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Chemical
Chemical | 07 April 2020

Cummins and DuPont partner to supply critical material for N95 respirator masks

The first masks featuring the filter technology are being used as part of a project to supply masks to Minnesota’s M Health Fairview network

Chemical
Chemical | 06 April 2020

IIT Roorkee develops surveillance app to tackle COVID-19

The app can track individuals and can also do geofencing around him. The system will get an alert, if geofencing is violated by the quarantined person. In case GPS data is not received, the location will be obtained automatically through the triangulation of mobile towers

Chemical
Chemical | 06 April 2020

COVID-19 impact on Indian chemicals & petrochemicals

Expecting restrictions in India to be lifted in late Q2 2020, the chemicals & petrochemicals market will start recovering in H2 2020 says KPMG

Chemical
Chemical | 05 April 2020

Partial opening of Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals facilities

Company has started partial operation of Caustic Soda, Hydrochloric Acid (HCl), Phosphoric Acid, Sodium Hypo and Chlorine filling facilities at Dahej Complex and also Caustic Soda and KOH at Vadodara Complex

Chemical
Chemical | 05 April 2020

Coronavirus probably originated from Wuhan laboratory

According to Chinese researcher Botao Xiao and Lei Xiao coronavirus probably originated from Wuhan Centre for Disease Control & Prevention (WHCDC) and Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chemical
Chemical | 05 April 2020

IIT Delhi invites proposals for supercomputer based coronavirus research

In this, allocation of supercomputer resource to merit based proposals will be made for three months and a total of Rs 1 Cr worth of computational time will be provided to them for free. Each proposal will have a maximum cap of Rs 10 lakh worth of computational resource

Chemical
Chemical | 04 April 2020

UPL contributes Rs. 75 Crore to PM-CARES Fund

The company is also continuously providing large numbers of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) units to help with the safety of India’s frontline heroes in Healthcare and Sanitisation who are relentlessly fighting the battle against Novel Corona Virus

Chemical
Chemical | 04 April 2020

Indian Potash donates Rs. 5 Cr to PM-CARES

Many other PSUs of fertilizers department like IFFCO, KRIBHCO and NFL-KISAN have also contributed more than Rs. 27 crores to PM-CARES fund

Chemical
Chemical | 04 April 2020

Sanjay Dhotre launches COVID-19 hackathon

The hackathon is part of a global initiative and is being organised by Hack A Cause – India and FICCI Ladies Organization Pune and supported by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India

Chemical
Chemical | 04 April 2020

Govt. launches coronavirus app AarogyaSetu

AarogyaSetu will enable people to assess themselves the risk of catching coronavirus infection based on their interaction with others, using bluetooth, algorithms and AI (Artificial Intelligence)

Chemical
Chemical | 03 April 2020

ExxonMobil joins Global Center to expedite PPE production

The move help in rapid design and deployment of reusable personal protection equipment for health care workers

Chemical
Chemical | 03 April 2020

ExxonMobil joins Global Center to expedite PPE production

The move help in rapid design and deployment of reusable personal protection equipment for health care workers

Chemical
Chemical | 03 April 2020

Sumitomo Chemical Invests $30 mn in US-based Bio-Venture

Research and development to support the design of clean green chemicals

Chemical
Chemical | 02 April 2020

Nouryon to acquire metal alkyls business from Sasol

The transaction is expected to be finalized during the second quarter, after which Nouryon will gradually move production to its site in Rotterdam

Chemical
Chemical | 01 April 2020

GSFC to start manufacturing from April 4

Ammonia-IV plant will begin its start-up activities from 4th April, 2020 and the plant will run at 55% load

Chemical
Chemical | 01 April 2020

Himadri Speciality Chemical closes manufacturing

The situation will be reviewed and appropriate decisions will be taken as per the evolving situation and in accordance with the directives of the central/state governments

Chemical
Chemical | 01 April 2020

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals starts SBP Plant

The company has started temporary operation of its Stable Bleaching Powder (SBP) Plant at Dahej from 30th March 2020.

Chemical
Chemical | 01 April 2020

Department of Pharmaceuticals addressing availability issues

All efforts are made to ensure production of drugs and medical devices during the period of lockdown

Chemical
Chemical | 31 March 2020

Sadanand Gowda asks PSUs contribution for PM-CARES

The minister has also urged employees to contribute at least one day's salary towards PM CARES fund

Chemical
Chemical | 28 March 2020

AVEVA acquires MESEnter software

AVEVA has announced that it has acquired production accounting software from South Korean based company MESEnter to complete AVEVA’s value chain optimisation solution

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