General
General | 21 October 2022

BASF Venture Capital invests in financial platform Traive

The proprietary technology allows crop protection product manufacturers, traders, farmers, cooperatives, and trading companies to review, register, manage, and trade their loans on a single platform

Sustainability
Sustainability | 21 October 2022

Perstorp makes product carbon footprint values available for 85% of sales volume

As part of the joint initiative Together for Sustainability, companies from the global chemical industry have agreed on a global guideline for calculating product carbon footprints

Sustainability
Sustainability | 21 October 2022

LyondellBasell and Shakti Plastic Industries sign MoU for mechanical recycling in India

The plant is intended to process rigid packaging post-consumer waste and produce 50,000 tonnes of recycled polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) per year, equivalent to the single-use plastic waste produced by 12.5 million citizens

People
People | 21 October 2022

PPG elects Tim Knavish as President and CEO; Michael H. McGarry named Executive Chairman

Knavish, who has served as PPG’s chief operating officer since March, will succeed Chairman and CEO Michael McGarry, in the role of CEO

Chemical
Chemical | 21 October 2022

Navin Fluorine International misses on margin; Honeywell adds to revenue, says ICICI Securities

NFIL has announced capacity addition in R-32 with capex of Rs800mn.

Chemical
Chemical | 21 October 2022

HALS launch to drive growth from Q3FY22 for Clean Science and Technology: ICICI Securities

It has announced Rs3bn capex for HALS in unit-4 to be commissioned by Dec’23.

R&D
R&D | 20 October 2022

BASF, UCN collaborate on mining research, development and innovation

Promoting collaboration between academia, students and industry experts

Chemical
Chemical | 20 October 2022

BASF offers new lowPCF product portfolio with reduced CO2e footprint

Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) reduced by at least 30% compared to standard products or even close to zero

Digitization
Digitization | 20 October 2022

Higg, Bluesign and ZDHC collaborate to fast-track textile industry chemical management improvement

Higg is the sustainability insights platform for consumer goods businesses – delivering software and services for measuring, managing, and sharing supply chain performance data.

Supply Chain
Supply Chain | 20 October 2022

Quantix acquires G&W Tanks

Acquisition establishes Quantix's ISO tank platform

Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles | 20 October 2022

bp invests in free electric ride hailing business Freebee

The company led the business’s US $8 million Series A funding round, with support from Freebee’s current infrastructure capital partner, Tensile Mobility

General
General | 20 October 2022

Trinseo offers sustainable solution for building & construction

STYRON X-TECH 4660 Polystyrene Resin offers the same reliability and performance as previous resin formulations with greater sustainability advantage

Chemical
Chemical | 20 October 2022

Calgon Carbon’s Belgium subsidiary commences operations

Produced from such materials as bituminous coal and coconut shells, activated carbon is a class of carbon substrate with numerous micropores

Gas
Gas | 20 October 2022

Air Liquide to invest €500 mn to set up three new plants

Air Liquide strengthens its presence in the area and reinforces its partnership with two long term leading players in the electronics industry

Chemical
Chemical | 20 October 2022

INEOS to buy ASHTA Chemicals

Once completed, the deal presents an excellent strategic fit for the long-term local supply and use of chlorine between ASHTA and INEOS Pigments

General
General | 20 October 2022

Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited's Barauni plant commences urea production

The Government mandated Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (HURL) to revive the Barauni unit with an estimated investment of Rs. 8,387 crore with urea production capacity of 12.7 LMTPA

General
General | 20 October 2022

Rallis India Q2 FY23 revenue up 31%

The MPP project at Dahej SEZ is progressing with some delays and is expected to be commissioned during this financial year

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 20 October 2022

Air Liquide, Chevron, LyondellBasell, and Uniper to pursue lower carbon hydrogen and ammonia project

The potential project to be studied is intended to cover the end-to-end, energy value chain, utilizing each participant’s technical expertise in production, operational experience, storage, distribution, and export logistics.

General
General | 20 October 2022

Praj Q2 FY23 revenue reaches Rs. 876.58 Cr; Profit at Rs. 48.13 Cr

Order intake during the quarter was Rs. 981 crore whereas order intake for H1 FY22 was at Rs. 1,406 crore.

Sustainability
Sustainability | 19 October 2022

Asahi Kasei Plastics Singapore acquires ISCC PLUS certification

APS plans to produce PPE using sustainable raw material beginning January 2023

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