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Digitization
Digitization | 04 December 2025

ABB India unveils ACS380-E drive for high-performance automation

The new machinery drive is engineered specifically for industrial machinery applications in several industries, including textile, cable and wire, plastics, intralogistics and more

Chemical
Chemical | 04 December 2025

Fineotex Chemical successfully exercises warrants

The funds raised will be deployed towards working capital requirements and for potential acquisitions

People
People | 04 December 2025

Finolex appoints Udipt Agarwal as MD

Agarwal brings over 30 years of experience across the chemicals, bio-industrial and specialty materials sectors

Chemical
Chemical | 04 December 2025

Hawkins acquires Redbird Chemical

Redbird supplies chemicals to customers across eastern Texas in both the water treatment and industrial sectors

Digitization
Digitization | 04 December 2025

LANXESS launches browser-based LewaPlus Online for flexible ion exchange design

The browser-based software allows users to export results directly for documentation and archiving

General
General | 04 December 2025

Grupa Azoty Polyolefins files for bankruptcy amid financial strain

The Polimery Police project has faced repeated installation failures, halting production and cutting off the company’s primary revenue stream

General
General | 04 December 2025

dsm-firmenich wraps up €1.08 billion share buyback ahead of schedule

The company announced its plan “to repurchase ordinary shares with an aggregate market value of €1 billion and reduce its issued capital” on February 13, 2025,

Technology
Technology | 04 December 2025

ABB invests in OctaiPipe to partner in AI-optimized energy efficiency for data center cooling

Strategic partnership set to expand adoption of AI-driven cooling control software by data centers, enabling up to 30 percent energy savings and rapid return on investment (ROI)

General
General | 04 December 2025

Xampla and DIC bring PFAS-free Morro coating to Asia

The partnership aims to help Japanese packaging manufacturers replace existing plastic and PFAS coatings across a range of food service packaging formats

People
People | 04 December 2025

Clariant appoints Marcelo Lu as President, Business Unit Care Chemicals

Lu will join Clariant in January 2026 as President Designate for Care Chemicals & Americas

Sustainability
Sustainability | 04 December 2025

Kraiburg advances circular economy solutions for thermoplastic elastomers

The company emphasizes that selecting the right TPE for each application is critical to ensuring durability

People
People | 04 December 2025

Evonik elevates Elias Lacerda as President for Americas region

Most recently, he led the Coating Additives business line at the company’s headquarters in Essen, Germany

People
People | 04 December 2025

Wood Group appoints Jade Moore as new CFO

Most recently, Jade served as Group Executive Director at ED&F Man Holdings

Chemical
Chemical | 04 December 2025

Unison Metals launches Rs. 30 crore sodium silicate unit

The project, pegged at Rs. 30 crore, includes land acquisition, plant and machinery, construction, and supporting fixed assets

Chemical
Chemical | 04 December 2025

Nissan Chemical makes strategic push into Brazilian biologicals market with INNOVA Agrotecnologia

INNOVA will benefit from enhanced research, development, manufacturing, marketing, and sales capabilities

General
General | 04 December 2025

Nippon Chemical Industrial and TDK to form JV for MLCC material development

The companies aim to accelerate R&D speed, shorten lead times from prototyping to market launch

Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCUS)
Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCUS) | 04 December 2025

India announces R&D roadmap for net zero targets through CCUS

The first of its kind R&D roadmap to enable India’s net zero targets through Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) was launched

Policy
Policy | 04 December 2025

Promotion of indigenous chemical manufacturing

The New Scheme of Petrochemicals promotes setting up of need-based Plastic Parks with requisite state-of-the-art infrastructure and enabling common facilities

Policy
Policy | 04 December 2025

National Biofuel Policy drives biodiesel production, farmer income

The National Policy of Biofuels through the Biodiesel Blending programme creates opportunities for farmers in augmenting indigenous feedstock supplies like Tree-Borne Oils

Policy
Policy | 04 December 2025

Framework for Carbon Credit Trading Scheme

Thermal power plants have not been transitioned from the PAT scheme to the CCTS Compliance Mechanism

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