People | 26 February 2020

Abhinav Agarwal appointed CFO of Sharda Cropchem

Abhinav is a qualified Chartered Accountant and an MBA in Finance and possesses a rich and varied 20 years of work experience across various facets of finance including M&A advisory, fundraising and head of finance. He has previously worked in different industry verticals such as automotive, pharma and energy, and brings to the table a deep understanding of finance processes, regulations and industry practices.

Petrochemical | 26 February 2020

PKN ORLEN licenses Honeywell technology for new phenol complex In Poland

Honeywell UOP aromatics derivatives processes position PKN to grow in petrochemicals markets

Chemical | 25 February 2020

Navin Fluorine bags Rs. 2,900 Cr contract

The contract is for a period of seven year's and this product is not part of Navin Fluorine's existing product portfolio. The capex and project will be executed through its wholly owned subsidiary, Navin Fluorine Advanced Sciences Limited (NFASL)

Chemical | 25 February 2020

BASF to promote more women in leadership positions

BASF has revealed by 2030 the company wants to increase the proportion of women in leadership positions to 30 percent worldwide.

Petrochemical | 25 February 2020

GAIL to invest Rs 1.05 lakh cr for gas grid & petrochemical expansion

GAIL has planned a capex of Rs 45,000 to Rs 50,000 crore in laying pipelines, Rs 10,000 crore petrochemical capacity expansion and another Rs 40,000 crore for city gas distribution (CGD) business

Chemical | 24 February 2020

OCI & POSCO form JV for hydrogen peroxide production

JV will drive growth by turning out high-tech, high purity products with high added value including semiconductors

Chemical | 24 February 2020

LyondellBasell’s PO/TBA project installs major pieces of process equipment

The world-scale propylene oxide, tertiary butyl alcohol project goes vertical

Chemical | 24 February 2020

GACL completes SBP expansion at Dahej

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals has commenced commercial production of Stable Bleaching Powder (SBP) Plant at Dahej

Petrochemical | 24 February 2020

Sudarshan to commission Rs. 230 Cr plant by March 2020

The company primarily serve the coatings, plastics, inks and cosmetics markets

People | 21 February 2020

Dow appoints CEO Fitterling Chairman

Dow announced that its Board of Directors plans to appoint Dow CEO Jim Fitterling to be chairman

R&D | 20 February 2020

Cabinet approves constitution of Technology Group

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the constitution of an empowered “Technology Group”

People | 20 February 2020

Edward D. Breen returns as CEO of Dupont

Lori D. Koch, Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis, is named Chief Financial Officer. Both appointments are effective immediately

Petrochemical | 20 February 2020

ADNOC awards $1.65B contract to Petrofac for Dalma Gas project

Project is expected to be completed in 2022 and will enable the Dalma Gas Development project to produce around 340 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas.

Petrochemical | 19 February 2020

GP Petroleums to invest Rs 100 crore in new plant at Gujarat

This will be company's second blending plant in the country and will manufacture specialty value-added products in addition to the automotive and industrial lubricants catering to the entire value chain

Chemical Solutions | 19 February 2020

Covestro Group sales down by 15.1%

Sales was down by 15.1% to approximately EUR 12.4 billion as selling prices remained low due to increased competitive pressure in all segments.

Chemical | 19 February 2020

Fluor wins EPC contract from Invista

Company has been recently awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction for a new 400 kilo-ton-per-annum adiponitrile (ADN) plant in Shanghai, China

Chemical | 19 February 2020

Govt. taskforce to focus on enhanced production of APIs

The 5th Meeting of the Task Force discussed issues regarding policy relaxations to small, medium and large API units and also simplification of the process for environment clearance for production and availability of medicines

Chemical | 18 February 2020

Veolia to supply chemical removal technology to pulp producer in Brazil

Veolia Water Technologies will support a major expansion of a mill in Brazil by providing a turnkey chloride removal system designed to optimize the processing of wood-derived pulp used in the making of cellulose fibers

People | 18 February 2020

Manoj Jain takes charge as CMD of GAIL

He is also currently chairman of GAIL Global (USA) Inc. (GGUI), GAIL Global (USA) LNG LLC (GGULL), and Konkan LNG Pvt. Ltd. (KLPL)

Chemical | 18 February 2020

Clariant Chemicals Q3 revenue reaches Rs. 280 Cr

Sales from continuing operations grew by 10.1%, at Rs. 188.3 crores for the quarter ended December 2019, as against Rs. 171.1 crores for the corresponding quarter in the previous year

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