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Chemical
Chemical | 27 September 2021

Clariant opens new facility for tailings treatment in Brazil

Reinforces Clariant's commitment to partnering with customers to enhance sustainability in the global mining industry

Chemical
Chemical | 27 September 2021

U.S. chemical production dips slightly in August

Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) fell 0.3% in August following a 1.1% gain in July and a 3.4% gain in June, according to American Chemistry Council

General
General | 27 September 2021

Yara and Kyushu Electric to explore clean ammonia collaboration in Japan

Companies signed an MoU to establish clean ammonia supply chains in Japan to reduce CO2 emission at Kyushu’s thermal power generation in Kyushu Area, Japan

General
General | 27 September 2021

Versalis to acquire compounding firm Finproject

The transaction, which will be formally completed with closing expected in the fourth quarter of 2021, follows the initial acquisition of a 40% stake in the company in July 2020 from VEI Capital, and confirms Versalis’ strategy to become the Italian leader in the high performance formulated polymers sector

Chemical
Chemical | 27 September 2021

BASF, Sanyo Chemical sign MoU for polyurethane dispersions production

The agreement enhances joint development and allows the two companies to leverage on the production networks for PUDs

General
General | 26 September 2021

Lonza, Allarity Therapeutics to develop renal cancer drug candidate

Under the terms of the agreement, Lonza will leverage its capabilities for commercial manufacturing of small-molecules and oral solid dosage forms to provide Allarity with cGMP compliant drug product supply and regulatory support towards commercialization

General
General | 26 September 2021

Bachem intends to issue one million new shares

Capital to be used to finance investments in capacity expansion, including an additional manufacturing site in Switzerland

General
General | 25 September 2021

Borealis, Topas to develop ethylene-propylene-norbornene for film capacitor applications

Exclusive collaboration brings together polymers excellence from both worlds: Borealis in polypropylene (PP) capacitor film, and TOPAS Advanced Polymers in cyclic olefin copolymers (COC)

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 25 September 2021

Sibur and TAIF decide to merge

The new company will support Russia’s leadership in the chemical, petrochemical and oil & gas sectors while making the country’s products more globally competitive

Gas
Gas | 25 September 2021

GTI launches initiative to measure methane emissions reductions

The effort brings together scientists, academics, environmental organizations, certification organizations, and industry participants to demonstrate emissions reductions in a consistent, credible, and transparent way

Sustainability
Sustainability | 25 September 2021

UFlex joins Alliance to end plastic waste

UFlex has committed close to US $ 10 million towards various initiatives undertaken at its overseas and Indian plants to repurpose plastic waste

Chemical
Chemical | 25 September 2021

ACFI urges Govt to relook into Pesticide Management Bill

The Bill doesn’t address the issue of bringing newer and better molecules in India.

General
General | 25 September 2021

DSM South Asia bolsters its food system commitments

The agriculture industry must embrace the digital revolution and leverage data-driven farming to increase productivity, efficiency and profits.

Chemical
Chemical | 25 September 2021

H.B. Fuller Q3 21 net income up to $32 million

Strategic supply chain management enabled the company to secure raw materials to meet increasing demand

Chemical
Chemical | 25 September 2021

Industries should strive to reduce import dependence: Mandaviya

He appreciated the role of chemical industry in the fight against COVID pandemic.

General
General | 24 September 2021

Gevo to acquire isobutanol patent portfolio from Butamax

The Asset Purchase Agreement provides Gevo with direct ownership and management over the entire known isobutanol patent portfolio of Butamax

General
General | 24 September 2021

Croda opens product validation centre in Brazil

State-of-the-art centre is dedicated to serving the agrochemical market

General
General | 24 September 2021

Henkel and Pregis to jointly develop sustainable packaging products

Partnership will help advance the development of sustainable protective packaging solutions that meet environmental goals and address future packaging requirements

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 24 September 2021

Honeywell, Wood launch technologies for sustainable aviation fuel

When used together, the technologies, which are based on Honeywell’s UOP Ecofining process technology and Wood’s hydrogen plant technology, could reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 100% using certain feedstocks when compared to traditional petroleum aviation fuel

Digitization
Digitization | 24 September 2021

Sabic partners with Baker Hughes to drive digital transformation

The five-year deal includes the delivery of Bently Nevada’s plant-wide condition monitoring and machine asset protection services across 1,200+ assets at 16+ SABIC sites in Saudi Arabia

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