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  • Siddarth Shahani joins IN10 Media Network as head of finance

    Siddarth Shahani joins IN10 Media Network as head of finance

    MUMBAI: IN10 Media Network has appointed Siddarth Shahani as head of finance. A chartered accountant with more than 24 years in the trade, Shahani will take charge of the network’s holding company and five subsidiaries.

    He moves from Barc India, where as financial controller he ran a 15-member team overseeing billing, treasury, taxation and payables. There, he drove compliance, streamlined processes, secured better foreign exchange rates and steered a Big Four audit.

    His earlier stints include senior finance roles at Daymon, Laqshya Media Group, Tops Security, Landor and Siemens, along with audit tenures at EY, KPMG and PwC.

    Shahani, known for his hands-on style and process rigour, is expected to bring tighter controls and sharper strategy to IN10 Media’s expanding portfolio.

  • Siemens Energy India: power shift as demerger sparks big moves

    Siemens Energy India: power shift as demerger sparks big moves

    MUMBAI: The energy game at Siemens just got a positive jolt. The National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai, has sanctioned the long-awaited demerger of Siemens Ltd’s energy business, officially spinning it off into Siemens Energy India Ltd (SEIL) from 1 March 2025.

    The result? A major corporate power shift. All Siemens employees in its energy business now belong to SEIL, turbocharging its ranks with key talent. Among them, Guilherme Vieira De Mendonca, the former head of Siemens’ energy business, now takes the wheel as managing director and chief executive officer of SEIL. Harish Shekar, the finance head, has also made the leap, stepping into the role of executive director and chief financial officer.

    These heavyweight appointments are, of course, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals, but the writing is on the wall. With the energy transition heating up, SEIL looks ready to charge ahead. Watch this space.

  • V-Guard’s Insight-G fan blows away the competition with German Design Award

    V-Guard’s Insight-G fan blows away the competition with German Design Award

    MUMBAI: V-Guard’s Insight-G BLDC fan has breezed past the competition to claim the prestigious German Design Award 2025 in the excellent product design category, solidifying its place among world-class innovations. Recognised for its sleek aesthetics, user-friendly technology, and dust-repellent durability, the fan stands as a testament to intelligent design and efficiency.

    The award was presented at a glittering ceremony at Frankfurt Messe, Germany, attended by over 1,300 global industry experts. Organised by the German Design Council, the award is among the most esteemed in the world, honouring trailblazing products that redefine design excellence.

    An elite jury of 30 international design experts from 16 countries lauded the Insight-G fan for its premium build, advanced functionality, and sustainability, placing it alongside global titans like Toyota, Porsche, and Siemens.

    “Winning the German Design Award is a moment of great pride for us,” said V-Guard Industries managing director Mithun K Chittilappilly. “The Insight-G BLDC Fan showcases our commitment to intelligent design, exceptional performance, and energy efficiency and we remain dedicated to delivering innovative thoughtful solutions that enhance consumers’ lives.” he added.

    This win follows V-Guard’s recent success at the Red Dot Design Awards, reaffirming its reputation for delivering high-quality, future-ready products. With Insight-G, V-Guard isn’t just reinventing the fan, it’s redefining the future of home comfort, one stylish spin at a time.
     

  • Live Your City GM Sheetal Birla gears up to rev Indian live entertainment

    Live Your City GM Sheetal Birla gears up to rev Indian live entertainment

    MUMBAI: She’s hoping to get Indian live entertainment lovers swooning in feverish delight. As general manager, India, for  global live-entertainment discovery tech platform Fever Labs  – a position she took up in October 2024 – she will find the going easy.

    The reason: Live your City, the brand under which Fever operates has been running candlelight concerts in India since June 2024. And they have been a raging success starting with the first performances, in Mumbai and New Delhi at venues like Four Seasons in Worli, and Shri Ram Centre of Performing Arts in Connaught Place. These were followed up with venues like Pune’s  Radisson Blu, Jaipur’s  Rajasthan International Centre, Mumbai’s Royal Opera House,  and the JW Marriot,  Juhu, Benglauru’s  Sheraton Grand Bangalore Hotel and Thiruvananthapurm’s  Hyatt Regency and Hilton Garden Inn. Ticket prices have varied from Rs 500 to Rs 2,500. 

    While Sheetal is pleased about the progress Live your City has made so far, she is all charged up about leading the expansion strategy of the experience providing  company.  

