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Supreme Industries' plastic piping production disrupted in Maharashtra

The permanent workers at the company's Jalgaon units (2 Nos) and Gadegaon unit stopped entry of contract workmen affecting all loading, unloading and ancillary activities

Toray commissions carbon fibre raw material plant in France

The new plant is the third precursor production base at the Group following Japan and the US

Clariant acquires healthcare packaging specialist VitaPac

The Hong Kong based VitaPac focuses on active sorbents and has built up a leading market position for desiccant packets for moisture adsorption

Modi's 'Make in India' campaign aims to boost manufacturing sector

Promises to build trust among investors and create a conducive environment to ease manufacturer's woes with effective governance

ThyssenKrupp bags Formosa Plastics' contract for propane dehydrogenation plant

PDH plant produces propylene - one of the most important base materials in the petrochemical industry used to make polypropylene

Lanxess subsidiary Bond-Laminates expands capacity in Germany

Annual capacity increased to over 4 million square meters Tepex, a high-performance composite

Dow Chemical banks on collaborative innovation to drive growth in India

The company recently hosted Innovation Day in Mumbai to promote collaboration with user-industries

Assam Petrochemicals aims to start methanol and acetic acid plant in 2017

Grants a consultancy contract for its proposed expansion to Engineers India

SABIC plans to tap Indian lighting industry with innovative polymers

As a part of this plan, the Saudi Arabian company launches a range of plastic compounds for LED application at the recently held Light India exhibition

Rajoo Engineers forms JV with Dutch firm Meaf for extrusion technology

The JV will bring in energy-efficient, low-cost sheet extrusion and thermoforming solutions in India

RusVinyl commences PVC production in Russia

The Euro 1.4 billion greenfield project is considered to be one of the largest petrochemical projects in Russia

Opal's Dahej petrochemical plant to go on stream in June 2015

The delay has escalated the cost of the project by 27% to Rs 27,122 crore

Assam Gas Cracker may go on stream by June 2015

The project, undertaken by the Brahmaputra Crackers and Polymers Limited, is expected to generate substantial investments in downstream plastic processing industries

Arkema proposes to buy Total's adhesive company Bostik for Euro 1.74 bn

With this acquisition, France-based Arkema plans to strengthen its position in specialty chemicals

Bayer to float MaterialScience as separate company

The move expected to give MaterialScience direct access to capital for its future development, as Bayer decides to focus exclusively on life sciences business

Vikas GlobalOne expands UPVC compounds and flame retardants range

The company expects to generate additional revenue of Rs 35 crores from these new launches, which are targeted at manufacturers of rigid PVC pipes and wires & cables

US-based PolyOne opens masterbatch facility in Pune

The facility will manufacture specialty solid masterbatch, and liquid colour & additive formulations to serve markets such as transportation, healthcare, wires & cables and packaging

Apollo Tyres to invest Euro 475 mn for new Hungarian facility

The plant will have a capacity to produce 5.5 million passenger car & light truck tyres and 675,000 heavy commercial vehicle tyres per annum

Intertek opens toy testing lab in Gurgaon

The new NABL-accredited laboratory will support toy retailers, brands, and manufacturers, in meeting standards and requirements established by the industry

DuPont opens innovation center in Shanghai

The center will facilitate collaboration between customers, industry regulators, academia, business partners and DuPont scientists and engineers around the world