Archive for May 12th, 2007



Japanese motorists may one day pump their cars full of sake, the fermented rice wine that is Japan’s national drink, if a pilot project to create sake fuel is a hit with locals in this mountain resort.
The government-funded project at Shinanomachi, 200 kilometres (124 miles) northwest of Tokyo, will produce cheap rice-origin ethanol brew with […]



Aggressive pricing and cost pressures have caused motorcycle market leader Hero Honda’s net profit to skid 12% in FY07 even though topline continued to grow at 13.8% to Rs 10,089.8 crore.
The Hero Honda’s net profit dropped to Rs 857.9 crore (from Rs 971.3 crore last fiscal), despite a significant spurt in other income to Rs […]



Eyeing on the Indonesian two-wheeler market, the motorcycle maker TVS is planning to invest about Rs 10 crore at its recently completed assembly plant in West Java, the company official said.
TVS had invested Rs 4.5 crore in its plant which had a production capacity of 300,000 units per year, B L P Simha, president director […]