Chemical
Chemical | 01 May 2020

Mitsui Chemicals manufactures raw material for medical gowns

This effort from the company will help support frontline health care providers in the fight against COVID-19

Chemical
Chemical | 30 April 2020

Fuchs and BASF collaborate on hydraulic fluid lifecycle analysis

The study concluded that high performance multigrade hydraulic oil (HVLP) has a lower environmental impact and lower overall cost than monograde hydraulic oil (HLP).

Chemical
Chemical | 30 April 2020

Indorama starts hand sanitizer production in the U.S.

The company announced that it has successfully adapted its facilities in the U.S. to manufacture hand sanitizers to help protect people from Covid-19 infection.

Chemical
Chemical | 30 April 2020

Linde completes divestment of selected businesses in Northern Europe

The company today announced it has completed the divestment of selected non-core assets in Northern Europe to Gasum, a Nordic gas sector and energy market expert.

Chemical
Chemical | 30 April 2020

LANXESS completes sale of its Currenta stake to Macquarie Group

LANXESS today said that it has completed the sale of its 40 percent stake in chemical park operator Currenta to Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA).

Chemical
Chemical | 30 April 2020

Seqens to invest in a new IPA production plant

With this expansion, Seqens' global annual production capacity of IPA will increase by more than 70%

Chemical
Chemical | 30 April 2020

Saint-Gobain adapts production facilities to help combat COVID-19

The company has mobilized its production facilities to manufacture medical materials and components and products that can be used to build makeshift hospitals.

Chemical
Chemical | 30 April 2020

Honeywell starts hand sanitizer manufacturing at US & Germany plants

The company’s sites in Muskegon, Michigan, and Seelze, Germany, will produce hand sanitizer over the next two months for government agencies, which will then distribute the product to institutions in need. Both sites are part of Honeywell’s Performance Materials and Technologies (PMT) business group.

Chemical
Chemical | 30 April 2020

IIT Guwahati collaborates with Hester Biosciences Limited to develop vaccine against COVID-19

The vaccine will be based on recombinant avian paramyxovirus based vector platform. The recombinant avian paramyxovirus-1 will be used to express the immunogenic protein of SARS-CoV-2.

Chemical
Chemical | 30 April 2020

India should capture significant share in world trade: Piyush Goyal

The minister called upon the exporters to identify their strengths, potentials and competitive advantages in specific sectors and focus on harnessing them in the world markets.

Chemical
Chemical | 29 April 2020

Koch Engineered Solutions launches connected solutions business

OnPoint will embed the expertise of KES’s equipment businesses into customers’ operations to improve efficiency, yield, reliability, environmental performance, and safety.

Chemical
Chemical | 29 April 2020

Hyosung and Linde to build world's largest liquid hydrogen plant

Both companies will invest in the construction of a liquid hydrogen plant on an area of about 30,000 square meters within the site of Hyosung’s Yongyeon plant in Ulsan.

Chemical
Chemical | 29 April 2020

Covestro and ALBIS delivering plastics for face masks, ventilators, and protective eyewear

Amid the global COVID-19 crisis, Covestro and ALBIS PLASTIC GmbH are committed to making materials available for urgently needed personal protective equipment (PPE), including respirator masks, ventilators and protective eyewear.

Chemical
Chemical | 29 April 2020

Record fertilizer sales during lockdown

Despite a lot of movement restrictions due to national level COVID-19 lockdown, with the concerted efforts of the Department of Fertilizers, Railways, States and Ports, production and supply of fertilizers in the country is going on without hindrance.

Chemical
Chemical | 28 April 2020

IGU releases World LNG Report

The report features key global LNG industry updates, right across its value chain, demonstrating yet another strong year of growth for this crucial segment of the natural gas sector.

Chemical
Chemical | 28 April 2020

UPL completes acquisition of Yoloo (Laoting) Bio-technology

The company completed the acquisition of Yoloo (Laoting) Bio-technology which was announced on November 14, 2019.

Chemical
Chemical | 28 April 2020

GNFC resumes manufacturing operations

The company has resumed work of the Ethyl Acetate, Ammonium Nitrate Melt and Concentrated Nitric Acid -1 plants at Bharuch complex.

Chemical
Chemical | 28 April 2020

Avantium awarded funding to produce lignin for the development of bio-based asphalt

Avantium has announced that the Netherlands Enterprise Agency has awarded the company €0.5 million for its participation in the CHAPLIN XL project.

Chemical
Chemical | 28 April 2020

Clariant to donate 80 tons of disinfectant per month

By establishing a supply chain with industry partners based in Germany and Switzerland, Clariant is able to provide disinfectant for Swiss medical institutions in need

Chemical
Chemical | 27 April 2020

COVID-19: HIL (India) showing good performance

The company has sold 37.99 MTs of agro-chemical, despatched 97 MTs of DDT, executed an export order of 10 MTs of Mancozeb, 80% WP to Peru

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