Chemical | 22 February 2023

AgroChemicals 2030: Collaborative approach to realise potential

Susanta Kumar Purohit, Joint Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India; Dr. Srinivas Kantevari, Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR IICT; Anuja Kadian, APAC Government & Industry Affairs Director, Corteva Agriscience; Sanjay Vidyarthi, Founder, Bharat to India Connect; and Shivaji Singh, General Manager, JU Agri Sciences are speakers for the session

Chemical | 22 February 2023

Best Agrolife’s subsidiary receives patent

The new patent is a combination of Ametryn+2, and 4D+Halosulfuron methyl used for the con trol of weeds in sugarcane as pre, early post, and post-emergent herbicide.

Chemical | 22 February 2023

Evonik introduces new waterborne dispersant 780 W

High effectiveness across a broad range of pigments

Chemical | 22 February 2023

Clariant raises the bar for performance of biodegradable rheology modifiers

New rheology modifier Aristoflex Eco T is a next-generation patented technology

Chemical | 21 February 2023

Payal Group ramp ups manufacturing capacity of chlorinated paraffins to 70 KTA

Becomes one of the top three producers of chlorinated paraffins in India

Chemical | 21 February 2023

Celanese expands capacity of acetyl chain facility in Edmonton

The expansion provides approximately 35 percent incremental EVA capacity starting in the first quarter of 2023.

Chemical | 21 February 2023

Evonik launches two new wetting agents

The main areas of application are waterborne automotive and wood coatings.

Chemical | 21 February 2023

Price trends for specialty chemicals in Dec 2022

TFE price jumped 5.8% QoQ / 24.0% YoY to Rs1,023 while volumes fell 11.4% YoY to 3.1kte. Other fluoropolymer prices dipped 0.8% QoQ, and volumes surged 308% YoY to 1.1kte.

Chemical | 21 February 2023

Nippon Shokubai acquires ISCC Plus certification for various products

The certification enables the company to establish a system to manufacture and market certified products using biomass-derived raw materials allocated by the mass balance method and to offer a wide range of products with low environmental impact

Chemical | 20 February 2023

Bluestem Biosciences files 24 patent applications

At commercial scale, Bluestem's patent pending technologies will reduce carbon emission by an estimated 75% or more and be cost-competitive with petroleum based chemicals

Chemical | 20 February 2023

INEOS Styrolution introduces new sustainable styrenics ECO solutions for the Americas

New drop-in solutions support companies to achieve sustainability goals

Chemical | 20 February 2023

Realisation strengthening helps drive profits for Archean Chemical: ICICI Securities

The company expects bromine derivative plant (28ktpa capacity) to commission by end-FY24.

Chemical | 19 February 2023

Fluor selected by Agilent for expansion of oligonucleotide manufacturing facility in Colorado

Fluor is providing architectural and engineering services and procuring equipment for the new 275,000 square-foot manufacturing facility that will house two manufacturing lines to double manufacturing capability

Chemical | 18 February 2023

UPL announces completion of Rs. 1,580 Cr investment in Agtech platform UPL SAS

UPL SAS will be India’s largest ‘Integrated Agtech Platform’ and will include the India crop protection business, SWAL, Adarsh Farm Services and the Nurture digital platform

Chemical | 18 February 2023

Asahi Kasei completes construction of microcrystalline cellulose plant

With the new facility, the company underlines its commitment to meet the substantially growing demand for its MCC

Chemical | 18 February 2023

CRISIL upgrades Coromandel International’s long-term rating to 'AAA/Stable'

Coromandel has budgeted to incur capex of Rs. 700-900 crore to further strengthen the operating efficiency of the fertilizer and agro-chemicals segment