Page 11 - Plastics & Polymers

Kwality Ltd's new dairy unit in Haryana starts commercial production

The new unit involves investment of Rs 400 cr and has milk handling capacity of 9 lakh litre per day

Cosmo Films commissions BOPP film line in Gujarat

The new line will increase the company's BOPP capacity to 200,000 TPA from 140,000 TPA

Subros bags order to supply AC kits from Indian Railways

The company will supply 360 kits to Indian Railways' Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi

Union budget: New horizon for the healthcare sector

Budget's proposal to frame new rules for regulating medical devices is reassuring, says Viral Gandhi

Japan's JTEKT buys out Sona Group in their steering JV

Indian auto component maker sold its 25.12% in Sona Koyo Steering Systems to its Japanese partner

Budget falls short of electronic product makers' expectations

Domestic industry says it encourages imports with all duties such as BCD, CVD, etc being waived off

Polymer industry to gain from strategic crude oil reserves: Ajay Durrani

Budget's proposal to reduce basic customs duty on LNG to provide respite to petrochemicals sector

Budget's focus on agriculture augurs well for agrochemicals: Sudhir Shetty

However, there are no significant steps for enabling access of feedstock to petrochemicals industry

A balanced, growth-oriented & forward-looking budget: Rohan Gupta

Some steps to cover recycling cost of end-of-life product would have helped e-waste recycling sector

Reduction of custom duty on petroleum is a good move: Nikunj Dhanuka

More spends on the infrastructure & agriculture will put India on the growth path in the future

Budget offers huge scope to build a sustainable growth: KE Ranganathan

Focus on infrastructure is bound to channel lot of growth opportunities for downstream industries

Budget increases incentives to make India a global hub for electronics

Government aims to take strategic crude oil reserve capacity to 15.33 MMT with two new facilities

AkzoNobel to commercialise bio-based polymers in alliance with Itaconix

Itaconix will contribute with a technology to turn itaconic acid (obtained from sugars) into polymer

Gail, HPCL ink MoU for Rs 40,000 cr petrochemicals complex in AP

The new plant will have a capacity to produce 1.5-million tonnes of ethylene derivatives

Remove anomaly of inverted duty structure: Dr Raghupati Singhania

Tyre industry looks forward to announcements that will create a level-playing field Indian players

Govt subsidy on new technology to give a boost to plastic packaging sector

FM should consider zero import duty on capital goods & raw materials used for new technologies

Evonik develops technology to mass-produce complex moulded parts

The PulPress method allows auto companies to produce complex moulded composite parts in high volumes

Auto industry to witness recovery in Q4 FY17 before BS-IV norms kick in

New opportunities are emerging for component suppliers due to regulatory changes in auto sector

Demand for bathroom products to rise due to Housing for All initiative

Growth to get further fillip as domestic & overseas firms set up production facilities across India

Incentivising Indian LED lighting makers is imperative to take on imports

There are also challenges of lack of experienced local suppliers & good mid- & up-stream LED chain