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Nuberg Engineering bags contract to set up UAE's first calcium chloride plant

New project, which is third in row, makes the total contract between Nuberg and Al Ghaith close to $ 50 million

Total Energy invests in Solidia Technologies

Solidia Technologies has developed a process that uses carbon dioxide to manufacture sustainable cement and concrete

Brenntag acquires Colombian specialty chemicals distributor SurtiQuimicos

With SurtiQuimicos, Brenntag will acquire a well-established business platform for the further development of its portfolio in Colombia

Sintex plans to build a textile plant in Pipavav

The company is planning to spend around Rs 5500 cr in the new plant

Reliance Industries to invest $4 bn in polyester value chain

The company plans to increase capacity from 7.5 million tonnes to 15 million tonnes

Pricol buys Brazilian auto component maker

The acquisition, which is expected to be completed by the end of January 2015, will enable Pricol to make a foray into the Brazilian auto component industry

Rosneft and Essar ink supply agreement for petroleum products

Russian firm will supply oil and oil products for Essar's refineries in India

Tata Power acquires Ideal Energy's 540 MW power project

Ideal Energy Projects owns a 540 MW coal based thermal power project in Nagpur, Maharashtra, out of which 270 MW was commissioned in May 2013

CCEA approves scheme to set up 1000-MW grid-connected solar power projects

The scheme will have a mandatory condition that all PV cells and modules used in solar plants set up under this scheme will be made in India

Flow batteries to create $190 mn energy storage market in 2020

Giant flow batteries can provide large-scale energy storage for the power grid, and falling costs will create a 360 MWh market, led by vanadium-based systems, according to Lux Research

L&T Construction wins orders valued Rs 2008 cr

This includes new orders worth Rs 1058 crores won by the company's power transmission & distribution business

Saudi Aramco and ExxonMobil JV completes clean fuels project

The new hydrotreater dramatically reduces sulfur levels in gasoline and diesel

Evonik starts two crosslinking activator plants in Germany

With triallyl cyanurate (TAC) and triallyl isocyanurate (Taicros), the company now offers two high-quality crosslinking activators for use in plastics and rubber

GSP Crop Science receives Rs 95 cr from Oman India Fund

Gujarat based GSP Crop Science manufactures pesticide formulation and technical ingredients

DuPont sells Neoprene polychloroprene to Denka Performance

Neoprene, invented by DuPont in 1931, is a synthetic rubber used for many chemical and weather-resistant products such as wet suits and orthopaedic braces

BASF builds chemical catalysts manufacturing plant in Shanghai

These catalysts are used in the production of fatty alcohols, sulfuric acid and butanediol and for the removal of impurities from olefins

Reliance Industries forms JV with China's Ruyi for textile business

RIL, which owns Vimal brand, will transfer its existing textile business into the new JV, in which it will own a majority 51% stake

Israeli agrochemical firm Adama to expand operations in India

The company, which has already spent Rs 60 million in the country, is planning to invest another $50 million in the next 2-3 years

BASF to set up Rs 360 cr innovation campus in Navi Mumbai

The innovation campus, which will start in 2017, will house 300 scientists who will collaborate on global and regional research and development projects

PET bottles are safe for pharmaceutical packaging: Rituraj Gupta, AIPMA

PET bottles are used for packaging pharma products across the globe and no adverse reports by medical authorities of any country have appeared, hence it is unfair to suggest that PET packaging is harm