Indian Infrastructures and Capabilities
Oil India Limited Chairman and Managing Director and NRL Chairman Ranjit Rath confirmed on September 11, 2026, that 2G ethanol has already been produced at the facility and that individual units are now being stabilised before the plant moves towards sustained commercial production and higher capacity utilisation.
The project is being developed by International Resources Holding, or IRH, an IHC Group company through 2PointZero, together with Adani Enterprises Limited. The two companies plan to establish a 50:50 joint venture for the project.
The project has been implemented at Blast Furnace No. 1 at Tata Steel Meramandali with technology support from Paul Wurth, part of SMS group, and equipment supplied by Kobelco.
The company formally opened the new facility on September 10, 2026, at the MSME Technology Centre in the KIADB Aerospace Park in Bengaluru North.
Named the BIGGA Factory — short for Big Global Ambition — the plant will be located at the SIPCOT Industrial Park in Shoolagiri, near Hosur, one of southern India’s largest automotive manufacturing clusters.
The board of the state-owned shipbuilder approved the proposal on September 9, 2026. Under the planned transaction, Cochin Shipyard will transfer the International Ship Repair Facility, or ISRF, to the new joint venture as a going concern for not less than ₹1,800 crore.
The first batch of precision-machined aerospace components has already been produced at Sri City and shipped to Sigma’s UK operations for final verification before delivery to the customer. The company disclosed the development to the BSE and National Stock Exchange on September 10.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu held discussions with Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov in New Delhi on September 10, 2026, with civil aircraft manufacturing and regional connectivity emerging as key areas for deeper industrial cooperation.
The TCS Industrial Autonomy & Engineering Lab – Lights-Out Factory has been established at the company’s Sahyadri Park campus in Pune. TCS announced its launch on September 9, 2026, positioning the facility as a testing ground for manufacturers seeking to move beyond conventional factory automation towards production environments capable of monitoring, adjusting and optimising more of their operations autonomously.
The state-owned power major’s tender records show that bidding for the principal 108 MW ±5 MW Engineering, Procurement and Construction package closed on September 8, 2026, while a separate package covering site-enabling works remains open until September 21.
