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Chemical
Chemical | 26 August 2020

BASF to expand agricultural formulation unit in North America

The site expansion includes a new formulation unit, lab expansion, and a climate-controlled warehouse, bringing the total site assets to $200 million.

Chemical
Chemical | 25 August 2020

Phillips Carbon Black reports drop in quarterly sales, profits due to slump in mobility sector

The sales also dropped by 60.56% YoY and reached Rs 359.53 crore.

Chemical
Chemical | 25 August 2020

Black Rose Industries expands production of polyacrylamide liquids

The current installed capacity of polyacrylamide liquids is 40,000 MTPA.

Chemical
Chemical | 25 August 2020

Galaxy Surfactants bags 62 patents

In terms of R&D spend, the company has invested close to Rs. 60 crore in 2017-19 timeframe for new product grades, process and efficiencies and this process is even continuing today.

Chemical
Chemical | 25 August 2020

BCPL produces 51,960 pheneol bottles in a day

The milestone was achieved by BCPL Panihati, North 24-Parganas Unit situated in West Bengal.

Technology
Technology | 25 August 2020

KBR wins new contracts from Chinese petchem refinery

Under the terms of the contracts, KBR will provide process technology licensing and process design packages for this project, which will have a production capacity of 1 million tpy of olefins.

Digitization
Digitization | 25 August 2020

Aveva acquires tech firm, OSIsoft for $5bn

Combined product offering to support customers in optimizing operations, driving sustainability and creating greater value.

People
People | 25 August 2020

Axalta names Rakesh Sachdev to Board of Directors

Rakesh is the former CEO of Platform Specialty Products Corp. and Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

Chemical
Chemical | 25 August 2020

Cefic invites tenders for developing its impact assessments on climate-neutrality

Cefic plans to develop its own general impact assessments to assess and quantify the impact of the climate-neutrality objective by 2050 on chemical value chains.

People
People | 25 August 2020

Ingevity names John C. Fortson as President, CEO

The appointment will be effective September 1, 2020.

Chemical
Chemical | 25 August 2020

APR releases new testing protocol for recyclability of film packaging

The new test measures the capability of innovative film packaging to be recycled into new thin film applications.

Digitization
Digitization | 25 August 2020

Navoiyazot leverages MAN Energy 's digital solutions to commission its nitric-acid plant

The nitric-acid plant, with a capacity of 500 000 tpy, successfully entered production in June 2020.

Chemical
Chemical | 24 August 2020

India imposes anti-dumping duty on phos acid from Korea for 5 years

India has imposed Anti-Dumping Duty on phosphoric acid of all grades and all concentrations (excluding Agriculture/Fertilizer grade) originating in or exported from South Korea

Chemical
Chemical | 24 August 2020

Revised definition of MSME, registration process, credit/finance schemes and procurement policy

A step towards Self-Reliant India, global tenders will be disallowed up to Rs.200 crores. Business enterprises registered under the MSME Act are given a hefty subsidy of 50 per cent for patent registration.

Chemical
Chemical | 24 August 2020

Nippon Paint, Wuthelam Group sign $12 bn deal to grow Asia business

Wuthelam's stake in the Japanese company will rise to just under 60 per cent from 39 per cent one of the biggest transactions in Asia this year.

Chemical
Chemical | 24 August 2020

Valmet to supply automation to German wastewater treatment startup

According to the agreement, ECOFARIO will exclusively offer Valmet’s automation for its future installations.

Technology
Technology | 24 August 2020

Haldor Topsoe, Comprimo form strategic alliance on sulphur management technology

The alliance will help customers benefit from a simpler, more robust and efficient plant design at a lower cost of ownership.

Chemical
Chemical | 24 August 2020

Sulzer strengthens its pharma portfolio with acquisition of Haselmeier

Medical device portfolio to complement Sulzer’s Applicator Systems business. Transaction is expected to close on October 1, subject to customary conditions.

Digitization
Digitization | 24 August 2020

Hitachi Chemical commences production of 5G-Compatible laminate material

By applying low polarity resin materials and low dielectric glass cloth, Hitachi Chemical achieved lower transmission-loss properties (low dielectric loss tangent) and lower dielectric constant, reducing signal delay.

Chemical
Chemical | 24 August 2020

LG Chem and Petronas Chemicals to build NBL plant in Malaysia

Construction of the plant will begin in 2021 while production is scheduled to start in 2023. When completed, the plant will have an annual NBL production capacity of 200,000 tons

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