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Rolls-Royce announces biggest ever order of Trent XWB-97 engines as Air India signs MOU for 68 (+ 20 options) & 12 Trent XWB-84 engines

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Rolls-Royce has received an order from Air India for 68 Trent XWB-97 engines, plus options for 20 more. Air India has also ordered 12 Trent XWB-84 engines, the sole engine option for the Airbus A350-900. This is the biggest ever order for the Trent XWB-97, which exclusively powers the Airbus A350-1000.

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Air India selects GE Aerospace, CFM to power record aircraft order; 40 GEnx, 20 GE9X, 800 LEAP engines, plus services

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Air India signed a firm order for 40 GEnx-1B and 20 GE9X engines, plus a multi-year TrueChoice engine services agreement. GE Aerospace has powered Air India since 1982, when the airline took delivery of its first CF6-powered Airbus A300. CFM is a 50/50 joint business between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines.

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Renault and Nissan investing $600M in new models for India, including two EVs

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Renault and Nissan announced a new long-term vision for India, increasing production and R&D activities, introducing electric vehicles, and transitioning to carbon-neutral manufacturing. Complementing the additional production will be an increase in R&D and associated activities at the Renault Nissan Technology & Business Center India.

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This Engineer Is Helping to Make India a Global Semiconductor Hub

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When Tushar Sharma was a young boy growing up in Jamnapaar, India, a densely populated area outside of Delhi, he never imagined that someday he would meet the country’s prime minister. Sharma, a semiconductor engineer, was instrumental in organizing the meeting for the Tokyo-based company. After all, that is the motto of IEEE.”

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EVR Motors partners with EKA Mobility to provide advanced lightweight electric motors for e-buses and Light Commercial Vehicles in India

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Israeli startup EVR Motors has partnered with India’s EKA Mobility, an electric vehicles and technology company, a subsidiary of Pinnacle Industries Limited, to design small, lightweight electric motors for their e-buses and Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) in India.

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India Injects $15 Billion Into Semiconductors

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The government of India has approved a major investment in semiconductor and electronics production that will include the country’s first state-of-the-art semiconductor fab. There could not have been a better time for India to make its entry into the semiconductor manufacturing industry.” The government has approved 1.26

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First orders for MAN G80 dual-fuel methanol engine

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HJSC) have respectively ordered seven and two MAN B&W G80ME-LGIM dual-fuel engines in connection with the construction of 9 × 9,000 TEU container vessels for HMM Co., The newbuildings will be delivered to HMM from 2025 and will operate on routes to North and South America as well as India. Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co.

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