    “From immersive experiences to sports events and music festivals, live entertainment has the power to unite people like nothing else. Now, combine that with the power of technology – and you’ve got Fever, the world’s leading platform for multi-category experiences, transforming the way we access culture and entertainment. With a data-driven approach, Fever not only inspires users but also empowers creators. The country’s rich cultural heritage, combined with its appetite for innovative experiences, presents unprecedented opportunities. I look forward to working with the talented team to expand our footprint and create memorable experiences that resonate with India’s diverse audiences,” said  Sheetal. “As Walt Disney said, ‘It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.’ Here’s to pushing boundaries, creating memories, and bringing people closer to the moments that truly matter. Let the adventure begin!”

    Sheetal’s career spans Fortune Global 500 companies and dynamic startups, and she brings extensive technology leadership experience and a proven track record in scaling businesses across diverse sectors. Her expertise in leveraging AI and data-driven strategies for business growth aligns perfectly with Live Your City’s vision for the Indian market.

    Prior to joining Fever Labs (Live Your City), Sheetal held transformative positions at several leading organisations, including Falkonry (deep tech and AI), Samsung (mobile), Tesco (retail), and Siemens (telecom), where she consistently demonstrated excellence in brand building, go-to-market strategy development, and revenue growth acceleration. Her global perspective, shaped by living in eleven cities across six countries, brings a unique understanding of diverse markets and consumer behaviours.

    Sheetal holds a bachelor’s in computer science and engineering and an MBA from Insead.  Her combination of technical expertise and business acumen positions her perfectly to drive Live Your City’s next phase of growth in India’s dynamic entertainment sector.

  • BSH Home Appliances unveils revitalised Siemens brand.

    BSH Home Appliances unveils revitalised Siemens brand.

    Mumbai: BSH Home Appliances announce the strategic rebranding of Siemens Home Appliances heralding a new era of innovation and advancement in the premium home appliances segment. The refreshed Siemens brand identity was unveiled in Bengaluru, representing a significant milestone in reshaping the future of high-end home appliances in the Indian market.

    The futuristic products by the brand have been a consumer favourite across the globe since its inception for its built-in range and capabilities. The brand’s commitment to innovation, quality, and sustainability aligns well with the discerning preferences of Indian consumers who are increasingly seeking technologically advanced and aesthetically pleasing home appliances.

    BSH recognises the evolving landscape of the home appliances industry driven by a heightened focus on energy efficiency, intuitive features, AI integration, smart connectivity, and superior performance. As affluence grows in India, consumer preferences have shifted towards premium appliances, aligning with higher disposable incomes and exposure to global products. BSH strategically positions the Siemens brand as a leader in meaningful innovation, leveraging its renowned commitment to cutting-edge technology, quality, and sustainability.

    Siemens, a pioneer in shaping the global home appliances landscape, is set to enhance visibility in built-in kitchen solutions, drawing on its global leadership, iconic design, and legacy of setting benchmarks for performance and reliability.

    The reshaping of the iconic and the most loved premium brand, Siemens was consciously designed following BSH’s commitment to consumer centricity. It tackles highly relevant societal topics based on a new perception of ‘Progress.’  As the brand that empowers Progress Seekers, Siemens Appliances sets itself apart by expressing intelligence and progressiveness through its products and services. The focus is on making technology approachable and joyful, revolutionizing the home with distinctive, modern, and sophisticated designs that captivate consumers.

    Expressing his delightful BSH Home Appliances India managing director & CEO Saif Khan said, “With the new brand identity, Siemens Home Appliances aims to create holistic premium experiences for our customers powered by meaningful innovations and smart technologies that go beyond appliances and transform homes.  Siemens is poised to shape the future of living for Indian consumers, drawing on a legacy of excellence since its inception.  

    Siemens, Appliances is not just introducing products; we are paving the way for a visionary and technologically advanced era in the homes of tomorrow.” He added.

    Re-shaped brand design for a more dynamic and modern brand appearance.

    The new visual identity system adopts a more dynamic and sleek modern brand appearance, embracing progress and embodying a future-oriented approach that aligns with the expectations of high-end Siemens consumers.

    The design features a vibrant color palette with deep blue, pure white, and the iconic Siemens petrol. Utilizing the power of typography and imagery the design now reflects the brand’s embrace of progress and future thinking, offering consumers a transformed visual world, which is urban, sleek, active and real, featuring unique, remarkable personalities.

    Consumers can experience the refreshed design at retail touchpoints and experience centers in India. With a brand purpose centered on “empowering ambitions,” Siemens Home Appliances aims to redefine the home appliance landscape. The brand is committed to offering intelligent solutions that not only meet consumer needs but also delight and inspire. The reinvigorated Siemens brand is set to make a lasting impact on the premium home appliance market in India.

