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Chemical
Chemical | 26 October 2020

ICL to acquire Brazil-based specialty plant nutrition firm for $120 million

The acquisition of Fertiláqua enhances ICL's position in the high growth, high margin Brazilian specialty plant nutrition market.

Digitization
Digitization | 26 October 2020

Equinor, Microsoft to digitize Northern Lights carbon capture and storage value chain

As per MoU, Microsoft will explore the use of Northern Lights' CO2 transport and storage facility as part of Microsoft’s portfolio of carbon capture, transportation, and storage projects.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 25 October 2020

INOVYN commences specialty vinyls production in Belgium

This development broadens INOVYN’s production network across Europe and strengthens its long-term growth strategy to improve the circular economy with BIOVYN, offering customers an even broader range of choice of bio-attributed PVC grades and copolymers.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 24 October 2020

Satyabhusan Dash announced as ‘BPCL Chair Professor in Customer Care’

As the Chair Professor Prof. Dash will conduct and promote research study in the area of Customer Care, build a systematic body of knowledge and establish a world class customer care centre under his leadership.

Chemical
Chemical | 24 October 2020

Yash Chemex CFO resigns

Kirit H Shah, CFO, Yash Chemex has resigned effect from 23rd October, 2020 due to health issues.

Chemical
Chemical | 24 October 2020

Sanginita Chemicals profitability decreases by 14.6%

The net revenue of the company for FY 2019-20 has decreased from Rs. 187.59 crore to Rs. 159.78 crore due to decrease in prices and COVID-19 pandemic.

Chemical
Chemical | 24 October 2020

Appellate tribunal stays Rs. 24.74 crore demand notice on BASF India

The Karnataka Appellate Tribunal vide its order dated 22nd October, 2020 has granted stay on recovery of demand from BASF India aggregating to Rs. 24.74 crore pertaining to the period 2015-2016.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 24 October 2020

Narendra Modi to interact with CEOs of Oil & Gas companies

Around 45 CEOs of major global Oil and Gas companies will attend the event this year as India is an important player in the global Oil and Gas sector being the 3rd largest consumer of crude oil and the 4th largest LNG importer.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 24 October 2020

Asian Paints reports jump in sales, profit during second quarter

The company's net profit stood at Rs. 830.37 crore in second quarter of the current fiscal.

Chemical
Chemical | 24 October 2020

Solvay appoints Azelis as exclusive distributor for agchem products in North America

Company has appointed Red River Specialties LLC, an Azelis company, as exclusive distributor for agricultural inert ingredients and tankmix adjuvants in North America

Digitization
Digitization | 24 October 2020

IIT Kharagpur partners TCS for Industry 4.0

The technology will acquire real-time information about the welding process through multiple sensors and enable online control of weld quality by means of cloud-based communication with the friction stir welding machine.

Start-up
Start-up | 23 October 2020

TCS, University of Tokyo join hands to drive digital innovation

Through the partnership, UTokyo and TCS aspire to realize their shared vision of applying design thinking and digital technologies to address real world business and societal challenges.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 23 October 2020

Gevo, Total to collaborate on renewable isoamylene production

Isoamylene is predominately used in a diverse set of applications, including resins, pesticides, flavors and fragrances, pharmaceuticals, healthcare products, adhesives, antioxidants, and UV stabilizers.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 23 October 2020

AmSty aims to use 25% recycled polystyrene for food applications by 2030

As per the company, all its products designed for foodservice and food packaging applications will contain 25 percent recycled content by 2030.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 23 October 2020

Celanese to expand UHMW-PE production at Texas facility

The new production line at the Celanese Bishop manufacturing facility is expected to add approximately 15kt per year of GUR product capacity by the start of 2022.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 22 October 2020

Borealis commissions naphtha storage cavern Finland

Located 90 meters below ground, the storage volume of the new cavern enables Borealis to source feedstock from various sources and markets.

Chemical
Chemical | 22 October 2020

U.S. chemical production rises in September as per ACC

In September, chemical production continued to improve in many segments, including, chlor-alkali, organic chemicals, industrial gases, synthetic dyes and pigments, consumer products, synthetic rubber, manufactured fibers, other specialty chemicals, and fertilizers. Production eased in plastic resins, coatings, adhesives, and crop protection chemicals.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 22 October 2020

Neste, Recycling Technologies and Unilever awarded grant for exploring chemical recycling of waste plastics

A joint project involving these three companies has been awarded a £3.1m grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to develop chemical recycling by combining the expertise of these global leaders in their respective business areas to make hard-to-recycle plastic packaging recyclable.

Chemical
Chemical | 22 October 2020

HIL India registers highest ever production of malathion in first six months

Despite restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic, the company manufactured 530.10 MT of Malathion Technical in H1 as compared to 375.5 MT in corresponding period of last financial year registering a growth of 41%.

Chemical
Chemical | 22 October 2020

U.S. specialty chemical business reaches stability in September says ACC

During September, specialty chemicals volumes were off 8.1 percent on a year-over-year (Y/Y) basis, a slight improvement from August.

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