MUMBAI: Reckitt Piramal, the Reckitt & Colman-Nicholas Piramal joint venture, has registered sales in excess of Rs 170 crore for the first eight-month period ended October 1998. Reckitt & Colman Plc chief executive Vernon L Sankey told reporters here on Monday that the year old venture, at present ahead of budgeted targets, has registered growth of over 30 per cent. Key contributors to growth (in the descending order) were antiseptics brand Dettol, analgesics Saridon and Disprin and Polycrol.

Alcobev '98 expo in city

MUMBAI: For the first time, alcohol beverage manufacturers in the country and abroad will come together at a two-day conference and exhibition in Mumbai on December 2 and 3. The conference, ALCOBEV '98 , brings together under one roof all the varied manufacturers, suppliers, the ancillary industries and policy makers connected to the alcohol industry. The two-days conference and exhibition will contain deliberations and displays on the various issuesand products relating to the industry.