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People
People | 23 August 2022

AkzoNobel elevates Rohit Totla and Prasanth Chandrasekharan to leadership profiles

Rohit Totla has been elevated to a regional leadership role as the new Commercial Excellence Director, Decorative Paints for SESA region, Prasanth Chandrasekharan will take the baton as new Sales Director for AkzoNobel's Decorative Paints in India from September 1, 2022.

Chemical
Chemical | 23 August 2022

GNAL dispatches 1300 MT of caustic soda

GNAL has dispatched 1,300 DMT of Caustic Soda to National Aluminium Company Limited through rail on 20th August, 2022 from Ankleshwar.

Chemical
Chemical | 23 August 2022

Vive Crop Protection closes US$ $26 million Series C investment round

Vive announced the appointment of Kyle Scott to its Board of Directors.

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 22 August 2022

Scottish Power explores green hydrogen plant at Port of Felixstowe

Plans are being developed to use green hydrogen for onshore purposes, such as road, rail and industrial use, with the potential to create liquid forms, such as green ammonia or e-methanol

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 21 August 2022

L&T commissions green hydrogen plant in Hazira

The green hydrogen plant is designed for an electrolyser capacity of 800 kW

Gas
Gas | 21 August 2022

NAH begins new helium production facility in Saskatchewan

This facility is located near the Village of Mankota in southwest Saskatchewan

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 21 August 2022

Maersk signs green methanol offtake deal with Debo

The parties have signed a Letter of Intent covering Debo’s plans to develop a bio-methanol project for Maersk in China with capacity of 200,000 tonnes per year to start commercial operation by fall 2024

Chemical
Chemical | 21 August 2022

Covestro sets up mechanical recycling line for polycarbonates in Shanghai

The new MCR line will address the growing demand for more sustainable solutions, in particular with Post-Consumer-Recycled (PCR) products, to be used primarily for the compounding step in the manufacture of electrical and electronic products, automotive applications, and consumer goods

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 21 August 2022

SK Innovation gets global certification to measure carbon footprint

This is the first time a company in petroleum/chemical industry in South Korea to be certified with a self-developed calculation system for measuring carbon emissions

Digitization
Digitization | 21 August 2022

KBC releases Petro-SIM 7.3 simulation software to optimize refinery operations

Digital twin boosts decarbonization, the key to the renewable energy transition

Battery
Battery | 21 August 2022

Sogma Lithium doubles production of battery grade sustainable lithium

General progress of project construction is ~32% compared to a baseline of ~40%

Chemical
Chemical | 21 August 2022

India Glycols to invest Rs. 180 crore on grain-based bioethanol plants

The capex will be used in two grain-based bioethanol plants and one specialized chemical unit that the company is commissioning

Chemical
Chemical | 21 August 2022

Sika launches Tuff-N-Nuff rockshield product with new technology

Tuff-N-Nuff rockshield is comprised of small diameter strands of flexible PVC to form a porous, non-woven mat that will not trap water against the pipeline

Chemical
Chemical | 21 August 2022

Hikal to commission multipurpose Panoli plant in Q2 FY23

The company continues to explore new product opportunities in the business and presently are working on five-six products and are at different stages of development

Chemical
Chemical | 21 August 2022

India Pesticides earmarks capex of Rs. 79 crore for FY 23

The company has already applied for environmental clearance for its Hamirpur facility and has also received TOR

Chemical
Chemical | 21 August 2022

NextGen Summit 2022: Ethanol policy will take India towards energy self sufficiency

Policies that prioritize farmers’ benefits and diversion of surplus sugar for ethanol production have created a win-win situation for all

Supply Chain
Supply Chain | 20 August 2022

NextGen Summit 2022: Reliability in chemical supply chain almost negligible

When the industry is aiming for double digit growth, the role of supply chain partners becomes even more crucial

Opinion
Opinion | 20 August 2022

Shift towards digital twin

The capability supports three of the most powerful knowledge tools in human toolkit and these tools are basically for conceptualization, comparisons, and collaboration

Digitization
Digitization | 20 August 2022

Honeywell partners with University Politehnica of Bucharest to launch industrial automation lab

The lab – Honeywell’s third at the university in the last two years – allows students to put classroom theories to the test by getting hands-on with the latest industrial automation technologies

General
General | 20 August 2022

Valmet invests in press felt production in Finland

The amount of the investment is around EUR 18 million

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