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Avantha to sell stakes in Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals for Rs 2000 cr

PE firms Advent & Temasek to buy Avantha's stake in the consumer products business, which manufactures fans and lighting appliances

Ahmedabad Municipal Corp to set up radiation-based sewage treatment plant

BARC will provide all technical and scientific support for setting up the 100-tpd dry sewage sludge hygienisation Cobalt -60 gamma irradiation plant at Ahmedabad

Biosurfactants market to touch $2.2 bn by 2018

Personal care and household detergents applications segments to collectively hold more than 56.8 percent of the global biosurfactants market by 2018, according to Transparency Market Research

Celanese plans to reduce acetate tow production in Belgium by 50%

The company's current global acetate tow capacity is 177,000 metric tonnes, and its Lanaken (Belgium) plant has a nameplate capacity of approximately 52,000 tonnes per year

Propane market to touch $ 145.82 bn by 2022: A report

Rapid development in manufacturing, petrochemical and chemical industries in the emerging economies such as India and China to fuel the demand for propane, reports Transparency Market Research

Optimising the supply chain key to success for LNG projects: KPMG

To ensure that new LNG projects are viable and to extract maximum value from existing projects, proponents and operators have to unlock their supply chain, says a new KPMG report

ExxonMobil calls for free trade on US LNG exports

The company feels that US could miss out on widely acknowledged economic and environmental benefits associated with LNG exports

BASF launches anti-counterfeiting technology for crop protection products in China

The technology, which uses a special colour additive, makes labelling unique. The company has now integrated it into all key product lines in China

Teva proposes to buy rival Mylan for $40 bn

The combined Teva and Mylan would have pro forma 2014 revenues of approximately $ 30 billion and pro forma 2014 EBITDA of approximately $ 9 billion

Global polyether ether ketone market to reach $765 mn by 2020

Though PEEK is increasing penetration across various sectors, high price of PEEK compared to other plastics remains a key challenge, according to a Grand View Research report

BS Limited bags Rs 250 cr order for constructing transmission line

The company will construct 765 KV double circuit transmission line between Raipur (Chhattisgarh) & Wardha (Maharashtra)

Bayer CropScience opens R&D centre in Karnal for vegetable seeds

The multi-crop breeding station will focus on breeding activities in vegetable crops like cabbage, onion, tomato, hot peppers, cucumber, okra, water melon and gourds

Claris receives approval for fluconazole injection in 50 ml PVC bags in US

The Ahmedabad-based firm will be the only company offering fluconazole injection USP in 50 ml PVC bags in the US

Havells to buy 51% stake in LED light maker Promptec Renewable

With this acquisition, Havells would expand its footprints into two high growth lighting verticals of LED and solar energy

Claris ends litigation row with Fresenius Kabi over propofol injection

For this, the company has reached a settlement and license agreement, ending all pending litigation with Fresenius Kabi USA

Lupin launches antibiotic drug Zaxine in Canada

The drug was launched under a strategic licensing agreement with the North Carolina based gastrointestinal (GI) specialty company Salix Pharmaceuticals

BHEL commissions 250-MW thermal unit in Jamnagar

The unit was commissioned at Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited's (GSECL) Sikka Thermal Power Station (TPS) on EPC basis

Henkel strengthens pressure sensitive adhesives biz by acquiring Novamelt

Novamelt GmbH, which generated sales of around Euro 50 million in fiscal 2014, is headquartered in Germany and has an additional site in the US, Novamelt Americas LLC

BASF & Grolman enter into marketing pact for amine-based curing agents

The products are used in the construction industry as well as in the automotive, marine, aerospace and industrial applications manufacturing

Celanese and Mitsui ink pact for methanol plant in Texas

The potential methanol unit at Bishop (Texas) is expected to have an annual capacity of 1.3 million tonnes