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Chemical
Chemical | 17 October 2011

Clariant Chemicals launches new consumer care laboratory

The laboratory will focus on personal care and home care formulations such as formulations for anti-dandruff hair oils based on Clariant\'s Octopirox.

Chemical
Chemical | 17 October 2011

Ashland opens technical centre in Mumbai

Ashland Inc. today opened its new technical center in Mumbai to develop additives and ingredients for the coatings and construction industry.

Chemical
Chemical | 16 October 2011

Reliance net up 16% to Rs 5703 crore

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has posted an increase of 16 percent in its net profit at Rs 5,703 crore for the second quarter of the current year ending September 30.

Chemical
Chemical | 16 October 2011

ThyssenKrupp Uhde commissions Europe\'s biggest urea plant

The Dortmund-based ThyssenKrupp EPC contractors have supplied and commissioned a plant for the production of 3,500 tonnes per day of urea.

Chemical
Chemical | 13 October 2011

Lanxess boosts phthalate-free plasticizer portfolio

Lanxess is strengthening its global asset base and product portfolio for premium, environmentally friendly phthalate-free plasticizers.

Chemical
Chemical | 12 October 2011

AkzoNobel unveils new brand identity

AkzoNobel announced an important step in its global Decorative Paints' marketing strategy: a single global brand identity for its retail consumer paint range. The Let\'s colour identity includes the brands Dulux, Flexa, Levis, Alba, Coral, Marshall

Chemical
Chemical | 11 October 2011

BASF strengthens position in superabsorbent polymers in emerging markets

BASF is strengthening its position in the superabsorbent polymers (SAP) market with investments in local production sites in fast growing emerging markets.

Chemical
Chemical | 11 October 2011

FACT wants to raise storage capacity of Udyogamandal unit in Kerala

The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd (FACT) wants to double the storage capacity from the present 5000 MT at its Udyogamandal unit in Kerala.

Chemical
Chemical | 06 October 2011

Six new pharma education and research institutes to come up

Six new National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPERs) will come up in the country at an estimated cost of Rs 633.15 crore.

Chemical
Chemical | 04 October 2011

Urgent need to address matters on waste management: plastic industry

The plastic industry in India has stressed that there is an urgent necessity to address matters related to plastic waste management and initiate awareness building programmes in the media and other modes of publicity so as to remove the negative perc

Chemical
Chemical | 03 October 2011

Zuari wants amendment in ToR

Zuari Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited has requested the Environment and Forest Ministry for amendment in terms of reference in its environmental clearance to its Greenfield ammonia urea fertiliser project due to change in project location.

Chemical
Chemical | 12 September 2011

RIL's perspective on CAG\'s report on KG-D6

The Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) Performance Audit Report on the Hydrocarbons Production Sharing Contracts (MoPNG) has been tabled in the Parliament. As part of the audit process, RIL had provided its responses to the CAG and the view

Chemical
Chemical | 12 September 2011

Global chemical executives eye acquisitions, foreign markets to fuel growth: KPM

In the face of escalating input costs, stiffer competition, and a struggling global economy, chemical industry executives say they will use the significant cash on their balance sheets to pursue strategic acquisitions, invest in technology, and expan

Chemical
Chemical | 08 September 2011

Ernst & Young to conduct study on takeovers of healthcare cos by MNCs

Ernst & Young will conduct a study on the recent takeovers of Indian healthcare companies by MNCs so as to determine the impact the move will have on the Indian healthcare scenario as well as on pricing and availability of medicines in the country.

Chemical
Chemical | 06 September 2011

FACT proposes fertiliser capacity enhancement

Government of India enterprise The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd (FACT) has proposed enhancement of fertiliser capacity by 1000 TPD in its unit in Ambalamedu in Kerala's Kochi district.

Chemical
Chemical | 05 September 2011

India, Tajikistan agree on NPK fertiliser production unit

India and Tajikistan have agreed on joint cooperation in setting up of a NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus, potash) fertiliser production unit.

Chemical
Chemical | 31 August 2011

Bhopal tragedy: 350 MT of toxic wastes kept safely within UCIL premises

About 350 MT of toxic wastes have been kept safely in a secured godown within the UCIL premises in Bhopal, the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) has said.

Chemical
Chemical | 19 August 2011

Sai Nikhil Pharma proposes bulk drugs manufacturing unit in Karnataka

Sai Nikhil Pharma Pvt Ltd has moved the Ministry of Environment and Forests for environmental clearance to its unit for manufacturing bulk drugs and intermediates at Raichur in Karnataka.

Chemical
Chemical | 16 August 2011

Ineos selected to supply leading technologies to Qingdao Haijing Chemical for pr

Qingdao Haijing Chemical (Group) has selected Ineos Technologies Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) and Suspension Polyvinyl Chloride (S-PVC) technologies for a project at its new site located at Dongjia-kou Pro Port Industrial Zone, Qingdao, People's Re

Chemical
Chemical | 16 August 2011

ICRA assigned enhancedratings to bank facilities of Hikal

ICRA has assigned ICRA]BB+ ( to enhanced Rs. 149 crores Fund based limits (enhanced from Rs. 70 crores), Rs. 197.1 crore Term loans (enhanced from Rs. 144.6 crores) and US$32 million term loans (enhanced from US$. 25.5 million). The outlook on the lo

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