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Chemical
Chemical | 10 June 2011

IFC plans $35 mn in loans for Indian-Egyptian chemical factory

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing up to $35 million in loans toward construction of a new chemical factory near Egypt's Red Sea coast, an Indian-Egyptian joint venture that will employ hundreds of people, spur the local economy an

Chemical
Chemical | 09 June 2011

No leachability study carried out on composition of gutkha: IITR

The Lucknow-based Indian Institute of Toxicology Research has said that no leachability study has been carried out with respect to composition of gutkha, which is packed in sachets to assess the safety and toxicity.

Chemical
Chemical | 09 June 2011

CRISIL assigns fundamental grade 4/5 to Sudarshan Chem

CRISIL Research has come out with its report on Sudarshan Chemical Industries. The research firm has initiated coverage on the company with a fundamental grade of "˜4/5' and has maintained the fair value of Rs 764 per share.

Chemical
Chemical | 09 June 2011

Jacobs receives contract from DuPont Titanium Technologies

Jacobs Engineering has received a contract from DuPont Titanium Technologies (DuPont) to provide full engineering procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the company\'s Mexicotitanium dioxide capacity expansion project.

Chemical
Chemical | 08 June 2011

Brief

ICRA has rating outstanding of LBB with a stable outlook and A4 to the Rs. 20 crores fund-based limits and Rs. 5 crores non-fund based limits respectively of Albright & Wilson Chemicals India Limited (AWCIL). ICRA also has long term rating of LBBB-(S

Chemical
Chemical | 08 June 2011

ICRA downgrades Saboo Sodium rating to \'LBB\'

Credit rating agency, ICRA has revised the rating assigned to the Rs 7.2 crore term loans and the Rs 2 crore million long-term fund based limits of Saboo Sodium Chloro (SSCL) from LBB+ to LBB. The outlook on the long term rating is stable.

Chemical
Chemical | 07 June 2011

Using ethanol as feedstock rather than fuel will save millions: CII

Use of ethanol as feedstock rather than as fuel can earn a net benefit of around USD 297 million, a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) study has found.The CII had conducted a comparative analysis of economic and environmental use of ethanol for d

Chemical
Chemical | 06 June 2011

Best Value proposes to expand manufacturing unit

Best Value Chem has proposed to increase the capacity of some of its perfumery products and also discontinue some of the chemicals manufactured at its Karakhadi unit in Gujarat's Vadodara district.

Chemical
Chemical | 06 June 2011

CRISIL reaffirms ratings on Coromandel International Limited post acquisition an

CRISIL has reaffirmed its ratings on the bank facilities and debt programme of Coromandel International Ltd (Coromandel; formerly, Coromandel Fertilisers Ltd) at "˜AA+/Stable/P1+'. The reaffirmation follows Coromandel's announcement that it plan

Chemical
Chemical | 06 June 2011

RIL sees bigger opportunities in chemical business

The global chemical industry has undergone a transformation since major financial crisis of 2008. The chemical industry benefitted from industry discipline and rapid economic recovery, especially in China and India. Despite unplanned outages, the ind

Chemical
Chemical | 06 June 2011

Performance of RIL\'s petrochemical division in 2010-11

Reliance maintained its leadership in the domestic market with a commodity polymer production share of 47%. RIL's polymer production for the year remained unchanged despite turnaround activities carried out during the year. RIL's cracker operatin

Chemical
Chemical | 03 June 2011

CRISIL reaffirms ratings on Nirma Limited

CRISIL has reaffirmed its "˜AA/Stable/P1+' ratings on Nirma Ltd's (Nirma's) outstanding debt programme and bank facilities. The ratings continue to reflect Nirma's healthy financial risk profile and established market position in the deterge

Chemical
Chemical | 02 June 2011

LyondellBasell to seek buyer for Berre, France refinery

LyondellBasell today announced its intention to seek a buyer for the 105,000 barrels-per-day refinery at Berre, France operated by its subsidiary, Compagnie Petrochimique de Berre S.A.S (CPB). An investment banking firm will be retained to assist wit

Chemical
Chemical | 01 June 2011

Insecticides (India) FY11 net profit rises 14%

Insecticides (India), one of the fastest growing companies in agrochemicals Industry, posted a 20% rise in revenues and a 14% jump in the net profit for the FY 2010-11, over the previous year. While the company saw its net profit touching Rs. 32.21

Chemical
Chemical | 01 June 2011

Ashland to acquire International Specialty Products

Ashland Inc. and International Specialty Products Inc. (ISP) today announced that Ashland has agreed to acquire privately owned ISP, a global specialty chemical manufacturer of innovative functional ingredients and technologies. Under the terms of th

Chemical
Chemical | 31 May 2011

Indian Oil Corporation Q4 net profit 3905.16 crore?

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IndianOil) has reported an excellent performance for the year 2010-11. Riding on a robust performance driven by the highest ever sales of petroleum products and high capacity utilization of refineries and pipelines, the C

Chemical
Chemical | 31 May 2011

BASF and INEOS sign joint venture contract for Styrolution

BASF SE and INEOS Industries Holdings Limited have made an important step towards the establishment of the joint venture company Styrolution. On May 27, 2011 the companies signed a joint venture contract, which regulates the formation of the joint ve

Chemical
Chemical | 30 May 2011

CRISIL reaffirms \'BBB/Stable/P3+\' ratings of Pondy Oxides & Chemicals

CRISIL's ratings on the bank facilities of Pondy Oxides & Chemicals Ltd (POCL, part of the Bansal group) continue to reflect the Bansal group's established market position in the metallic oxides industry, its strong operational capabilities, and

Chemical
Chemical | 30 May 2011

New Vice President for Global Base Chemicals

Brian Davis took up the role of Shell Vice President (VP) for Global Base Chemicals on May 1, 2011. He succeeds Graham van't Hoff who has been appointed Chairman for Shell in the UK. Prior to this appointment Brian was Vice President Downstream Str

Chemical
Chemical | 30 May 2011

BASF to build world's largest single-train TDI plant in Europe

BASF will build the world's largest single-train TDI (toluene diisocyanate) plant in Europe. The plant will have a capacity of 300,000 metric tons per year and will be fully integrated with precursor production. The TDI plant will be located at one

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Aim to become import substitute for instrumentation business in India
Aim to become import substitute for instrumentation business in India
Vinayak M. Patankar, Sreejith Kumar Whole Time Director & CEO, Borosil Scientific Ltd. , Associate Vice President - Design, Borosil Scientific Ltd.

Looking at increasing manufacturing base outside India
Looking at increasing manufacturing base outside India
Sidharth A. Choksi Executive Vice President, Hindustan Platinum Pvt. Ltd

Developing new products like Vitamin B1 and Vitamin B6
Developing new products like Vitamin B1 and Vitamin B6
Hemal Mehta, Sachin Mehta Chairman, Sudarshan Pharma Industries Ltd. & Managing Director, Sudarshan Pharma Industries Ltd.