Day: 12 February 2024

​udaanCapital and Saint-Gobain Partner to Promote Channel Financing in the MSME Sector

Vijay Raman

  ~udaanCapital facilitates disbursals of over 170 crores of Working Capital to the distribution network of Saint-Gobain ~ • Saint-Gobain preferred udaanCapital as a partner because of quick disbursal, quick turnaround time & low default rate• udaanCapital has onboarded 200+ distributors in 20 months • Distributors benefit from collateral-free loans for MSMEs facilitated by udaanCapital • The program extended across 122 cities and 23 states, with a focus on Tier 2, 3, and 4 towns udaanCapital, one of India's leading fintech players, today announced that it has facilitated disbursals of over…

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NORD Drivesystems, Two offers for warehouse logistics

Vijay Raman

Two offers for warehouse logistics With the LogiDrive solution space, NORD offers its warehouse logistics customers two industry-optimised drive concepts. LogiDrive Advanced and LogiDrive Basic both impress with their low weight and compact installation space. In addition, they are optimised for different factors.  NORD-LogiDrive.jpg: LogiDrive is an energy-efficient, service-friendly and standardised modular system for warehouse logistics requirements Image: NORD DRIVESYSTEMSChain and roller conveyors, belt and pallet conveyors, container and overhead conveyors: In warehouse logistics, they all require reliable drives with sufficient power for the corresponding application. This is guaranteed by both solutions from…

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Sodium to Debut in Small Microcars First for Mobility Applications, Reports IDTechEx

Vijay Raman

Author: Shazan Siddiqi, Senior Technology Analyst at IDTechEx Many people were surprised when HiNa revealed their lineup of sodium-ion battery cells, as well as a prototype of an electric car, in February 2023. But it had been a long time coming. The low-cost Sehol E10X microcar uses a 25 kWh battery pack made from cylindrical sodium-ion cells from HiNa. The business commissioned its first 1 GWh/year production line in December 2022. The complex will host five such lines; another for 30 GWh/year is planned, and more batteries will be manufactured under…

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Government of India launches portal for girls in science, technology, engineering, mathematics

Vijay Raman

Professor Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, yesterday launched the “Science for Women-A Technology and Innovation (SWATI)” portal, which aims to create a platform representing Indian women and girls in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering) (Mathematics and Medicine) online portal has to be created. Launching the portal on the occasion of International Day of Women and Girls in Science at the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, Professor Sood said, the database of Swati portal will be useful in policy making to address the challenges of…

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