Pharma major Hoechst Marion Roussel
has found buyers for two idle manufacturing facilities in Mumbai. It is negotiating the
sale of its Mulund facility to Nicholas Piramal and its Thane facility to Novartis
Enterprises, reports Ananth Iyer. Click
here
The Kirloskar
group is quietly trying to weave profits from silk. Click
here
Thermax's offer of water
quality
"We offer not just
water, but a glass of trust," says R A Venkitachalam, chief executive officer,
Thermax Culligan Water Technologies. Usha Somayaji writes about this
venture's drive to build a business from the need for clean water at a low price. Click
here.
How
local does a brand need to be, and how international? What symbols, associations and
emotional "hot buttons" does it need; and how do these differ by geography? Elliot Moss, Leo Burnett's soon-to-be Mexico City-based
regional account director, Latin America, for Procter & Gamble, answers these
questions. Click
here.
The Internet,
sans hype
In a candid chat with domain-B, Prakash
Gurbaxani, CEO, Micromedia, the technology media business arm of the
Bangalore-based Microland, mused on timeframes and the potential of the Internet in India.
Click here.
Parting is sweet but
no sorrow
The Kinetic group's split with Honda in end-1998 seems to have
helped the group exploit synergies and expand in chosen areas of growth, says Usha
Somayaji, following an interview with Sulajja
Firodia Motwani, Kinetic Engineering's joint MD. Click here
Private equity - the multiplier
effect
Private equity brings in funds plus
reputation, exposure to global expertise, and the push for future growth, say Ashok
Wadhwa and Manesh Patel in the third part of their series. Click here.
A clash of strategies in
colour TVs
With the colour TV market becoming more competitive, the war has spilled over to market
research data. But the main battle rages on in the area of positioning of products. Anita
Sharan and Mohini Bhatnagar report. Click here for this and four
other related reports. |