Year: 2015

Tata Chemicals has announced some organisational changes effective June 2014. Ashvini Hiran will move into the role of Chief Culture Officer. Hiran has over 30 years of experience behind him in leading Indian and multinational organisations like Tata Group, Hindustan Unilever, AV Birla Group and Gujarat Coop Milk Mktg Federation (GCMMF).

Tata Chemicals has announced some organisational changes effective June 2014. Ashvini Hiran will move into the role of Chief Culture Officer. Hiran has over 30 years of experience behind him in leading Indian and multinational organisations like Tata Group, Hindustan Unilever, AV Birla Group and Gujarat Coop Milk Mktg Federation (GCMMF).

Handloom weaving is largely decentralised and the weavers are mainly from the vulnerable and weaker sections of the society, who weave for their household needs and also contribute to the production in the textile sector, feels the author.

Sclavos´ history traces back to 1948 when the company was established in Athens Greece by Spyros Sclavos and Evangelos Skepariotis. The main business of the company, at the start, was parts manufacturing and repair works for textile machinery.

The Indonesian company, Indorama Synthetics, produces 280,000 tonnes of polyester per year in the form of fibres, yarn and chips. It is considered the world´s biggest producer of PES fibres. With spinning plants in Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka and Turkey it is also in the top ten of the most successful spinning mills in the world.

The Indonesian company, Indorama Synthetics, produces 280,000 tonnes of polyester per year in the form of fibres, yarn and chips. It is considered the world´s biggest producer of PES fibres. With spinning plants in Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka and Turkey it is also in the top ten of the most successful spinning mills in the world.

It all begun in 1998 for Wacker Metroark Chemicals Pvt Ltd, when WACKER and Metroark decided to form a joint venture under Soumitra Mukherjee´s leadership. Mukherjee joined his father Swaraj Ranjan Mukherjee at Metroark to develop the know-how and install plants for manufacture of siloxane intermediates and silicone resins and varnishes, making Metroark the only manufacturer of silicones in India.