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Medical device parks to bring down manufacturing cost by 30%

GST will further bring down the taxation in the sector by almost 12 per cent, according to Ananth Kumar, Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers

Zachry Group buys Catalyst Services from Clean Harbors

The acquisition will help Zachry to provide the most comprehensive slate of services across the entire life cycle of industrial, refining and petrochemical facilities

Global market for refining catalysts to reach $4.7 bn by 2020

While global demand for refining catalysts in all applications will experience healthy growth, fluid catalytic cracking catalysts will post the fastest growth, says Freedonia Group

PCPIR policy needs fine tuning: Ananth Kumar

The government will set up the first Central Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology in Mumbai

Standards and certifications are must for India's industrial growth story

To accelerate towards the twin goals of product safety and quality, industries in India must proactively participate to create a robust system of standards and regulations, says Suresh Sugavanam

Germany's Tristone Flowtech to set up manufacturing facility in Pune

The company supplies flow technology systems for motor and battery cooling applications in automotive industry

Dow launches all-PE laminate for flexible packaging industry in India

Launched in partnership with packaging machinery manufacturer Bosch, the new technology will enable more effective recycling and reuse of flexible packaging material

Uflex partners with Dutch firm Perfotec to extend shelf life of papaya

Using Flexfresh liner bags, growers can attain a shelf life of 30 days for papaya, thus cutting down on transportation cost and reducing the wastage

US auto component firm Cooper Standard opens facility in Pune

With this, the company has relocated its headquarters from Sahibabad (Uttar Pradesh) to Pune facility, which will also house a technical centre

Xpro suspends production at Faridabad unit

The plant produced coextruded plastic sheets and coextruded cast plastic films

Sadara Chemical operationalises mixed feed cracker

MFC, which can crack ethane (gas) as well as naphtha (liquid), will allow Sadara to produce a diversified range of plastics and chemical products

Berry Plastics buys AEP Industries for $ 765 mn

With this, Berry Plastics adds highly complementary products and customers in North America

Bharat Electronics to invest Rs 300 cr in advanced night vision devices plant

The new facility, which will be built near Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh, will enable BEL to expand its electro-optics business

Material recycling leads $ 668 mn funding for circular economy technologies

Next-generation recycling is on the march as waste collection and sorting get a digital push from innovations in software, data analytics, and robotics, says Lux Research

Commercial Syn Bags to invest Rs 28 cr for expansion of Indore plant

The expansion project, which is expected to be commissioned in July 2017, will produce fabric, lamination and food grade jumbo bags and flexible intermediate bulk container (FIBC) bags

Technip and Metabolic Explorer plan to combine polymer technologies

Two sides are looking at the feasibility of offering a combined technology package consisting Metabolic Explorer's PDO and Technip's PTT technologies

Showa Denko & JX Nippon buys LyondellBasell's stake in PP JV

SDK Sunrise Investment (SSI), owned by Showa Denko and JX, will purchase LyondellBasell's 50 percent stake in polypropylene (PP) JV SunAllomer

DSM and NHU inaugurate JV for high performance PPS compounds

Polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) products, which are branded Xytron PPS, are targeted primarily at automotive, electrical and electronics, water management and industrial markets

Platinum Equity buys two business units of Broadway Industrial Group

The Los Angeles-based private equity firm has acquired foam plastic solutions (FPS) and flow control devices (FCD) businesses of Singapore-based Broadway Industrial Group

Metabolix sells biopolymer assets to CJ CheilJedang

As per the agreement, Metabolix will transfer to CJ a portfolio of IP that includes patent rights covering the production and use of PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate) biopolymers