    BSH Home Appliances recently launched the game-changing iQ700 range of built-in ovens under the Siemens brand in India which defines the future of cooking. For the first time in the industry, the oven comes with an integrated camera that allows to select the browning level as per taste and preference. The Home Connect feature makes life simpler for users with a range of innovative features integrated into the oven.

    Made for smart Indian households, consumers can control the oven programs easily through voice control, smartphone, tablet, or touch display via the Home Connect App.  The oven’s menu comes with a high-resolution TFT-Touch display. An industry first, with the largest oven display, the high-contrast color screen offers you easy-to-use navigation.

  • RB expands its e-commerce product portfolio in India

    RB expands its e-commerce product portfolio in India

    MUMBAI:  Reckitt Benckiser has expanded its e-commerce product portfolio by introducing Calgon 3-in-1 power gel water softener for washing machines and Airwick car fresheners to the Indian market. Calgon has been trusted to protect washing machines from limescale and dirt build-up for over 50 years. It is the only water softener recommended by global leading washing machine manufacturers like Bosch, Siemens and Whirlpool.  With Airwick car fresheners, RB is marking its entry in the car freshener category for the first time.

    Findings show that hard water is prevalent in multiple parts of the country, leading to formation of lime scale in household equipment including washing machines resulting in long term damage of the machine. Calgon works through the neutralization of the hard water mineral ions and creates a protective shield with every wash. It increases the lifespan of the washing machine. In addition, Calgon is safe to be used on all kinds of garments and prevents malodour in the machine; just one cap with every wash.

    Airwick car fresheners are easy to use with a superior spill proof technology with 100% fragrance that lasts for upto 60 days giving the feeling of freshness with every drive. The product addresses the problem of malodour within the vehicle leaving the car smelling fresher and fragrant for longer.

    Commenting on the launch, RB Hygiene Home, South Asia CMO & Marketing Director Sukhleen Aneja said, “As Reckitt Benckiser Hygiene Home, we are committed to bringing in superior – technologically advanced products to serve and add value to the growing consumer needs. E-commerce today allows us to test and incubate ideas before scaling them for the more traditional ‘Go to Market’ channels. With the introduction of Calgon and Airwick car fresheners, we are bringing products that are easy to use and address some key concerns that have been identified in our research.”

    Growing at an annual rate of 31%, India is the fastest growing market for e-commerce in the world. E-commerce platforms have managed to build their own identity by providing solutions to the needs of Indian consumers. Both, Calgon and Airwick car fresheners are imported products and in their first phase will be sold exclusively on e-commerce platforms.

    Calgon 3-in-1 power gel will be available in 750 ml pack at an introductory price of Rs 350. Airwick car fresheners will be available in two formats – vent clip and multi-surface clip, which will last upto 60 days and will be launched at an introductory price of Rs 199.

  • Siemens & Sumitomo win US$ 520m Pugalur-Trichur HVDC and cable VSC order

    MUMBAI: A consortium between Siemens and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. has been awarded an HVDC order from Indian transmission operator Power Grid Corporation of India to supply a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system.

    The about 200-km long HVDC connection will be India’s first DC link featuring voltage-sourced converter (VSC) technology. VSC is the latest innovation in HVDC technology offering a very stable and highly flexible reactive power control independent of active power control and additional features to support the AC systems like blackstart capability. Furthermore, this solution is ideal to be combined with XLPE cable technology. Siemens will be supplying two converter stations with two parallel converters, each rated 1000 Megawatts (MW), featuring its VSC HVDC technology while Sumitomo Electric will be responsible for XLPE HVDC cable system in the DC circuit.

    The combined order volume for Siemens and Sumitomo Electric is approximately $520 million. The grid connection is scheduled to go into operation in the first half of 2020.

    “We are proud to announce that this project will be the first HVDC link in India featuring VSC technology”, states Siemens Energy Management CEO Ralf Christian. “Latest innovations will help achieving ambitious grid programs, like the “24 x 7 Power for all” initiative of India’s Ministry of Power, to meet the growing power demand.”

    The Pugalur-Trichur ±320 kilovolt (kV) HVDC system will connect Pugalur in the southern state of Tamil Nadu to Trichur in Kerala State in South-West India. The Trichur converter station will be connected via underground XLPE HVDC cable to a transition station also being built by Siemens. Sumitomo Electric’s DC-XLPE cable has unique characteristics among industries to maximize utilization of HVDC system, enabling normal operation temperature at 90 degree, which is suitable for the hybrid system with bulk power overhead line. Sumitomo Electric will supply 128 km XLPE HVDC cable system comprising four cables for a route of 32 km each. From the converter station at Pugalur power will be transmitted via an overhead line to the transition station. The Siemens scope of supply for the turnkey project encompasses design, engineering, supply, installation as well as commissioning and major equipment supplies of the complete HVDC stations, including converter valves, transformers, cooling systems and control and protection technology.

