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Silicone specialist Dow Corning opens building solutions centre in New Delhi

Specialists at this new centre will collaborate with construction industry professionals, providing project support, technical training and skill-building workshop

Defence manufacturing in India: Challenges to address

While government has taken many steps to boost local manufacturing, the lack of focus on electronics and materials is key challenge for India to become a globally competitive base, says Rahul Gangal

BHEL commissions 660 MW supercritical thermal plant in Nagpur

The order for setting up two coal-based thermal units of 660 MW was placed with BHEL by NTPC Ltd

TCI opens cold chain warehouse in Gurgaon

With this, TCI forays into temperature controlled warehouses as part of an overall strategy to build a cold chain network of warehouses and refrigerated trucks

India and Belarus aim to achieve $1 billion trade by 2018

Two countries to focus on renewable energy, pharmaceuticals & biotech, automotives, hitech and food sectors

Drought to cost Rs 6.5 lakh crore to Indian economy

Drought would create inflationary pressures making the food management an imperative challenge for the government and the policy makers, says an Assocham study

Perfecting the art of demand forecasting in volatile market

Improved demand forecast accuracy with next generation analytic solutions are ensuring on shelf availability of product with reduced inventory, says Alagu Balaraman and Sujit Sahu of CGN & Associa

Albemarle to discontinue production of HBCD-based flame retardants

With this move, the company will focus on supplying GreenCrest polymeric fire safety solutions

Ineos sells expandable polystyrene business to Synthos for Euro 80 mn

The agreement to sell Ineos Styrenics to Synthos represents an important step in the ongoing development of the EPS business

Jacobs Engineering wins $ 100 mn contract from Mitsubishi Plastics

The company will provide engineering services to expand production capacity of Mitsubishi's polyester film plant in the US

Indian plastic manufacturers eye Peru to expand exports

To enhance trade and investment, Organisation of Plastics Processors of India (OPPI) signs an MoU with APPIPLAST, the Peruvian Association of Plastic Industry, during Expo Plast Peru

Domo Chemicals plans to open compounding facility in India

With this move, Domo Chemicals, which recently opened a nylon compounding plant in China, aims to target India's burgeoning automotive market for its engineering plastics

DSM Engineering Plastics to expand R&D team in India

The company recently opened a research and technology center in Pune to work closely with customers to develop products

Milacron aims robust growth in India for plastics machinery

The US-based plastics technology company expands moulding machines facility in Ahmedabad and hot runner manufacturing facility in Coimbatore

Plastics technology is still changing the world: Dr Mosongo Moukwa

Eighty years after the Nylon revolution, science continues to develop plastics to meet the new requirements of modern life. So what does the future hold for plastics?

Merck to expand Carlsbad facility in US

With this expansion, German firm will be able to meet the growing demand for viral and gene therapy products

Biogen to spin off its hemophilia business

While the new company will build upon strength of current therapies for hemophilia A and B, and Biogen to focus on novel therapies for neurology

AMRI buys Italian API maker Euticals for $ 358 mn

The deal positions AMRI as one of the largest independent developers and suppliers of API to the pharmaceutical industry

ThingsMeet Solutions launches healthcare app Prescribez

The company has raised seed capital of $145K from Ankush Mehta an angel investor

Govt plans to set up central regulatory regime for AYUSH drugs

Amendments likely to be made in the Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 pertaining to regulation of alternative medicines such as ayurvedic, siddha, unani, homoeopathy, etc