify people employed directly or indirectly on a full-time or job work basis by Gram Panchayat for their prior learning experience under the RPL programme in Varanasi and Chandauli. The certified candidates will get all the
Pinaki Nandy, chief sales officer at tiles major Orient Bell Ltd, has traversed FMCG, telecom, and building materials industries in a career spanning 24 years. For Sourcing Hardware’s #SalesLeadershipSeries, he offers insights on how organisations should manage sales teams and channel partners in the digital era.
Saying that Covid-19 has had an unprecedented impact on the hotels sector in India is putting it mildly. We anticipate the overall Indian hospitality sector (including organised, unorganised and semi-organised operators) to incur an estimated total revenue loss of approximately Rs 90,000 crore in 2020. By Mandeep Lamba The occupancy and average daily rate (ADR)
C3.ai, Microsoft Corp, and Adobe Inc have launched the C3 AI CRM powered by Microsoft Dynamics 365. The first enterprise-class, AI-first customer relationship management solution is purpose-built for industries, integrates with Adobe Experience Cloud, and drives customer-facing operations with predictive business insights “Microsoft, Adobe, and C3.ai are reinventing a market that Siebel Systems invented more
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has rolled out its payments services in the country after receiving a nod from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). In 2018, the company had started testing its UPI-based payments service in India, which allows users to utilise the messaging platform to send and receive money. The testing was limited to about
Asian Granito is seeing a surge in revenues on the back of robust global demand for Indian products, as well as good offtake in tier-II and III domestic markets. Executive director Prafulla Gattani explains how the company has built a dominant position in Bharat and why it is emerging unscathed despite the Covid attack. State
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