Page 42 - Plastics & Polymers

DuPont and ADM develop technology for making bio-based materials

The companies have developed a method for producing furan dicarboxylic methyl ester (FDME), which can be converted into bio-based chemicals or materials, from fructose

Autoline forays into auto accessories, hospital equipment sectors

The company is also exploring business opportunities in railways and defence sectors

Imports hurting domestic PVC manufacturing industry: A report

If government takes steps to curtail unabated imports, polyvinyl chloride industry can witness investment of over Rs 20,000 cr over the next 5-7 years, says FICCI-Tata Strategic Management report

Anellotech and Suntory inch closer to develop bio-based plastics bottles

The partnership has been focusing on advancing the development and commercialisation of cost-competitive 100 percent bio-based plastics for use in beverage bottles

Innovative Tech Pack to set up plant in Baddi

With this facility, the company aims to tap FMCG companies for its packaging solution

Govt hikes basic customs duty on medical devices

The move is aimed at promoting domestic manufacturing of medical devices, in line with the government's Make in India campaign

Indian Railways plans to invest $ 142 billion in five years: Suresh Prabhu

Railway Minister explores for investments from World Bank, IFC, etc to partly fund the Indian Railways' ambitious expansion and modernisation projects

Auto component maker Fiem Industries opens new unit in Ahmedabad

The new unit, which will manufacture automotive parts, has been setup to cater to Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India's new plant in Gujarat

BPCL to use Air Liquide's acrylic acid technology for Kochi petrochem project

French firm Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions will supply Lurgi/Nippon Kayaku ester grade acrylic acid technology for BPCL's propylene derivatives petrochemical project

Borosil Glass acquires Hopewell Tableware

With this, the company aims to enter into the complementary market of opal glassware

Praxair to set up nitrogen plant for Toray Carbon Fibers

Nitrogen will be used to manufacture carbon fibre at Toray's new Spartanburg County, South Carolina facility

Titagarh Wagons wins Rs 475 cr order in Italy for double decker trains

The company's Italian subsidiary has bagged the contract, worth Euro 110 million, in consortium with Hitachi Rail

Centre to set up 6 pharma and 2 medical devices parks

New parks entails investment of about Rs 30,000 crores, says Ananth Kumar while releasing the report of task force set up for the development of pharmaceutical industry

HPCL-Gail to set up a petrochemical complex in AP

Ananth Kumar at CII Partnership Summit 2016 announced a slew of new projects, which included a petrochemical complex, medical devices manufacturing cluster, etc in Andhra Pradesh

Lubrizol launches engineered polymers for smart wearable devices

Estane Smart TPU is designed to address the rapidly growing wearable device market, particularly for soft-touch bands in smartwatches and fitness tracker applications

Linpac invests in recycled PET line at German facility

With the new extruder, Linpac will be able to deliver products made from up to 100 per cent recycled content for the first time

Lanxess expands high-performance plastics capacity in US

German firm plans to further invest Euro 50 to 100 million for organic growth in its high-performance plastics business in the coming years

Supreme Petrochem resumes operations at Chennai plant

The plant, which manufactures expanded polystyrene (EPS), was closed since December last year due to heavy rains and flooding in the city

Time Technoplast to expand composite cylinders production capacity

The demand for composite (plastic) cylinder - used for LPG distribution - is expected to witness manifold increase in India as plastic containers are expected to replace the currently used steel cylin

Celanese to expand Gur UHMWPE capacity in Texas

This capacity expansion provides Celanese with additional production flexibility to introduce two new medical Gur grades for the pharmaceutical industry