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L&T-Komatsu unveil Mini Hydraulic Excavator
13 Dec 2024
Mumbai, December 13, 2024: L&T Construction & Mining Machinery and Komatsu launched the Komatsu PC35MR-3 Mini Hydraulic Excavator at BAUMA CONEXPO INDIA 2024. The launch marks a major step in providin
L&T-Cloudfiniti Onboards Its First Major Customer
12 Dec 2024
Mumbai, December 12, 2024: L&T-Cloudfiniti, the Data Centre business initiative of Larsen & Toubro, has onboarded its first major customer at the state-of-the-art hyperscale data centre located in Sriperumbudur near Chennai.
L&T Energy CarbonLite Solutions Business Receives LNTP (Ultra Mega*) for Thermal Power Plants in India
12 Nov 2024
Mumbai, November 12, 2024: L&T Energy CarbonLite Solutions has secured ‘Limited Notice to Proceed’ (LNTP) from NTPC Ltd for setting up thermal power plants in Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.
L&T Announces Strategic Partnership with E2E Networks to Accelerate Cloud and AI Innovation for Indian Enterprises
05 Nov 2024
Mumbai, November 05, 2024: Larsen & Toubro (L&T), India’s premier tech-led conglomerate, has announced a strategic partnership with E2E Networks, an ‘Indian Cloud and AI Cloud’ provider.
L&T Wins New Orders (Major*) for Power Transmission & Distribution Business
30 Oct 2024
Mumbai, October 30, 2024: The Power Transmission & Distribution (PT&D) vertical of Larsen & Toubro has won new orders in the Middle East and Africa for expanding and strengthening the electricity grid
L&T wins (Significant*) Order to deploy advance welding technology for the Global Nuclear Fusion Project
25 Oct 2024
Mumbai, October 25, 2024: India’s leading technology-powered conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won a new order (significant*) from the France-headquartered intergovernmental body –
Larsen & Toubro and Clean Core Thorium Energy announce Strategic Partnership in Clean Energy
18 Oct 2024
Mumbai, October 18, 2024: Larsen & Toubro (L&T), India’s leading technology-powered conglomerate offering solutions in sectors of national importance, and Clean Core Thorium Energy (CCTE), a US
L&T Wins (Significant*) Order for Agra Metro Network
16 Oct 2024
Mumbai, Oct 16, 2024: The Heavy Civil Infrastructure vertical of Larsen & Toubro has secured an order from Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (UPMRCL) for the design and construction of Agra Met
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.
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