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Thursday, 4th Mar 2010

Boost for Indian maritime safety and security - Indigenous GPS-based search & rescue beacon to the rescue

VXL Technologies Ltd, has achieved a major breakthrough in maritime security - the Distress Alert Transmitter, a global positioning system-based search and rescue beacon. More...

Thursday, 20th Aug 2009

Rs 5447 Crore Debt Financial Closure for Electrosteel Integrated Project

Electrosteel Integrated Ltd (EIL) achieved the financial closure of debt for Rs. 5447 Crores required for its 2.2 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) capacity integrated steel project. The loan agreement between EIL and 30 lenders was entered into on 20 August, 2009 at the Company's headquarters in Kolkata. More...

Friday, 31st Oct 2008

Berger sales grow by 21%

During the quarter, sales grew by 21% to Rs.422.2 crores from Rs.348.8 crores in the corresponding period, last year More...

Monday, 8th Sep 2008

Stone India's Unique Pantograph Enables Indian Railways To Set World Record

The company's high reach pantograph (current collection device) in place of conventional pantograph was fitted in two of their conventional electric locomotives to fulfil this. The new generation pantograph allows an increase in the height of the overhead wires (catenary height) from the standard 6 meters to 7.5 meters, the highest in the world and thereby setting a record... More...

Monday, 4th Aug 2008

Balasore Alloys Q1 Net zooms 318%

Balasore Alloys Ltd (BAL), a major player in the international Ferro Chrome market, has notched up an impressive growth of 318.34% in its net profit at Rs. 2253.28 lacs for 1st Quarter ended 30th June, 2008, as compared with Rs.538.62 lacs recorded during the corresponding Quarter ended 30th June, 2007. More...

Monday, 21st Jul 2008

Shree Cement Ltd. FY '08 up 47% - declares higher dividend of 80%. Q1 topline up 39%

Led by rapid scale up in its operations, Shree Cement has clocked a turnover of Rs.2066 crore, a growth of 51% during 2007-08. Net profit went up by 47% to Rs.260.37 crore during the same period. Company held its 29th Annual General Meeting on 18th July 2008 to approve the audited accounts for the year 2007-08 as also a higher dividend of Rs.8/- per share against Rs.6/- pa... More...

Tuesday, 24th Jun 2008

Electrosteel Castings FY '08 turnover increases 18%; declares 125 % dividend

Electrosteel Castings Limited reported an 18.5 % increase in its turnover to Rs.1,331 crores for FY 2007-08 from Rs.1,123 crores in the previous year. Profits were impacted by increase in iron ore and coal prices internationally. Consequently, profit before tax and exceptional item, for FY 2007-08 declined by 30% to Rs.110.65 crores from Rs.158.42 crores in the correspondi... More...

Saturday, 7th Jun 2008

During the year ended 31st March, 2008, the net sales of Berger Paints India Ltd. grew by 15% and catapulted the Company into the second largest position among the paint companies in India.

During the year ended 31st March, 2008, the net sales of the Company grew by 15% and catapulted the Company into the second largest position among the paint companies in India. Profit before tax grew even faster at the rate of 16%. Sales during the year were Rs 1522 crores compared to Rs 1322 crores in the previous year. Profit before tax was Rs 119 crores compared to Rs 1... More...

Monday, 12th May 2008

Graphite India Sales up 28%, Net Profit up 37%

Graphite India Limited has posted impressive performance for the year ended 31st March 2008. The company has achieved Sales/Income from Operation of Rs.1155.87 crore during the year under review as against Rs.900.01 crore in the previous year, registering a growth of 28%. Excluding exceptional income, the Net Profit for the year is higher at Rs.133.65 crore as compared wit... More...

Monday, 5th May 2008

Balasore Alloys net surges to 435%

Balasore Alloys Ltd (BAL), a major player in the international Ferro Chrome market, has notched up an impressive growth of 435.59% in its net profit at Rs. 3329.11 lacs for the 15 months period ended 31st March, 2008, as compared with Rs.621.58 lacs recorded during the corresponding 15 months period ended 31st December, 2006. More...

Friday, 18th Apr 2008

Hindustan Copper posts PBT of Rs 302 crore in the FY 2007-08

Hindustan Copper Limited, the only vertically integrated producer of refined copper in the country, has posted net profit before tax (PBT) of Rs 302 crore and a sales turnover of Rs 1828 crore in the financial year 2007-08, as per the provisional results taken on record by the Board of Directors on April 17 in New Delhi. More...

Saturday, 5th Apr 2008

INS Kesri commissioned today, 05 April 08, at the Naval Base at Visakhapatnam

GRSE Yard 3015 (Kesari) was handed over to the Indian Navy on 21 Feb 08 at Kolkata. She has now been commissioned today, 05 April 08, at the Naval Base at Visakhapatnam by His Excellency Shri Narayan Datt Tiwari, the Hon'ble Governor of Andhra Pradesh and dedicated to the service of the Navy. The occasion was graced by VAdm RP Suthan, AVSM, VSM, FOC-in-C, East, VAdm Dilip ... More...

Tuesday, 1st Apr 2008

Shree Cement March 2008 cement despatches jump 60%

Shree Cement, the Beawar (Rajasthan) based cement manufacturer has despatched a total of 7.54 lakh tonnes in the month of March 2008. This performance represents a growth of 60.08% over the corresponding month of 2007, in which it despatched 4.71 lakh tonnes. More...

Monday, 3rd Mar 2008

Record Despatches in February 2008 by Shree Cement Ltd.

Shree Cement, the Beawar (Rajasthan) based cement manufacturer has despatched a total of 6.51 lakh tonnes in the month of February 2008. This record despatch performance represents a growth of 71.32% over the corresponding month of 2007, in which it despatched 3.80 lakh tonnes. More...