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Camex to set up plastic chemicals plant at Ankleshwar

The new plant, to be built with an investment of Rs 10 crore, will have initial manufacturing capacity of 5000 metric tonne (MT) per annum

Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for North East released

The vision aims at doubling oil & gas production by 2030, making clean fuels accessible, fast tracking projects, promoting cooperation with neighbouring countries, etc

Air Liquide's arm Cryo buys pharma logistics firm PDP Couriers

With this acquisition, Cryo combines its know-how in Carboglacetm (or dry ice) and temperature-controlled solutions with a premium logistics service

Brahamputra Cracker to give fillip to plastics industry in North East

The government plans to revive Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer plant and set up a National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) campus in Guwahati

Sabert acquires Kalman Packaging

With the acquisition of Kalman, a manufacturer of thermoformed plastic hinged food containers, Sabert will expand into bakery/supermarket sector

Global demand for nonwoven fabrics to cross 11 mn tones in 2019

While China will account for nearly half of all global gains through 2019, India will see faster gains as it continues to rapidly develop its manufacturing and construction sectors, as per Freedonia r

Enhancing food security through sustainable packaging

In spite of producing 263 mt of food (whereas the country requires only 225-230 mt annually), India is facing food insecurity issue due to wastage. Flexible packaging can offer a sustainable solution

LyondellBasell completes sale of Petroken for $184 mn

The company has sold Petroken, a leading polypropylene producer in Argentina, to Grupo Inversor Petroquimica

A Schulman expands compounding capacity in Germany

The company has added two twin screw extruders at the Kerpen plant in Germany to expand its highly specialised engineering plastics production

Sika opens two construction chemical plants in Southeast Asia

With two plants in Myanmar and Cambodia, Sika is increasing its proximity to customers in these growing markets

Global dental product market to exceed $ 12 bn in 2019

The fastest gains will stem from implants, which are increasingly preferred as a durable, long-term alternative to traditional crowns, bridges, and dentures, according to a Freedonia Group report

Lonza forays into drug product development services segment

For services, the company will focus on parenteral dosage forms for biologics, drug conjugates, peptides and small molecules for products for injection or infusion

Alivira Animal Health commences operation at Vizag APIs facility

This is second API facility of Sequent Scientific's animal healthcare arm in India

Dr Reddy's receives US FDA nod for psoriasis drug Sernivo

With Sernivo spray (betamethasone dipropionate), the company is looking to expand its portfolio of medical dermatology products available in the US market

Teva to collaborate with AbCellera for novel biologics

Two companies have entered into an agreement to discover rare monoclonal antibodies by using AbCellera's high-throughput single cell antibody platform

Biogen joins global research initiative CTTV

The company will join GSK-led Centre for Therapeutic Target Validation (CTTV), a public-private collaboration to improve the success rate for discovering new medicines

Strides Shasun buys stake in Australian and Kenyan pharma firms

The company has acquired 51% stake in Australia's Generic Partners Holding and Kenya's Universal Corporation

IOC's Paradip Refinery to bring Rs 1 lakh crore investment in Odisha

Refinery will meet the fuel requirement of the state and IOC's upcoming polypropylene plant at Paradip will lead to the development of downstream petrochemicals sector

HCL to collaborate with Microsoft for industrial Internet of Things

Indian tech firm sets up incubation center, designed to leverage Microsoft Azure IoT Suite, for building solutions focused on two areas - industrial and life sciences & healthcare

IOC eyes petrochemicals as future growth drivers

The company to set up petrochemicals complex in Paradip to make 700,000 tpa polypropylene and 350,000 tpa ethylene derivatives such as mono ethylene glycols (MEG)