Bosch acquires majority stake in Johnson Hitachi

Bosch group has acquired 74.2% stake in Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning India (JCHAI). The acquisition is effective July 31, 2025 and is consequent to the $8 billion global deal, wherein Bosch announced a takeover of the AC solutions business for residential and light commercial buildings from Johnson Controls about a year ago. JCHAI’s acquisition positions … Read more

Piramals sell VIP to Multiples

In a long awaited development, Promoters are selling out of VIP Industries. Piramals have sold 32% stake to a consortium led by Multiples, the Private Equity major. Consortium includes Caratlane founders, Mithun Sancheti and Siddhartha Sancheti. Stake has been sold at Rs 388/ share for Rs 1,763 cr. This is at a 15% discount to … Read more

Sirca acquires Wembley Brand

Sirca has announced acquisition of the entire business under the brand name “Wembley” from Wembley Paints & Chemicals and Indo Wembley Paints Private Limited. It’s not acquisition of an entity but only the brand, it’s clients and identified employees. No manufacturing facility acquisition is involved. Consideration for acquisition is Rs 8.15 cr. With this acquisition, … Read more