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Kuraray to sell European PVB film business to GVC SA
The transaction was undertaken to comply with the European Commission's conditional approval for Kuraray acquisition of DuPont's glass laminating solutions/vinyl business
European chemicals production flat in first seven months of 2014
Three consecutive months of output decline have undone gains during the first four months of the year, says Cefic
Shalimar Paints to bank on decorative paints to boost growth
The company is setting up new facility at Gummidipoondi near Chennai at an investment of Rs 72 crore, of which Rs 44 crore will be invested in the first phase
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Altem Technologies to supply US-based Artec's 3D scanners in India
Globally, 3D scanners are widely used in automotive, aerospace, electronics, medical, heritage preservation, archaeological and various other engineering R&D entities
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Numaligarh Refinery to produce bioethanol using bamboo
The company has tied up with Finnish firm Chempolis to set up biorefinery in Assam for producing bioethanol with co-production of furfural and acetic acid from cellulosic biomass, mainly bamboo
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Everest Industries plans to set up manufacturing facility in UAE
The plant will manufacture fibre cement boards and have 72,000 metric tonne per annum capacity
Environment ministry launches colour coding system to monitor air quality
The National Air Quality Index is classified into six categories - good, satisfactory, moderately polluted, poor, very poor, and severe - with colour coding ranging from green to dark red
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Suzlon wins orders for 150 MW wind projects
The company has bagged orders from SME sector across diverse industry verticals predominantly for its proven multi-megawatt product S97 2.1 MW wind turbine generator
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UK MHRA inspects Sharon Bio-Medicine's plant in Uttarakhand
A team from the UK drug regulator conducted inspection for GMP at the company's recently expanded formulation plant in Uttarakhand
Abbott opens nutrition products facility in Gujarat
The company plans to locally source 80% of the raw material for the new plant's products. So far, the company was importing most of these from its Singapore and European facilities
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Ranbaxy to pay Texas $40 mn to settle litigation
The claims at issue related exclusively to the manner in which the Ranbaxy has historically reported pricing data to Texas Medicaid for certain of its drugs
 "Ranbaxy to pay Texas $40 mn to settle litigation")
Texmaco Rail forms JV with US-based Wabtec Corporation
The JV will provide hi-tech freight products and services such as draft gear, bogie mounted braking and other state-of-the-art railway products to the Indian Rail Network
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Ashok Leyland wins $17 mn order from Sri Lanka
The company has received an order for 630 buses from private bus operators - backed by the Government of Sri Lanka
Tata Steel plans to sell Long Products Europe business to Klesch Group
The Tata group company signs an MoU with Klesch Group to undertake detailed due diligence and negotiations for the potential sale of its business
 "Tata Steel plans to sell Long Products Europe business to Klesch Group")
Archroma acquires BASF's textile chemicals business
BASF's textile chemicals business offers solutions to the full textile processing value chain and has a strong focus on Asian growth markets
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BASF opens emissions catalysts facility in China
With this, BASF has doubled the production capacity of mobile emissions catalysts in China, further strengthening the company's position as the leading supplier to automotive industry
RCF plans to invest Rs 4,500 cr in 1.27-mt urea plant
The company also planning to set up a subsidiary to focus on ventures and assets abroad where feedstock natural gas is cheap or raw materials are available in abundance
Dhunseri Petrochem resumes production at PET plant in Haldia
Plant I, which caters only to the export market, was shut down on August 14, 2014 after considering international demand and supply situation and margin pressure
Cyclone Hudhud damages Andhra Petrochemicals' Vishakhapatnam facility
The facility, which manufactures oxo alcohols, has been temporarily shut down since May 26, 2014, in the face of increasing low-cost imports into the country
Evonik opens ingredients facility in Brazil
The plant will produce up to 50,000 metric tonnes of ingredients and intermediates for the cosmetic and consumer goods industries
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