    Siemens and Sumitomo Electric enter into Cooperation Agreement: Sumitomo Electric of Japan and Siemens have entered into a cooperation agreement to collaborate in the field of HVDC transmission for selected projects to combine the innovative technologies of both parties. The partnership of Siemens with its recent achievements in DC converter technology and Sumitomo Electric, a pioneer in developing HVDC cables with cross linked polyethylene insulation, aims to provide optimized customer tailored solutions to enhance performance capabilities in the field of HVDC transmission systems.

    “With this project, Siemens will increase its local presence by expanding its engineering and manufacturing capability for HVDC technology in India,” states Siemens Energy Management – Transmission Solutions CEO Mirko Düsel. “Furthermore we are glad to partner with Sumitomo Electric to contribute to the continuous support of stable energy supply and economic development
    in India.”

    “We are pleased to announce this innovative partnership which accommodates the needs of the growing HVDC transmission system market, and we believe this cooperation between technology leaders, Siemens and Sumitomo Electric, will strengthen both company’s capability to provide state-of-the-art HVDC solutions to the customers worldwide,” states Sumitomo Electric managing executive officer Masaki Shirayama.

    The new transmission link will support major initiatives of India’s Ministry of Power to achieve ‘24 x7 Power for all’ in the country. By bringing in new technology Siemens and Sumitomo Electric will help in achieving this ambitious grid program to meet India’s growing power demand.

  • GroupM acquires majority stake in Turkey’s directComm

    GroupM acquires majority stake in Turkey’s directComm

    MUMBAI: WPP’s GroupM has acquired a majority stake in directComm Marketing Group, a leading provider of integrated direct marketing services in Turkey.

     

    directComm specialises in digital marketing, customer relationship management, events and social media. Clients include Turk Telekom, Siemens and Sony Mobile. Founded in 2000 and based in Istanbul, directComm employs around 70 people. 

     

    Unaudited revenues for the year ended 31 December, 2014 were approximately $6.5 million, with gross assets at the same date of approximately $3.2 million.

     

    This acquisition continues WPP’s strategy of investing in fast growing and important markets and sectors and strengthening its digital capabilities. WPP’s digital revenues were $6.9 billion in 2014, representing 36 per cent of the Group’s total revenues of $ 19 billion. WPP has set a target of 40-45 per cent of revenue to be derived from digital in the next five years. 

     

    Turkey is one of the Next 11 growth economies where WPP companies (including associates) generate revenues of over $1 billion and employ over 10,000 people. In Turkey itself, WPP companies (including associates) generate revenues of around $120 million and employ approximately 1,300 people.

  • New cell phone software for live crick updates

    New cell phone software for live crick updates

    MUMBAI: With an all important India Pakistan series which is currently underway, cricket mania seems to be rubbing off on almost everybody. The latest to cash in on the series is Chakra Interactive (gaming company based in Mumbai) which launched a revolutionary software system for mobile phones called CricketPal especially for the India-Pakistan ODI series.

    CricketPal will enable mobile subscribers to get live and complete scoreboards on their mobile phones at the press of a button. Also a boon for subscribers is that they need not pay for the numerous and tedious SMS to get latest score updates.
    What’s the score?

    Unlike the dull SMS text score updates, the CricketPal software is rich media based – having vibrant colors and sounds. Once CricketPal is downloaded into your mobile phone, all one needs to do is press one button to fetch latest score updates with live commentary. The system can also be set to auto-fetch latest score every five or 10 minutes.

    “CricketBar is a well formatted, detailed, dynamic complete scoreboard in the palm of your hand,” says Chakra Interactive CEO Vishal Lamba who is the man behind the revolutionary idea. “Cricket lovers can now enjoy ODI’s where-ever they are. The system even makes sounds when a four or six is hit, or when a wicket falls! It’s just a much more fun way of enjoying the game than SMS is.”
    Technology at its best

    CricketPal can be downloaded from www.CricketPal.com. At the website, all one needs to do is to enter their mobile phone number and phone model for the download to take place. The online system will then send CricketPal to their mobile phone over-the-air. The cost of CricketPal is $9.95.

    The phones that support CricketPal are Nokia 40 Series: 3100, 3200, 3300, 5100, 6100, 6610, 6800, 7210, 7250. In the Nokia 60 series: 3650, 3660, 6600, 7650, N-Gage. The versions for other devices like Motorola, Siemens, Sony-Ericsson, Sharp, Panasonic and LG phones will be available shortly.