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Air Liquide commissions hydrogen facility in Germany

The facility, built with an investment of around Euro 100 million, will supply carbon monoxide and hydrogen to Bayer MaterialScience's new toluene diisocyanate (TDI) plant

Indian Railways to set up plant to convert plastic into diesel: Dr Harsh Vardhan

The plant will use the technology developed by CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP) for producing diesel (conforming to Euro-5 specifications) from plastic waste

Aurobindo Pharma receives US FDA nod for antibiotic Cefixime oral suspension

The product has an estimated market size of $ 123 million for the twelve months ending February 2015, according to IMS

Udit Batra to head Merck's combined life science business

Appointment of Udit Batra, who has been CEO and president of Merck Millipore since 2014, will take effect following successful completion of Sigma-Aldrich acquisition expected for mid-2015

Sun Pharma ties up with Israeli institute Technion for oncology drug research

This agreement aims to set up a joint project that can potentially lead to the development of novel anti-cancer drugs

Japan's Tosoh acquires in-vitro diagnostics firm Lilac Medicare

With this move, Tosoh aims to increase its share in the growing Indian market by using its own immunological and diabetes diagnostic analysers

Conducive policies can make India a global chemical manufacturing hub

Though India offers huge market for chemicals, the government will have to walk the talk to achieve the goals of its ambitious 'Make in India' initiative

APL Apollo launches colour coated pipes for rust prevention

For painting of steel pipes, APL Apollo uses technology imported from Turkey and has set up a facility at its Murbad (near Mumbai) manufacturing site for this purpose

PSUs sign six MoUs with global firms for collaboration at Hannover fair

PSUs - BHEL, REIL, Instrumentations Ltd and HMT - have tied up with overseas firm for collaboration in the field of machine tools, engineering tools, etc

BHEL commissions 2,400-MW OP Jindal Thermal Power Project

The company has commissioned the fourth 600 MW thermal unit at Jindal STPP in Chhattisgarh

Alstom T&D bags Euro 8.5 mn order from BARC

As per the order, the company will provide a 220/11 kV, 25/31.5 MVA substation for BARC's Challakere unit in Chitradurga, Karnataka

AspenTech acquires Blowdown software technology

The addition of Blowdown will give AspenTech customers the ability to model depressurisation scenarios, which is a critical activity in the design and operation of every process plant

Biofuels can offer solution to farmer's woes: Nitin Gadkari

Biofuels can be socio-economic change agents as it would address crucial issues of farmer suicides, agri surpluses (in the sugar, wheat & rice industries) and fuel economy, says the minister

IMCD to distribute Munzing Chemie's coating additives in India

IMCD will serve customers in paints, adhesives, printing inks, wood coatings, emulsion polymerisation and pigment paste markets across India

Arkema commissions new reactor in Brazil to raise acrylic resin capacity

Products manufactured at the plant will now include a much wider range of chemistries, including 100% acrylic, styrene acrylic, vinyl acrylic, vinyl VeoVa and polyvinyl acetate

China to rely on alternative fuels to reduce dependence on foreign oil

Coal-to-ethanol conversion offers the most potential, as China focuses on limiting imports today and cultivating greener fuels for tomorrow, according to Lux Research

BASF expands construction chemicals capacity in India with new plant in AP

The company has opened a new plant at Nellore (Andhra Pradesh) to meet the growing demands for durable and energy efficient construction materials

Krones buys German labeller manufacturer Gernep

As an international vendor of labellers in the low and medium output ranges, Gernep offers customised solutions

Asia-Pacific styrene butadiene rubber market to reach $7.9 bn by 2018

The region is expected to show further growth in the future, mainly due to the high growth potential of the infrastructure in China and India, according to MicroMarket Monitor report

Lanxess starts production at new ethylene propylene diene rubber plant in China

The EPDM plant has a nameplate capacity of 1,60,000 metric tonnes per year