Pharma Pro & Pack 2016 unveils in Mumbai
Aadhira Anandh The 4th edition of Pharma Pro &Pack Expo 2016, an international exhibition for Pharma’s technology and trade was unveiled on 27th April in Mumbai. The event is being organized by India Pharma Machinery Manufacturers Association (IPMMA) and GPE Exports Pvt. Ltd. Hosted in association with the EEPC India and PHARMEXCIL, the expo largely concentrates on the Indian Pharma engineering and the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry. The expo provided a common platform for trade opportunities to MSME’s on both national and international levels. Simultaneously in another part of the exhibition ground Pharma Lab Expo 2016, an international exhibition of total pharma manufacturing technologies was organized. It focused on providing the experience of new technologies to the pharma buyers and sellers in the industry. The ...
Rising imports hinder growth of Indias paper industry
Sai Nikesh | The Dollar Business Large scale new investments planned in India’s paper industry with an estimated current turnover of Rs 50,000 crore, have been put on a backburner as a result of rise in cheap imports, Indian Paper Manufacturers’ Association (IPMA) told The Dollar Business, on Thursday. In this regard, it said, “We have asked the government to impose 10% special additional duty on imports of paper and paperboard on actual use basis and for bringing the basic customs duty on import of the same from ASEAN countries back to the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) rate.” The government was also asked to review all existing Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and to keep ‘paper’ in the negative list in all ...