Guwahati, April 28: The bamboo artisans and entrepreneurs participating in the Green Gold Bamboo Summit here had a heyday today, as the pioneers in the industry shared their experiences. Pushapnjali Das, proprietor of the Green Bam Solutions – a housing and defence consultancy start up that uses …
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IKEA bullish on “Make In Assam”; Hails local Bamboo entrepreneurs
Global furniture retailer, IKEA, has identified Assam as a potential source of procuring bamboo and making it locally for global consumption, as part of company’s plans to ramp up operations in India. Unveiling company’s plans for the North East, Sandeep Sanan, New Business Development Manager, S…
Ikea looking for small suppliers to double local sourcing by 2020
Ikea is sharpening India focus as it plans to double sourcing from the Indian market to 600 million euro by 2020 and will start work on its second store in the country in Navi Mumbai by May of 2017 . The global home furnishing giant from Sweden sources products worth 318 million euro from India. …
Sweden promotes innovation through Make in India initiative
Sweden is celebrating its tenth edition of The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week 2016 in India between October 1 -7 with an eye on celebrating innovation which Alfred Nobel promoted and contributing to Modi government’s focus on creating innovation hub in this country. The annual high-profile exer…
Furniture retailer Ikea to invest Rs 1,500 crore in Mumbai
World’s largest furniture retailer Ikea is investing Rs 1,500 crore here as part of plans to have 25 stores across India by 2025 and its first store is likely to come up within 18 months in Navi Mumbai, an official said. It is among the several companies including Amazon, Microsoft, Owens C…