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Chemical
Chemical | 16 June 2022

UPL acquires Kudos Chemie in terms of resolution plan approved by NCLT

As per the resolution plan approved by NCLT, the company is required to invest Rs.237 crore in Kudos over a period of 2 years.

General
General | 16 June 2022

Worley bags global services agreement from Chevron

Worley will provide engineering and project related services including working with Chevron’s digital enablement specialists

Chemical
Chemical | 16 June 2022

CCFI opposes inclusion of TRIPS-Plus Intellectual Property measures in the FTA

TRIPS-Plus measures, if incorporated in the FTAs, would only serve the proprietary interests of the corporates in the developed countries

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 16 June 2022

HH2E AG, MET Group to develop green hydrogen project in Europe

The project aims to construct a new generation power-to-X plant with a capacity to produce around 6,000 tonnes (over 200,000 MWh) of green hydrogen per year

General
General | 16 June 2022

Kemira aims 50% cut in emissions from its own operations by 2030

This target is in line with limiting global warming to 1.5°C, which is currently the most ambitious criteria for setting science-based targets

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 15 June 2022

bp to acquire majority stake in green hydrogen project at Western Australia

Under the terms of agreement, bp will acquire a 40.5% interest in the project and will assume operatorship from 1 July 2022, subject to approvals

Digitization
Digitization | 15 June 2022

Merck KGaA collaborates with University of Bonn to advance molecular machine learning

The three-year collaboration will focus on the development of new tools for computational chemistry modelling as well as new molecular representations to advance the next generation of molecular machine learning

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 15 June 2022

PPG sells traffic equipment manufacturer Eberle Design to PE firm

PPG acquired EDI in December 2020, along with the Ennis-Flint business

Chemical
Chemical | 15 June 2022

Perstorp develops 2-ethylhexanol grade based on renewable raw material

2-EH Pro 25 is designed to reduce the carbon footprint throughout the value chain where it is used to support sustainable sourcing of renewable and recycled raw materials

Digitization
Digitization | 15 June 2022

AVEVA positioned as leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant

The evaluation was based on specific criteria that analysed the company’s overall completeness of vision and ability to execute

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 15 June 2022

GAIL to invest Rs. 30,000 Cr on petchem, green hydrogen, renewable, biofuel projects

The company has also embarked upon alternate energies like green hydrogen, renewable, and biofuel projects, which are of operational importance and would likely provide a transition to the future

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 15 June 2022

LyondellBasell licenses high-pressure PE technology to Levima Green's new EVA line in China

The Lupotech T process technology will be used for a 200,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) line. The new line will be located in the Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, P.R. of China.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 15 June 2022

Clariant produces first commercial cellulosic ethanol at new plant in Romania

Plant at Podari, Romania will produce 50,000 metric tons per year of biofuels for offtake by Shell

Supply Chain
Supply Chain | 15 June 2022

Braskem Idesa and Advario partner to construct chemical terminal in Veracruz

The total investment in the announced terminal will be approximately US$400 million

Opinion
Opinion | 15 June 2022

Shift towards integrated manufacturing: Maulik Patel, CMD, Meghmani Finechem

The company is strengthening its position as a fully integrated complex to ensure the availability of raw material within the plant

Battery
Battery | 15 June 2022

BASF expands battery material capacity in China

The new production lines are designed with high flexibility to produce an advanced product portfolio and meet customers’ diversified needs, from high-nickel and ultra-high-nickel nickel-cobalt-manganese oxide (NCM) for polycrystalline and single crystalline, as well as manganese-rich NCM products

Chemical
Chemical | 15 June 2022

Toyo-Morton launches epoxy silane-free laminating adhesives

Epoxy silane is commonly used as an adhesion promoter in multilayer flexible packaging structures, helping to protect packaged content and extend its shelf life

Sustainability
Sustainability | 15 June 2022

Sandvik signs SEK 11 billion sustainability-linked revolving credit facility

The facility has a five-year tenor with two one-year extension options, and will be used for general corporate purposes and to refinance the existing SEK 9 billion credit facility

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 14 June 2022

Ineos launches bio-based products for phenol, acetone alphamethylstyrene

Manufactured at INEOS Phenol sites in Gladbeck Germany, Antwerp Belgium, INVIRIDIS is made using bio-attributed cumene, which enables the replacement of fossil fuel resources

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 14 June 2022

Borealis develops cross-linked PE pipes based on renewable feedstock

Based on Borealis’ Bornewables polyethylene (PE) derived from second-generation natural resources, such as waste from pulp production or residues from food processing oils, the new PEX Pipe Blue products boast an unprecedented carbon footprint reduction of up to 90% when compared to conventional fossil-based PE-X pipes

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