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People
People | 18 October 2021

AVEVA appoints new Chief Revenue Officer and General Counsel & Company Secretary

Both leaders bring a wealth of global expertise to AVEVA when they join on November 1

Gas
Gas | 18 October 2021

Ship-to-Ship operation of LPG undertaken at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata

This operation at HDC reduces the time taken for a daughter vessel by 7-9 days from BPCL’s other location for STS operations which consequently entailing savings of around US $3,50,000 per voyage for BPCL

Energy
Energy | 18 October 2021

Air Products to use Topsoe' blue ammonia technology for clean energy project in Louisiana

Haldor Topsoe will deliver its blue ammonia synthesis technology, proprietary hardware and catalysts for the megaproject

General
General | 18 October 2021

MK Aromatics commissions waste plastics to hydrocarbon derivatives/fuel oil facility in Goa

The facility will ensure a safe disposal of post consumer waste plastics providing an “End of Life Solution” and a plastic litter free Goa

People
People | 18 October 2021

Perstorp appoints Patrice Pinsard as EVP Strategic Markets & Innovation

Patrice has held senior positions in companies such as Rhodia and Cognis and, most recently as Global EVP Coatings, Industrial Solutions & Amines at Solvay

Energy
Energy | 18 October 2021

Repsol, EDP to explore green hydrogen projects in Spain

The agreement recognizes three potential projects for further evaluation, two in Spain and one in Portugal

People
People | 18 October 2021

Helge Aasen to continue as Elkem’s CEO

Aasen assumes the role with immediate effect

Energy
Energy | 17 October 2021

Technip Energies awarded EPCC contract for PEM based hydrogen project by NTPC

The EPCC contract covers the delivery of a 5 MW Hydrogen Generation Plant using Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Electrolysis technology at a Super Thermal Power station located in Vindhyachal, Madhya Pradesh, India

General
General | 17 October 2021

Global antimicrobial plastics market size to reach $81.95 billion in 2028

Antimicrobial plastics are extensively used in the healthcare industry as it possesses multiple beneficial properties such as cleanliness, lower cost, sterility, ease of use, and high effectiveness, unlike conventional materials

Energy
Energy | 16 October 2021

Octopus Energy, RES plans £3 billion investment to build green hydrogen plants across UK

The aim of the partnership is to make the most of green electrons when they are generated in abundance on sunny and windy days by storing them as green hydrogen, helping the UK become more energy independent

General
General | 16 October 2021

Sensient revenues, profits rises on better volumes

Company reported consolidated revenue of $344.3 million in this year’s third quarter compared to $323.6 million in last year’s third quarter

Chemical
Chemical | 16 October 2021

NextGen Summit: Industry experts list out bottlenecks in draft CMSR

Draft CMSR needs changes for better clarity and compliance

General
General | 16 October 2021

Haldor Topsoe accepts hte as methanol catalyst testing facility

Haldor Topsoe has accepted hte for testing its MeOH catalysts in a parallel 16-fold high throughput system under industrially relevant operating conditions

Digitization
Digitization | 15 October 2021

BASF and Amathaon acquire stake in Germany-based bioinformatics company

Computomics focuses in particular on predictive breeding technology for crops and has developed a cutting-edge artificial intelligence

Gas
Gas | 15 October 2021

Haldor Topsoe starts up sustainable methanol demo plant in Denmark

The plant will have an annual capacity of 10,0000 L of CO2-neutral methanol from biogas and green power and is scheduled to be fully operational by the beginning of 2022

Chemical
Chemical | 15 October 2021

Evonik, Wynca JV starts up fumed silica plant in China

Located in the Zhenjiang New Material Industry Park in Jiangsu province, the plant is Evonik’s first fumed-silica production site in China and will produce fumed silica marketed under the brand name AEROSIL

General
General | 15 October 2021

Angus Chemical to double tromethamine buffers production capacity in US

The planned expansion includes the addition of a fourth dedicated manufacturing line at ANGUS’ existing facility in Sterlington, Louisiana, and will roughly double the Company’s global TRIS AMINO buffer production capacity

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 15 October 2021

Ishan Dyes and Chemicals Q2FY22 net up at Rs. 3.18 Cr

The net profit was at Rs 6.2 crore for the 6 months period ended September 30, 2021.

Chemical
Chemical | 15 October 2021

BASF India receives stay on recovery of demand notice from the Commercial Tax Department, Karnataka

The Karnataka Appellate Tribunal has granted stay on recovery of tax demand aggregating to Rs. 40.65 crores pertaining to the tax period 2016-2017.

Chemical
Chemical | 15 October 2021

Briefs: IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Goa Carbon and Kamron Laboratories

The rating agency has reaffirmed the outlook of Goa Carbon as 'Stable'.

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