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Sanjeev Gandhi joins BASF's Board

Gandhi, head of BASF's Intermediates division, has been appointed in place of Dr Andreas Kreimeyer who will retire on April 30, 2015

AkzoNobel divests stake in Eka Synthomer JV

Following an earlier announcement about the intended divestment of AkzoNobel's Paper Chemicals activities to Kemira, this deal completes its exit from the paper chemicals market

Celanese acquires conductive polymers compounder Cool Polymers

The acquisition will accelerate Celanese's growth in the conductive polymers market by building on Cool Polymers' strong product portfolio and technical capabilities

Arkema finalises JV with Jurong Chemical for acrylics

With this, Arkema has access to a modern and competitive 160,000 tpa acrylic acid production capacity in Asia for the sum of $ 240 million

Israel's Nilit buys Invista's nylon plant in Brazil

In addition to its sites in the US, China and Israel, this acquisition complements Nilit's global nylon 6.6 manufacturing operations

Rosneft and Pirelli expand collaboration for synthetic rubber

Two companies to cooperate in the area of development, production and shipping of styrene butadiene rubber by means of engagement of a technological partner

Kuraray to sell European PVB film business to GVC SA

The transaction was undertaken to comply with the European Commission's conditional approval for Kuraray acquisition of DuPont's glass laminating solutions/vinyl business

European chemicals production flat in first seven months of 2014

Three consecutive months of output decline have undone gains during the first four months of the year, says Cefic

Altem Technologies to supply US-based Artec's 3D scanners in India

Globally, 3D scanners are widely used in automotive, aerospace, electronics, medical, heritage preservation, archaeological and various other engineering R&D entities

Numaligarh Refinery to produce bioethanol using bamboo

The company has tied up with Finnish firm Chempolis to set up biorefinery in Assam for producing bioethanol with co-production of furfural and acetic acid from cellulosic biomass, mainly bamboo

Environment ministry launches colour coding system to monitor air quality

The National Air Quality Index is classified into six categories - good, satisfactory, moderately polluted, poor, very poor, and severe - with colour coding ranging from green to dark red

Dhunseri Petrochem resumes production at PET plant in Haldia

Plant I, which caters only to the export market, was shut down on August 14, 2014 after considering international demand and supply situation and margin pressure

Cyclone Hudhud damages Andhra Petrochemicals' Vishakhapatnam facility

The facility, which manufactures oxo alcohols, has been temporarily shut down since May 26, 2014, in the face of increasing low-cost imports into the country

US rigid bulk packaging market to reach $7.3 bn in 2018

Rigid intermediate bulk containers (RIBCs) and material handling containers are expected to see the fastest growth through 2018, according to Freedonia Group's report

Clariant inaugurates innovation center in Navi Mumbai

The new facility will focus on research efforts in the areas of surfactants, specialty polymers and functional chemicals

A Schulman join hands with INITZ for PPS compounds

While INITZ will focus on the rapidly growing Asian markets, A Schulman will market Ecotran polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) compounds in EMEA and the Americas

Australian materials science companies eye collaboration in India

For this, the delegation, representing leading Australian materials science and technology research institutions, is visiting Bangalore, Chennai and Pune

Plastindia 2015 shifts to Gandhinagar

Considered to be India's leading exhibition for plastics industry, the event was scheduled to be held in New Delhi from February 5-10, 2015

Reliance Industries plans to sell stake in US shale JV

The company intends to sell 45% in Eagle Ford shale formation in South Texas for $4.5 billion

Govt plans to spend Rs 1-lakh cr for Madhya Pradesh PCPIR

Rajasthan and Karnataka also keen to set up special investment zones for petroleum, chemicals and petrochemical industries