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French firm Arkema expands Bostik adhesives facility in Bangalore

With the new hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives (HMPSA) production units, Bostik will be able to serve customers in the disposable hygiene market

Gamesa bags 250-MW wind power project from Orange Renewable

As per deal, Gamesa will deliver two 100 MW wind power projects in Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh; and 50 MW in Madhya Pradesh

Cyient acquires Singapore-based Global Services Engineering from Pratt & Whitney

Through this transaction, Cyient will continue to build on its growth strategy for the Asia Pacific region, specifically in aftermarket services for the aerospace industry

France's Deinove produces muconic acid using bacteria

Using its proprietary metabolic engineering tools, Deinove R&D has successfully designed a Deinococcus bacterium capable of producing renewable muconic acid

Anil Ambani's Pipavav Defence inks pact with Russia's Zvyozdochka to refit submarines

Two companies will set up a JV, which will undertake projects worth approximately Rs 11,000 crore in India with potential additional revenues of about Rs 20,000 crore from other countries

Reliance ropes in Italy's Versalis to market styrene butadiene rubber in China

Versalis will distribute RIL's SBR in China, where the automotive and tyre industries are developing rapidly and represent a massive potential for rubber producers

Avcorp acquires aerostructures division of Hitco Carbon Composites

Addition of Hitco, a subsidiary of SGL Carbon, will significantly expand the capabilities of Avcorp in composites

BASF and Petronas to build polyisobutene plant in Malaysia

The plant, which will be the first of its kind in South East Asia, with a total annual capacity of 50,000 metric tonnes of highly reactive polyisobutene (HR-PIB)

MWV Specialty Chemicals to be named as Ingevity

The separation is expected to be executed by means of a tax-free spinoff of the Specialty Chemicals business to shareholders of WestRock Company

Indian Oil opens oil jetty for Paradip refinery

The South Oil Jetty will enable Paradip refinery for import of crude oil and export of products

BASF opens new research building in Germany

The company has used BASF's innovative materials in the construction process of the new Ludwigshafen research site, built with an investment of around Euro 50 million

Titagarh Wagons buys Italy-based Firema Trasporti

This acquisition makes TWL the first Indian company to possess high-end technology for manufacturing all types of rolling stocks, ie carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminium

Huntsman appoints Rohit Aggarwal as VP & MD for India

Rohit Aggarwal succeeds Steve Stilliard, who will return to Singapore

Enterprise Products expands propylene pipeline system in US

The company will convert North Dean and Lou-Tex pipelines to polymer grade service

Asahi Kasei to expand styrenic thermoplastic elastomer capacity in Japan

SEBS is used as a modifier that enables polypropylene to be converted flexible flexible material, which can be used as a substitute for polyvinyl chloride, especially in medical applications

Japan's Sekisui Chemical eyes India for growing CPVC compound business

It will use its newly built CPVC resin and compound manufacturing plants in Thailand to export to India and Middle East

Nanocellulose market to reach $277 mn in 2019

Some of the most promising applications of nanocellulose include automotive parts, films for packaging, paper products, biomedical, paints and polymers coating, says BCC Research

Australia's Amcor buys Packaging India from Essel Propack

The deal was part of Essel's strategy to exit non-core adhesive lamination packaging business and focus on growth opportunity in its core tube packaging business

BASF, Poietis team up to develop 3D bioprinting technology for skin care applications

Two companies will combine their expertise to enhance bioprinted 3D tissue models to support the development and testing of cosmetic bioactives for skin care applications

European Parliament adopts CO2 market stability reserve

The new law creates a system that will automatically take a portion of Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) allowances off the market and place it in a reserve if the surplus exceeds a certain threshold