Ambuja Cements has launched an innovative green building offering for Individual Home Builders in Thane district – Ambuja Plus Cool Walls.BASF has launched its free smartphone app, MyConcrete, in Asia Pacific, for instant access to concrete information, intended for contractors, engineers, architects and producers.Omidyar Network India has announced a Rs 160-million funding of research consortium in the field of property rights.The Hoffmann Group turns 100; Hoffmann SE and its subsidiaries have achieved a record sales topping €1 billion for the first time, in 2018.Aarvi Encon has associated with Indian PSUs to facilitate hiring of professionals for seamless transition from BS-IV to BS-VI fuel norms.Manufacturing in the age of AI, a workshop organised by NITI Aayog and ABB India discussed various facets of Artificial Intelligence-based technology adoption across sectors.TÜV SÜD’s Non-Destructive and Destructive testing laboratory in Noida has received accreditation by NABL for its Non-Destructive Testing and Destructive services.Dow, upon successfully completing its separation from DowDuPont, has launched in three consumer-driven segments: Packaging, infrastructure and consumer care.Wipro Lighting and Mapiq, The Netherlands, have entered into a strategic partnership to deliver smart workplaces.  Fortum is bringing its advanced Nitrogen Oxide reduction technology in India under the new business ‘Fortum eNext’ for reducing emissions in thermal power plants.Magenta Power has instituted MITRA – Magenta Innovation Technology and Research Academy – for training and education in green energy solutions.As part of Earth Day 2019,  Ingersoll Rand introduced a campaign ‘Small Changes that Make a Big Impact’; its employees in India participated in a tree plantation activity.Mercure Hyderabad KCP recently celebrated the anniversary of AccorHotels sustainability initiative ‘Acting Here Planet 21’.