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Technology
Technology | 18 August 2022

Bayer displays breakthrough innovations and sustainable solutions to meet challenges in agriculture

Bayer showcases breakthrough innovations in agriculture, including Short Stature Corn and CoverCress, at the company’s Jerseyville, IL site as part of its Fields of Opportunity Technology Showcase

Chemical
Chemical | 18 August 2022

UPL and ORO Agri announce agreement for orange oil multifunctional bioprotection product

Orange Oil was developed by Oro Agri as a residue free biosolution with fungicidal, insecticidal, and acaricidal functions, as well as excellent adjuvant properties.

Chemical
Chemical | 18 August 2022

Koch to increase UAN production at Kansas

Company is planning a $30 million optimization project at its Dodge City, Kansas nitrogen plant to increase UAN production by 35,000 tons per year

Chemical
Chemical | 18 August 2022

Government’s ethanol blending programme to be a game changer for India

Bharat Petroleum has reiterated the strategic importance of biofuels in India, on occasion of World Biofuel Day.

Chemical
Chemical | 18 August 2022

NextGen Summit 2022: Chemical industry has to imbibe safety culture at all levels

Companies must adopt best safety management system, safety policies, SOPs, and learn from peer organizations besides focused intervention on behavior

Sustainability
Sustainability | 17 August 2022

LG Chem and Archer Daniels Midland to set up bio plastic JV in Illinois

The two companies will establish two joint ventures to respond to the demand for plant-based products and bioplastics.

General
General | 17 August 2022

Huntsman wins GDMA’s Export Award

The award recognises companies that have demonstrated outstanding export performance for 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021.

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 17 August 2022

Essar reaches new milestone in transition to low carbon operations

The new hydrogen plant will help Essar deliver its goal of producing 3.8GW of low carbon hydrogen by the end of the decade

People
People | 17 August 2022

Novolex appoints Lisa Dulski as new CHRO

She succeeds Dave Cowfer, who has elected to retire after providing exceptional human resources leadership to Novolex for more than seven years.

Chemical
Chemical | 17 August 2022

Henkel H1 2022 Group sales higher at 10.9 billion euros; Raises sales guidance for 2022

Group sales in the first half of 2022 grew organically by +8.9 percent to around 10.9 billion euros (nominal +9.9 percent), driven by all business units and regions

Regulatory
Regulatory | 17 August 2022

NextGen Summit 2022: Govt must accommodate industry’s concerns in draft India REACH

Stakeholders hopeful about rolling out of 6th draft of India’s chemical regulations by end of 2022

Opinion
Opinion | 17 August 2022

Immersive learning provides training catalyst the chemicals workforce needs

Upskilling a new generation of workers within the constraints of the new normal depends on cutting-edge solutions such as immersive training. Its benefits include plant-specific learning, reduced risks and costs, and faster training times

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 17 August 2022

Payal Group announces setting up of India’s first primary plasticizers plant in South India

This plant will focus on the production of Phthalate-free plasticizers & other REACH-compliant speciality plasticizers which are the key inputs for the Wire & Cable, Footwear, and Coir Mat industry among various other applications

Chemical
Chemical | 17 August 2022

Shiva Engineering Services bags EPCM contract for new ink and adhesives facility in India & Egypt

As balance of plant engineer and construction manager, SES will play a key role in supporting the construction of this innovative facility which will provide a processing capacity of higher metric tonnes of Adhesives and Inks

Chemical
Chemical | 17 August 2022

Merck KGaA to acquire chemical business of Koreas-based Mecaro

The acquisition of Mecaro’s chemical business is another milestone to accelerate innovation in Merck’s Semiconductor Solutions business unit, one of the company’s three growth engines (Big 3), through targeted smaller to medium-sized acquisitions with high impact

General
General | 17 August 2022

FAFAI to organize 25th International Convention and Expo in Feb'23 at Kolkata

The Convention will not only include presentations from leading experts and thought leaders from the industry but also have an expo of more than 1,00,000 sq. ft

Chemical
Chemical | 17 August 2022

Nouryon signs distribution pact with Brenntag for tagged polymers in the US and Canada

As the sole distributor of Nouryon’s proprietary LumaTreat tagged polymers in the US and Canada, Brenntag offers a portfolio designed to reduce risk and downtime for industrial water treatment system operators

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 16 August 2022

Time Technoplast posts Q1FY23 consolidated PAT at Rs. 44.39 Cr

The company has reported total income of Rs. 945.03 crores during the period ended June 30, 2022.

General
General | 16 August 2022

Westlake announces $500 million expansion of existing share repurchase program

This expansion to the program is effective immediately. Repurchases under this program will be made through the open market or in privately negotiated transactions.

General
General | 16 August 2022

Zuari Industries posts Q1FY23 consolidated PAT at Rs. 253.03 Cr

The company has reported total income of Rs. 267.80 crores during the period ended June 30, 2022.

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