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Chemical
Chemical | 23 February 2023

Kanoria Chemicals begins work for 300 TPD formaldehyde plant at Ankleshwar

The upcoming Formaldehyde plant will be with latest Metal Oxide based technology.

Sustainability
Sustainability | 23 February 2023

UPL joins science-based commitments to urgent GHG reduction against climate change

UPL commits to reduce scope 1 and scope 2 GHG emissions 63.12 % per ton of agrochemical by FY 2034

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 23 February 2023

Plug Power and Acciona announce plans to build green-hydrogen plant in Spain

The project, currently in the development stage, involves the construction of a 25MW electrolyzer on the land plots adjacent to the Sangüesa biomass plant

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 23 February 2023

Covestro to build its largest TPU site in China

New site to be built in Zhuhai, South China, with an annual capacity of 120,000 tons of TPU per year after final phase of expansion

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 23 February 2023

Vencorex to build new facility in Texas for specialty aliphatic isocyanates

The new facility is expected to become operational in the second half of 2023

General
General | 23 February 2023

CAM Industrial to buy Worley’s North American maintenance and turnaround business for US$ 125 million

The North America maintenance and turnaround business supports refineries, petrochemical plants, and other industrial facilities

Policy
Policy | 23 February 2023

AgroChem Summit 2023: Policy support to catalyze growth of Agrochemicals

Speakers are: Arun Baroka, Secretary, DCPC, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers; Rajju Shroff, Chairman Emeritus, UPL Group; R. G. Agarwal, Group Chairman, Dhanuka Agritech; Simon Thorsten Wiebusch, Executive Director, Bayer CropScience; Dr. Kalyan Goswami, Director General, ACFI; and Pravin Prashant, Editor, Indian Chemical News

Energy
Energy | 23 February 2023

TotalEnergies signs renewable PPA with Sasol and Air Liquide

The two projects will provide competitive and available renewable electricity to decarbonize Sasol and Air Liquide’s production.

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 23 February 2023

Sinopec launches China's first integrated methanol-to-hydrogen and hydrogen refueling station

China produces the most methanol in the world, accounting for 60 percent of the global total.

Sustainability
Sustainability | 22 February 2023

BASF gets REDcert2 certification for its production site in Rokuromi, Japan

Rokuromi is the first BASF site in Japan capable of producing biomass balanced acrylic dispersions

General
General | 22 February 2023

Covestro India joins hands with United Way Mumbai for Jal Sanjivani program

Covestro is supporting over 400 farmers in the Solapur and Raigad District with much-needed sprinkler and nozzle sets for micro-irrigation through this program.

Chemical
Chemical | 22 February 2023

Arkema launches integrated offering for pressure sensitive adhesives

The comprehensive offering, marketed under the Bostik brand, will consolidate Arkema’s market leading position.

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 22 February 2023

Cepsa and ACE Terminal to create green hydrogen supply chain from Spain to the Netherlands

The MoU with Cepsa is the first of agreements ACE signs for green hydrogen and ammonia imports to create Europe’s largest green ammonia import terminal

Chemical
Chemical | 22 February 2023

AgroChem Summit 2023 to discuss role of drones in transforming agriculture

Speakers are: Dr. Jitendra Kumar, Director, Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology; Agnishwar Jayaprakash, Founder and CEO, Garuda Aerospace; Smit Shah, President, Drone Federation of India; Prem Kumar Vislawath, Founder & CEO, Marut Drones; Sanjeev Kashyap, Chief Delivery Officer, General Aeronautics; Suraj Kumar, Head-Strategy, IoTechWorld Avigation; and Durgesh C. Sharma, Secretary General, CropLife India

Chemical
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
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.

Battery
Battery | 22 February 2023

BASF and TAT inks agreement for efficient recycling of lithium-ion batteries

Tenova’s proprietary technology allows efficient recovery of lithium from end-of-life batteries and battery production scrap

People
People | 22 February 2023

BASF appoints Stephan Kothrade to the Board of Executive Directors

Kothrade has been with BASF since 1995 and leads BASF’s Intermediates division since 2022.

Chemical
Chemical | 22 February 2023

Evonik introduces new waterborne dispersant 780 W

High effectiveness across a broad range of pigments

Chemical
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

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