General
General | 22 February 2022

BASF and Syngenta join forces with Arisa to address labor issues in vegetable seeds sector in India

Four-year collaboration between multinational companies BASF and Syngenta with NGO Arisa aims to address minimum wage compliance and child labor issues in the vegetable seed sector

General
General | 22 February 2022

Kurita starts operations in new manufacturing facility at Toyoura plant

This new facility is being used to refine functional materials such as the ion exchange resins and UF membranes used in water treatment systems, as well as to manufacture standard-type water treatment systems

General
General | 22 February 2022

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings invests in materials and design firm Lingrove

This investment in Lingrove is part of Mitsubishi Chemical’s efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by utilizing biomass while attaining sustainable growth

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 22 February 2022

Worley partners with ABB, IBM to develop integrated solutions for green hydrogen

The planned three-party collaboration aims to develop an integrated, digitally enabled solution for facility owners to build green hydrogen assets more quickly, cheaply, and safely, and operate them more efficiently

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 22 February 2022

CPChem invests in Infinity Recycling’s circular plastics fund

The fund will invest in advanced recycling businesses which convert plastic waste back into virgin grade feedstock for the manufacturing of new products, focusing first in Europe with the ambition to expand globally

Chemical
Chemical | 21 February 2022

Archean Chemical seeks SEBI nod to file IPO

The proceeds from the Rs 800-crore issue will be used to redeem non-convertible debentures fully or partly.

Supply Chain
Supply Chain | 21 February 2022

EKC to invest Rs. 215 crore on expansion in FY23-24

The company aims at scaling up production by increasing utilization of facilities and significant capacity expansion in India and Europe

Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles | 21 February 2022

OMCs to set up 22,000 EV charging stations

10,000 will be installed by IOCL, 7,000 by BPCL and 5,000 will be installed by HPCL

Chemical
Chemical | 21 February 2022

Vishnu Chemicals posts Q3FY22 consolidated PAT at Rs. 24.60 Cr

The company has reported total income of Rs. 299.41 crores during the period ended December 31, 2021.

Chemical
Chemical | 21 February 2022

Dharamsi Morarji Chemical plans Rs. 90 crore capex at Dahej

With the commercialization of the bulk chemicals plant in Dahej and the upcoming phased expansions in specialty chemicals, DMCC is well positioned to deliver a strong performance in the times to come

Energy
Energy | 21 February 2022

JERA to conduct international competitive bidding for procurement of fuel ammonia

The company has been working to reduce CO2 emissions from its domestic and overseas businesses to zero by 2050, to promote the adoption of greener fuels

Chemical
Chemical | 21 February 2022

Archean Chemical files for IPO to fuel business expansion

The IPO consists of a fresh issue of Rs. 1,000 crore and an offer-for-sale of up to 19.07 million shares by its existing shareholders and promoters

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 21 February 2022

Borealis receives EUR 20 million in funding for R&D in sustainable plastics recycling

Business Finland, a public sector business growth accelerator has granted funds to Borealis Finland to launch the SPIRIT programme “Sustainable Plastics Industry Transformation"

Gas
Gas | 21 February 2022

Marubeni Corp partners with Pertamina to develop decarbonization projects in Indonesia

Companies plan to work on joint development of a wide range of decarbonization projects, including a Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage project at Marubeni's pulp mill in Indonesia

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 21 February 2022

AGC plans to form a new chlor-alkali business in Southeast Asia

The new company shall be established in July this year

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 21 February 2022

Thyssenkrupp to build PET plants for Sasa Polyester in Turkey

Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer has signed a contract to build three new world-scale polymer plants for SASA Polyester

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 21 February 2022

LG Chem, Korea University collaborate to develop eco-friendly materials technology

Research will focus on securing eco-friendly source technologies such as plastic materials capable of natural decomposition in the ocean by using natural materials

General
General | 21 February 2022

AGC raises stake in power semiconductor material developer Novel Crystal Technology

With this third follow-on investment, AGC and NCT will further accelerate their activities toward the commercialization of gallium oxide wafers by 2023

Chemical
Chemical | 21 February 2022

Sika's sales, profit grows despite supply chain challenges

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and bottlenecks in the procurement of raw materials, sales rose significantly by 17.5% to a record CHF 9,252.3 million in 2021

Chemical
Chemical | 21 February 2022

Mitsubishi Chemical transfers shares of subsidiary Lucite International Japan to Midorikawa Chemical

The date of the transfer is scheduled to be April 1 of this year

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