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Chemical
Chemical | 14 July 2020

Nufarm curtails global manufacturing operations

Company decided to cease manufacture of insecticides and fungicides at its Raymond Road site in Laverton, Australia and curtail herbicide manufacturing at its operations in Linz, Austria.

Chemical
Chemical | 14 July 2020

Archroma starts hand sanitizers production in Pakistan

Company is also actively supporting manufacturers in the production of face masks and medical protective equipment.

Chemical
Chemical | 13 July 2020

OCP intends to challenge phosphate dumping allegation filed in the U.S.

The company will challenge Mosaic's petition.

Chemical
Chemical | 13 July 2020

AkzoNobel reports drop in second quarter revenue

Revenue went down by 19% to 1.98 billion euros as against 2.45 billion euros in 2019.

Chemical
Chemical | 13 July 2020

Merck opens pharma lab in Shanghai

The new M Lab Collaboration Center in Shanghai offers customizable solutions tailored for China’s Life Science community to help advance drug development.

Chemical
Chemical | 13 July 2020

PTTGC acquires stake in Dynachem for advancing PP compound production in Thailand

Both parties expect to finalize the deal in the third quarter of 2020.

Chemical
Chemical | 13 July 2020

BASF reports loss in second quarter due to Wintershall DEA impairment

Sales in the three months through June fell about 12% to €12.7 billion euros

Chemical
Chemical | 12 July 2020

Chembond reports low income and profit in Q1 FY21

Sales decline 27.58% to Rs 51.50 crore.

Chemical
Chemical | 12 July 2020

GNFC quarterly profit rises amid low annual income

The company reported a jump of 152.11% and its Q4 FY20 profit stood at Rs 240.01 crore.

Chemical
Chemical | 12 July 2020

Galaxy Surfactants restarts operations at Tarapur unit

On 13 April, two workers were killed and another was injured after a small intermediate feed tank blast at its Tarapur M-3 plant.

Chemical
Chemical | 12 July 2020

Urea companies profitability may be affected due to revision in energy norms says ICRA

The government in a notification in March 2020, had notified the revised fixed costs for urea units with an incremental fixed cost of Rs 350 per tonne for all urea units and an additional Rs 150 per tonne for urea units that converted from naphtha to natural gas and are more than 30 years old.

Chemical
Chemical | 11 July 2020

BASF India approves acquisition of BASF Performance Polyamides

The acquisition will strengthen the company's position as a solution provider for key industries & would enhance market access to key growth markets.

Chemical
Chemical | 11 July 2020

Rossari Biotech raises Rs. 148.8 crore ahead of IPO

Institutional investors that participated in the anchor allotment included Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Axis Mutual Fund, Mirae Asset Mutual Fund, Goldman Sachs, HFDC Mutual Fund, SBI Mutual Fund, among others.

Chemical
Chemical | 11 July 2020

Clariant India announces special interim dividend of Rs. 140

The dividend shall be paid on or after July 19, 2020.

Chemical
Chemical | 11 July 2020

RCF launches hand sanitizer

According to RCF, the hand cleansing gel is a skin friendly moisturizer based hand-sanitizer which contains Iso Propyl Alcohol (IPA) and aloe vera extract. It is enriched with Vitamin - E and has a fresh lime fragrance.

Chemical
Chemical | 10 July 2020

Specialty chemical sector bullish about growth reveals SOCMA census

Approximately 93 percent of respondents expect an increase in revenue growth, and 83 percent expect an increase in capacity in the next three years.

Chemical
Chemical | 09 July 2020

GCP sells its corporate HQ in Cambridge, MA for $125 million

The agreement was finalized on July 2, 2020 with closing expected to take place in late July or early August 2020.

Chemical
Chemical | 09 July 2020

Zuari Agro shuts down NPK fertilizer plant in Goa

Lack of manpower led to shutting down of the operations.

Chemical
Chemical | 09 July 2020

Maroon group acquires Holland Chemicals

Holland Chemicals' management team, led by Jonathon Rhodes, will continue to actively manage the business on a day-to-day basis.

Chemical
Chemical | 09 July 2020

Brenntag to acquire Thai finished lubes distributor

The acquisition of the business in Thailand will enlarge Brenntag’s footprint in Southeast Asia.

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