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India to attract FDI in
telecom manufacturing
According to a leading global
electronics company, India, one of the
fastest growing countries in telecom
manufacturing in the world, will
attract US$ 855 million as foreign
investment over the next two years,
while rolling out 125 million
handsets each year. The rising
demand for telecommunication,
especially in mobile
telecommunications, has attracted
close to US$ 800 million in foreign
investment into India in 2005 and is
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Averting catastrophe
Faisal I Khan and SA Abbasi showcase the usefulness of MAXCRED and
DOMIFFECT for their ability to forecast industrial accidents, based on the
unfortunate incident at the refinery of HPCL, at Vishakapatnam in India
The world's most destructive
industrial accident of the
current decade, in terms of
human lives lost and damage to
property (over $15 million),
occurred at the petroleum
refinery of Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Limited (HPCL) at
Vishakhapatnam, India, on
September 14, 1997. In this paper
we have used two computerautomated
tools developed by us,
MAXCRED and DOMIFFECT, to
determine their ability to forecast
the details of the incident. When
the situation at Vishakhapatnam,
prior to the accident, was studied
with MAXCRED for potential
accidents and their likely
consequences, the tool was able.... more>>
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Safety Safety
net
 The Machinist presents views
from the manufacturing
industry, on their
understanding of safety on
the shopfloor
How important is safety on a
shopfloor?
Safety on shopfloor is as important
as production/quality on shop
floor. Unsafe conditions and unsafe
acts both affect production, quality
and most important, the wellbeing
and morale of the
employees....more>>
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