Chemical
Chemical | 14 April 2020

BASF donates over 100 million protective masks

The mask donation is one of several initiatives of BASF’s “Helping Hands” campaign

Chemical
Chemical | 14 April 2020

ABB and HDF to manufacture fuel cell system for ships

The MOU envisages close collaboration on the assembly and production of the fuel cell power plant for marine applications.

Chemical
Chemical | 13 April 2020

ONGC gas output drops 15 per cent as shut factories refuse to take supplies

The difference between production and sales is due to the fact that some of the gas is also used by ONGC for internal consumption purposes such as power generation and re-injection into wells

Chemical
Chemical | 13 April 2020

Chemical & Petrochemical industry should be declared essential: ICC

The chemical industry in India has multiple cross-linkages to other industries and thus it is a critical industry in the value chain of essential goods like food, edible oils, drugs, fertilizers, among others

Chemical
Chemical | 10 April 2020

Dow donates $500K to aid COVID-19 relief efforts

Funds will be distributed to community foundations and economic development corporations in Midland, Bay, Isabella and Saginaw counties

Chemical
Chemical | 10 April 2020

COVID-19: Smart cities deploy drones to disinfect

Smart cities such as Chennai, Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Raipur and Guwahati have deployed drones to disinfect public spaces where human access gets difficult during COVID-19

Chemical
Chemical | 09 April 2020

India sanctions Rs. 15,000 Cr for COVID-19

The funds sanctioned will be utilized for immediate COVID-19 Emergency Response i.e. Rs. 7,774 crores and rest will be for medium-term support (1-4 years) to be provided under mission mode approach

Chemical
Chemical | 09 April 2020

Lanxess India donates Rs 20 million to PM CARES fund

The comprehensive support includes product donation and essential supplies donation, besides the financial support to the PM Cares fund

Chemical
Chemical | 09 April 2020

ITI partners DRDO to manufacture ventilators

ITI has joined hands with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to produce portable ventilators, a first of its kind in India, following the Coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak

Chemical
Chemical | 09 April 2020

Clariant begins production of disinfectant amid Coronavirus outbreak

The company announced it has started monthly production of 2 million liters of disinfectant at its facilities in Gendorf, Germany

Chemical
Chemical | 09 April 2020

Archroma introduces a new thickener for sanitizing gels

The company has announced the introduction of Mowiplus HPC 9600, a new thickener for sanitizing gels to address global shortage due to COVID?19 crisis

Chemical
Chemical | 09 April 2020

INEOS ramps up hand sanitizer production capacity

The company has also announced that it has met its ten-day target to build a hand sanitizer plant in Lavera, France and has started production of 1 million hand sanitizers a month

Chemical
Chemical | 09 April 2020

Siemens and Uniper join forces to decarbonize power generation

The aim of this cooperation is to contribute to improving the economic efficiency and thus the marketability of power-to-gas plants

Chemical
Chemical | 08 April 2020

BASF to manufacture disinfectants at European sites

The products are being provided free of charge to hospitals, care facilities and other institutions in regions surrounding production plants

Chemical
Chemical | 08 April 2020

Galaxy Surfactants resumes operations

The company is taking necessary preventive measures like social distancing, temperature testing and providing masks to workers etc. to avoid any infection due to COVID-19

Chemical
Chemical | 08 April 2020

Partial opening of Dahej & Vadodara facilities by GACL

The company has started partial operation of Poly Aluminium Chloride (PAC) and Hydrogen Peroxide Plants at Dahej Complex and Chloromethanes and Poly Aluminium Chloride (PAC) Plants at Vadodara Complex after obtaining necessary permission from the concerned industries

Chemical
Chemical | 07 April 2020

Huntsman producing hand sanitizer to aid in COVID-19 response

Company has begun producing hand sanitizer at its manufacturing site in McIntosh, Alabama, for distribution to health care facilities in the United States

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

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