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L&T's construction arm bags orders worth Rs 1672 crores

Its buildings & factories business has bagged orders worth Rs 967 cr, while the power transmission & distribution unit has bagged orders of Rs 580 crores in the international markets

Piyush Goyal urges African countries to join International Solar Alliance

Power Minister said that India and Africa should deepen the cooperation for realisation of UN's Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) well before year 2030

Rentech Nitrogen sells Pasadena facility to Interoceanic arm

The sale will enable Rentech Nitrogen to proceed toward closing its merger with CVR Partners

Deinove and Arbiom to co-develop a 'carbon-free' chemical industry

The two companies have started a collaboration to demonstrate the synergy of their respective technologies for the valorisation of non-food plant biomass

BASF and Avantium plans JV for bio-based chemical production

The JV will produce and market furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) based on renewable resources, the main new building block for polyethylenefuranoate (PEF), and set up a 50,000 tonnes FDCA plant

Solvay to advance its exit from Inovyn JV with Ineos

As per the original plan, Solvay planned to exit Inovyn, formed in July 2015, in July 2018. The company will receive Euro 335 million for its exit

IOCL, OIL & BPRL pick up 29% stake in Rosneft's refinery Tyngd in Russia

Indian consortium also intends to buy 23.9% in Rosneft's Vankorneft, which owns Vankor Field and North Vankor license. Vankor is Russia's second largest field by production

Merck, Polysolar to develop photovoltaic windows to generate solar power

Two companies, along with Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), is participating in a trendsetting research project in UK that aims to develop windows, which will generate their own solar power

GSFC signs agreement with Canada's KRN to facilitate debt financing

Agreement will help Karnalyte Resources, in which Gujarat State Fertilizers is the largest shareholder, to achieve the financial closure for its Wynyard Potash Project phase I in Canada

Quantum Plastics acquires 3D Plastics

With the acquisition of 3D, an injection and blow mould plastic manufacturer, Quantum Plastics has diversified its portfolio of industries and capabilities

Plastics machinery maker Colines buys Torninova

With this acquisition, Gruppo Colines Holding will consolidate its position in the field of machinery for producing protective air-bubble film

Kolon Plastics and BASF to form JV for polyoxymethylene in South Korea

The JV will set up a 70,000 metric tonnes plant to manufacture polyoxymethylene, an engineering plastic used in industrial, transportation, construction and consumer markets

Uflex to expand scope of Flexfresh film in fresh produce packaging

The company is currently working on a retail pack film to offer it for form, fill & seal (FFS) for both cut and whole products

Can bacteria offer remedy for plastic waste?

A team of Japanese researchers have discovered a bacteria, Ideonella sakaiensis, which feeds on plastics, potentially offering a sustainable solution for solving the menace of plastic waste

Sanofi Pasteur and MSD end vaccines JV in Europe

The 50:50 joint venture Sanofi Pasteur MSD was created in 1994 to develop and commercialise vaccines originating from both companies' pipelines

European drug regulator suspends CEP certificate for Anuh Pharma's 3 products

EDQM has suspended the Certificate of Suitability (CEP) for Anuh Pharma's three APIs - erythromycin ethyl succinate, erythromycin and pyrazinamide

Drugs short supply in US offers huge opportunity for Indian pharma industry

Out of the 62 drugs that are in short supply in the US, Indian pharma industry exports only about 20 drugs. This indicates that there exists a huge potential for Indian drug manufacturers

Global Vectra and US-based Era to offer helicopter emergency medical services

Two companies will collaborate on an exclusive basis to provide medical assistance to casualties following accidents and disasters, evacuate critical care patients, etc within India

Doctors Without Borders challenges Pfizer's pneumonia vaccine patent in India

With this, MSF or Doctors Without Borders, which claims Pfizer vaccine is highly priced, has become the first medical organisation to challenge a vaccine (biosimilar) patent in India

FSSAI launches project 'Clean Street Food'

In the first phase, the project aims to raise the safety standards of foods sold on streets across New Delhi by training 20,000 roadside vendors on aspects of health and hygiene