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Opinion
Opinion | 17 June 2022

Specialty Chemicals - The next sunshine industry: M. P. Aggarwal, Promoter, Sajjan India

Having emerged as a strong alternative to China, Indian specialty chemicals industry could have a clear edge albeit promising policies and diversification by key players

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 17 June 2022

Shell, Dow start up electrified heat steam cracker unit in Netherlands

Over the next year, the experimental unit will be used to test a theoretical electrification model developed for retrofitting today’s gas-fired steam cracker furnaces

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 17 June 2022

Maire Tecnimont partners GranBio to co-develop 2G ethanol technology

Partnership combines exclusive technology development and Co-Licensing for the conversion of agricultural waste and residues in second generation bioethanol

Chemical
Chemical | 17 June 2022

Solvay wins a patent infringement case against Fluorine in China

Fluorine has been ordered to cease manufacturing and selling of Salvay's PVDF material

Chemical
Chemical | 17 June 2022

Origin Materials partners Kuraray on carbon-negative materials

As part of the partnership, Kuraray signed a capacity reservation agreement with Origin Materials to purchase sustainable, carbon negative intermediate chemicals used in the large-scale synthesis of many polymers, including PTA, PET, and polyamide

General
General | 17 June 2022

Saint-Gobain Life Sciences expands manufacturing facility in Japan

The capacity addition in Suwa is part of Saint-Gobain Life Sciences ongoing investment plan to globally expand production capacity for its products and services used throughout the bioprocessing industry

People
People | 17 June 2022

Syngenta Group announces leadership transition

Jeff Rowe, currently President, Global Seeds, to become President, Global Crop Protection while Justin Wolfe, Regional Director North America Seeds to become President, Global Seeds

General
General | 16 June 2022

BioConsortia appoints Mosaic as distributor for microbial biostimulant in Asia

The new biostimulant BEC69 is branded as ZAFFRE in North America, and is expected to provide growers with significant value by optimizing root conditions to help the plant use available nutrients in the soil

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 16 June 2022

OCI to expand green ammonia import terminal at Rotterdam

The expansion will be developed under a staged investment approach, with an initial increase in throughput capacity from the current c.400 ktpa to up to 1.2 million metric tons per year

General
General | 16 June 2022

Azelis opens new headquarters in Mexico

The Mexican headquarters will house the leadership, marketing, and sales for all core market segments

Chemical
Chemical | 16 June 2022

Clariant's first quarter earnings grows 30% YoY

All geographic regions contributed meaningfully to the sales expansion in the first quarter of 2022, reflecting both continued strong demand as well as supply chain shortages.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 16 June 2022

Indaver, Ineos sign recycled styrene monomer offtake agreement

This agreement closes the loop towards a circular economy for polystyrene and will enable Ineos to produce polystyrene from recycled feedstock replacing styrene monomer produced from fossil feedstock

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 16 June 2022

Idemitsu acquires majority stake in Seibu Oil, will close Yamaguchi refinery by 2024

Until the termination of refinery operations, the company will continue to contribute to stabilising regional energy supply and ensuring that Seibu Oil operates safely

Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles | 16 June 2022

Jio-bp to power Zomato’s EV journey

The company will provide EV mobility services to Zomato along with access to ‘Jio-bp pulse’ branded battery swapping stations for last mile delivery

People
People | 16 June 2022

Nitin Soni appointed Commercial Director (South Asia) of Huntsman Textiles

He will be based in Mumbai and is responsible for leading the commercial function of Huntsman Textile Effects in South Asia

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 16 June 2022

ONGC to invest Rs. 31,000 Cr in next 3 years; Rs. 20,000 Cr awaiting board approval

These are directed towards increasing on data acquisition, inducting new technologies, opening new basins and increasing outgo on drilling of a number of tough and challenging well

Chemical
Chemical | 16 June 2022

BASF India increasing capacity at Dahej and Panoli facility

Dahej capacity has been increased by another 45 kt and Panoli capacity will be expanded by 30 percent

Chemical
Chemical | 16 June 2022

Indian Chemical News organises e-Conference on 'Paints & Coatings: Challenges and Opportunities' today

Dhiresh Gosalia, CMD, Jesons Industries; Ashok Kumar Gaind, JMD, Acro Paints; Vipul P. Shah, MD, Vipul Organics: Sagar Goel, President, IPCA; Debajit Shome, GMD, Colourscapes Group; and Dr. Soma Das Gupta, Application Engineer GC/MS, Agilent Technologies are speakers for the E-conference

Sustainability
Sustainability | 16 June 2022

Nouryon’s biodegradable dispersant recognized with ACC's sustainability leadership award

This multipurpose, non-persistent biodegradable dispersant is used for aqueous crop protection and seed-treatment applications to help active ingredients dissolve more easily and enhance the sustainability profile of formulations

General
General | 16 June 2022

Kemira and Veolia to jointly access new phosphorus recovery technology

Kemira Oyj and Veolia Wasser Deutschland will conduct the first ViviMag industrial pilot trial at the wastewater treatment plant of Schönebeck, Germany, during the second half of 2022.

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