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Chemical
Chemical | 08 March 2012

Sentini Bioproducts proposes grain-based distillery unit

Sentini Bioproducts (P) Ltd has approached the Ministry of Environment and Forests for environmental clearance for inclusion of molasses as raw material for its grain-based distillery unit at Gandepalli in Andhra Pradesh\'s Krishna district.

Chemical
Chemical | 08 March 2012

SGL Group expands in India

SGL Group has further expanded its production in Pune, India, gaining a larger footprint in the Indian growth market. At the new production facility, the manufacture of graphite-based system components (heat exchangers and columns) for the chemical i

Chemical
Chemical | 07 March 2012

Sarthi Chem proposes expansion of Methyl Bromide unit

Sarthi Chem Pvt Ltd has proposed to expand its Methyl Bromide manufacturing unit at Kuvadava GIDC Estate in Gujarat\'s Rajkot district.

Chemical
Chemical | 05 March 2012

LANXESS to break ground in Singapore for world’s largest Nd-PBR plant in S

LANXESS will break ground for its new neodymium polybutadiene rubber (Nd-PBR) plant in Singapore on September 11 this year. The German specialty chemicals company plans to invest roughly EUR 200 million (about SGD 340 million) in a 140,000 metric ton

Chemical
Chemical | 01 March 2012

ICC wants immediate end to ethanol blending programme in India

The Indian Chemical Council (ICC) has called for immediate suspension to ethanol blending programme in India.

Chemical
Chemical | 28 February 2012

Expert panel completes process for national awards for tech innovation scheme

An expert committee set up for the second national awards for technology innovation in petrochemical and downstream plastic processing industry is believed to have completed the screening and evaluating process and submitted its recommendations to th

Chemical
Chemical | 21 February 2012

Riona Laminate to set up resin manufacturing plant

Gujarat-based Riona Laminate Pvt. Ltd intends to establish resin manufacturing plant for captive consumption. The proposed unit will have the capacities of 550 MT/month of phenol formaldehyde and 100 MT/month of melamine formaldehyde.

Chemical
Chemical | 20 February 2012

Global Chemicals Industry to Reach US$5.5 Trillion by 2015 : GIA

The global chemicals industry registered decelerating growth in 2009 due to recession. Production contracted, as demand from major end-use markets such as construction, automotive, and electronics dropped drastically. Faced with declining demand, che

Chemical
Chemical | 20 February 2012

CRISIL reaffirms \'CRISIL B+/Stable/CRISIL A4\' ratings of Elkay Chemicals

CRISIL’s ratings on the bank facilities of Elkay Chemicals Pvt Ltd (Elkay; part of the Elkay group) continue to reflect the Elkay group’s small scale of operations in an industry dominated by few large multinational corporations (MNCs), a

Chemical
Chemical | 15 February 2012

Akzo Nobel India cuts royalty rates, defers buyback

Akzo Nobel India Ltd. said that its Board of Directors in a meeting held on October 21, has announced a royalty proposal for its Paints Business, in order to gain smooth access to AkzoNobel group\'s technology and brands.

Chemical
Chemical | 14 February 2012

Honeywell opens new technology center in India

Honeywell announced today the opening of a new technology center in India, further expanding its technology development capabilities in key areas including refining, petrochemical, low-global-warming and nylon technologies and applications.

Chemical
Chemical | 13 February 2012

BASF increases prices for certain polyalcohols in Europe

BASF is increasing the prices of the polyalcohols neopentylglycol (NPG), trimethylolpropane (TMP), hydroxypivalic acid neopentyl glycol ester (HPN), 1,6-hexanediol (HDO) and 1,5-pentanediol (PDO), with immediate effect or as existing contracts permit

Chemical
Chemical | 09 February 2012

Indian chemical industry poised to grow, if concerns addressed: LANXESS

LANXESS, the leading specialty chemicals company and the global market leader in synthetic rubber expressed its commitment to grow in the Indian chemical industry at the seminar on chemical and petrochemical industry on February 8 at Hotel Le Meridia

Chemical
Chemical | 01 February 2012

Lanxess expands capacity at Jhagadia plant

Continuing to expand its Indian production site in Jhagadia in Gujarat, specialty chemicals maker Lanxess India said three of its production units have commenced production this month at the plant in which Rs 490 crore has been invested so far.

Chemical
Chemical | 29 January 2012

Fitch: Capex likely by Indian fertiliser companies in 2012

Fitch Ratings says that fresh investments by Indian fertiliser companies in 2012 will depend upon changes in government policies, allocation of natural gas and long-term tie-ups for key inputs.

Chemical
Chemical | 29 January 2012

GACL\'s Q3 net up by 35%

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) registered a jump of over 35 percent in its net profit at Rs 25.94 crore for the quarter ended on December 31, 2011 compared to Rs 19.19 crore in the same period of the previous year.

Chemical
Chemical | 22 January 2012

BASF to sell share in JV PEC-Rhin to GPN

BASF has signed a contract to sell its 50%-share in PEC-Rhin in Ottmarsheim, France, to its joint venture partner GPN, a member of the French Total Group.

Chemical
Chemical | 18 January 2012

Clariant opens new crop protection laboratory in Thane

Clariant announces the opening of a new crop protection laboratory by its Industrial & Consumer Specialties (ICS) Business Unit in India. The new laboratory, located at Clariant’s Kolshet site in Thane, near Mumbai, was inaugurated today by Mr.

Chemical
Chemical | 18 January 2012

BASF to build an integrated 300,000 metric tonnes TDI plant

BASF today announced that it will build a single-train 300,000 metric tonnes per year production plant for TDI (toluene diisocyanate) and expand additional plants for its precursors at its site in Ludwigshafen.

Chemical
Chemical | 15 January 2012

CRISIL revises rating outlook on Swati Menthol & Allied Chemicals to ‘Posi

CRISIL has revised its rating outlook on Swati Menthol & Allied Chemicals Limited’s (SMACL) long-term bank facilities to ‘Positive’ from ‘Stable’, while reaffirming the rating at ‘CRISIL BB+’. The short-term

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